Yoko Hill has been writing and reading poetry in Oklahoma City since the early aughts. Her favorite topics include humanity, math, politics and electrons. She is the current chairperson for Red Dirt Poetry, a nonprofit organization that seeks to support, educate and promote Oklahoma poets. Red Dirt Poetry has moved its weekly Wednesday night readings […]
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Writer of the Quarantine: Averi Little
Hi, my name is Averi Little! I am a 14-year-old local poet. I have recently started to share my poetry through a project called BAFA zine and at an open mic night in Paseo. BAFA (by ALL(Averi Love Little) for all) is a zine that I’ve put together each month since March 2020 containing three […]
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Writer of the Quarantine: Bobbie Franklin
Bobbie Franklin is a serial entrepreneur and current content director at Frank Creative. She moved to Oklahoma City in 2016 and lives in Edgemere Terrace with her boyfriend and mini-poodle. She has been writing ever since she had her first poem published in a children’s anthology in elementary school, though she tries to remain humble. […]
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Writer of the Quarantine: Kurtis DeLozier
Kurtis DeLozier is an award-winning author and Oklahoma native poet who has been writing since he could read the books of Shel Silverstein. DeLozier’s work has been published by Red Earth Review, Dragon Poet Review, Noisetrade, Art Cult Zine and others. To keep busy during quarantine, he has been taking creative writing commissions. Feel free […]
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Writer of the Quarantine: Danny Ly
“I’m a young writer with a passion for poetry and writing,” said Danny Ly. “Ever since I was a child, I have been searching for an outlet to express my emotions and feelings. For a while, drawing and sketching fulfilled this role for me, but as I started growing older, I wanted to find a […]
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Writer of the Quarantine: Anna Kinder
Anna Kinder is a former high school English teacher turned copywriter. In her spare time, she enjoys writing poetry, working on her first children’s book, running absurdly long distances and hanging out with her three cats. Echoes into the CO-VOID Do you wake up in a cold sweat, too? Can you hear anything over the […]
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Writer of the Quarantine: Rachel Leonard
I’m the communication and events coordinator for the Down Syndrome Association of Central Oklahoma. In my free time I enjoy baking, volunteering with local arts organizations and writing poetry. Before we started practicing social distancing, I participated at Poetry Open Mic at Paseo Plunge held by Poetic City on Sunday nights. The Poetry Open Mics […]
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Fiction Issue: Franz’ Cure
By Jeremy Lowe Little count Drac Would lay on his back Counting the minutes away The sun had to set Or he could forget About going out to play For a vampire’s skin However long it had been Would violently burst aflame So until twilight he stays Till the sun’s gone away The next night […]
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Shine through
Shameless opening reception 6-10 p.m. Friday The Paseo Plunge 3010 Paseo St. paseoplunge.com 405-315-6224 Free In a literal sense, poetry can be seen as just another way to organize words on a page. It is usually tidier and more concise than an essay and more formal than a text message. Poetry, and really any intimate […]
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Poetic possibilities
It’s a common question: What do you want to be when you grow up? The answers are pat, sometimes full of naïveté: Doctor. Lawyer. Astronaut. Superhero. Often asked of young children, the question points to larger, subtler tensions of identity: Are you what you do? Who are you, and what can you be? In his […]