March 29, 2024

Appearance Schedule

Coming up

This list sometimes includes community events I’m helping promote.
Dates of appearances when I’m featured are marked with .

2023

Through July 30

I’m honored to have two poems in the exhibition
Creatives: Five Years of the Rutherford Arts Alliance
at the Center for the Arts, Murfreesboro
More details here

Saturday, August 5

Poetry workshop
with Murfreesboro Poet Laureate Mike James

Brown bag lunch and open mic with Poetry in the Boro preceding!

Registration for workshop required–see
this page at rutherfordartsalliance.org

 ♥ Thursday, September 7 

Bloom Stage: Food for Thought
Multi-genre storytelling show
I’ll be sharing something–maybe poetry, maybe a story?!

 Friday-Saturday, October 6-7

MTSU Write Conference:
Wild | Home: Writing What Roots and Frees Us
with keynote Janisse Ray

Poetry in the Boro will have an event to kick off
the in-person part of the conference that Friday evening.
We have a great feature + open mic planned – stay tuned!

 

If it’s not currently above, check out Poetry in the Boro events and opportunities

 

Select past appearances and activities:

2023

July

I was part of MTSU Write’s “Summer Simmer”
Conversation on Creativity
with Murfreesboro Poet Laureate Mike James
and Tennessee Poet Laureate Maggi Vaughn.

This ticketed event raised money for scholarships for MTSU Write.

May

I was the featured reader for Writers Night Out on Zoom,
sponsored by the North Carolina Writers’ Network.

April

A reading with Pauletta Hansel and friends
I was honored to read with Pauletta at The Porch in Nashville

2022

(Ahem, I seem to have missed logging some activities, but here are some:)

June

Encore! A Zoom Reading by Five Terrapin Poets
with Karen Paul Holmes, David Graham, Lynne Knight, Paige Riehl & myself

 United We Style
” an innovative and entertaining fundraiser like no other”
benefiting the United Way

May

SoKidLit
Our community’s first kid lit festival!
Co-director

Bloom Stage: Your Attention Please
Co-producer and contributor
(I’m sharing a story and poem)

April

“JoyPoet” Veeraja R interviews Kory Wells
for virtual portion of the
6th annual Tennessee Poets Day

 

2021

Community liaison,
Green Is the New Blue workshop series

December

Contributor and co-producer, The Bloom Stage “Bright & Blue”

November

Poetry in the Boro Annual Wall Calendar Release Party

September

Co-producer, War of the Worlds reenactment,
a Bloom Stage / TN Steam Festival event produced by Kara Kemp

July

Contributor and co-producer, The Bloom Stage “Always Greener”

June

I’m honored to be a co-host of Author Night for Juneteenth
at Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center,
Murfreesboro, TN

Juneteenth Celebration at
Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center
will feature music, dance, and poetry,
including poet friends Nick Bush, Henry Jones,
Denise Wilson, and more. Poetry in the Boro will be there!

May

Reader for Wayfinding event

Virtual classroom visit, Eagleville High School 10th grade

April

Featured poet on Poetry Soundbite, As It Ought To Be Magazine

February

Contributor and co-producer, The Bloom Stage

January

Invited reader, Fin Hall’s “Poets Meet the Hosts”
Open mic hosts from around the world
My short reading begins here

2020

November

Contributor and co-producer, The Bloom Stage

Virtual classroom visit, Lascassas Elementary 4th graders

October

Poetry workshop, Saturdays at Todd, MTSU

Featured poet,
Poets From the Neighborhood Open Mic

September

Featured poet,
Poet’s Corner at Scarritt Bennett, Nashville
The recording’s here – thanks to folks who sent questions ahead of time!

August

Featured poet,
Gestalt Poetry Open Mic, Nashville (virtual)

The Bloom Stage
celebrates the 19th Amendment Centennial
with storytelling, poetry, art and music related to
women’s rights, civil rights,
voting rights and doubling down for democracy
(virtual)

June

Interview and poetry reading on
The Hive Poetry Collective podcast
hosted by Dion O’Reilly and with
fellow poet David Graham

Storyteller for the Discovery Center’s
Secret Garden Party virtual fundraiser

May

Private book club (virtual)

April

Everything was cancelled

March

Guest speaker:
“Our Great Unlikeness:
Embracing Individuality & Inclusive Community”
UU Fellowship of Murfreesboro

Featured poet,
Black Dog Poetry Open Mic
Black Dog Books, Nashville

February

Storyteller, poet, & co-producer,
the Bloom Stage quarterly show,
Murfreesboro

Words, Women & Wine Book Club (private event)
reading Sugar Fix and It’s All Relative by A.J. Jacobs

January

Storyteller and moderator,
Women’s Suffrage Educational Forum
through Art and Discussion
Bradley Academy Museum & Cultural Center

More past appearances