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
