1428 Poets

1428 Poets presents-Friends of richard sanderell

1428 Poets is a long running San Francisco poetry reading once hosted by Richard Sanderell. After Richard's passing, Antoinette Vella Payne continued the reading to keep it alive. A group of Richard's friends rescued Richard's poems from a broken laptop, YouTube readings and various anthologies and the much loved, dusty files of friends. Two years after Richard's passing,
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Mitch, who grew up in San Francisco, loves art. It’s her way of shouting at the world. She is a Spoken Word artist and Musician who has hosted Mitch’s Salon, a weekly online Open Mic Poetry series on Friday nights since 2020.

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Antoinette Vella Payne, a San Francisco Native, host of 1428 Poets a monthly open mic reading at 1428 Haight St in San Francisco, a regular participant at Sacred Grounds, the longest running weekly poetry venue in San Francisco. She recently completed her first poetry collection, entitled :” That’s What Happens When you Live on Haight Street”. And she is co editor of Richard Sanderell’s posthumous collection of poetry and prose, entitled: “Richard Sanderell, The Cursive Writer of San Francisco”.

Alan Harris' spoken word is informed by his experience as a performer in sketch, improv and stand-up comedy. He has lived in New York and Los Angeles, but prefers San Francisco because it smells like weed everywhere.

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Alice Elizabeth Rogoff grew up in New Rochelle, New York. She received an MA in English: Creative Writing from San Francisco State. She's been in several poetry groups like Noe Valley Poets, LaborFest Writers, and with the Haight Ashbury Literary Journal as an Editor. She's been published in Poetry Pacific, Pudding Magazine, Avocet for nature poetry, Blue Collar Review and the anthologies Fog and Light by Blue Light Press, and Your Golden Sun Still Shines, by Manic D Press. She received a grant for poetry from the San Francisco Arts Commission, was a semi- finalist in the Codhill book award, and has won a Blue Light Book Award, and two District 7 awards. She has several books of poetry, and fiction in the on-line magazines Caveat Lector and So To Speak.

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Britt Peter was born in the North Arm of Indian Valley (Plumas County) in 1938. His poems can be found on the internet under britt peter poet (You Tube, Jerry Jazz Musician). He has published in the Richmond Anthology, Poetry Expressed, Grounds Are Sacred, Poetalk, Blue Collar Review and the California Quarterly. He puts great value to the conversations he had with “The Cursive Writer” on the 21 Bus, in Golden Gate Park, Café International, the Chavis Library, Sacred Ground Café and the Pork Shop.

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D. A. "Roarshock" Wilson is a poet and spoken word artist. He performs regularly in the San Francisco Bay Area, nationally and internationally live and via the social web. He is author of "First Hours of a Rainy Day and Other Poems" and publisher of "Roarshock Page" a literary street flyer. His work can be found online at http://www.roarshock.net

 LEG 1: 4-5p VENUE: Awaken Cafe 1429 Broadway

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