Live Poetry Event: Tonita Austin, Sibelan Forrester, Alison LubarWednesday May 18, 2022 – 7pmFergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street and on zoom – Registration Required Come out and hang with me in the City! I'm excited to share my poetry for the first time at a Moonstone Arts Center event with these gifted poets! There will... Continue Reading →
Bring a poem, bring a friend April 6th, 2022 to Mad Poets Society, 7pm!
Elevator available, open mic and refreshments afterwards. Repost from the Mad Poets Society of PA newsletter: Friends and fans of poetry! Our next First Wednesday poetry reading, at 7:00 p.m. on April 6, will feature two wonderful poets: Tonita Austin, aka Toni Love, and James Feichthaler! The reading will take place in the Ballroom, *upstairs*... Continue Reading →
TONIGHT! Poetic Memoir Intensive with #Ursula Rucker
This intensive word/ thought/ emotion, self-truth-culling, seeks to be a journey of healing, art, therapy, and authentic conversations about life that will result in the creation of individual works/excerpts of EPIC memoir poetry. Each student is invited to perform their created works at this live-streamed event. Check out the live streamed event on the SIFT... Continue Reading →
Poetry in the Park – Come on out and enjoy some music poetry and #phillyjawns ❤
Greetings! If you're in the neighborhood and enjoy being outdoors, please join us: Sunday, September 19 - 11:00am at Sankofa Farm in Bartram Gardens "Mother Tongue" is the final program in the series that celebrations the fortifying roots of Black Art. The cob oven, called "The Furrow" is both a work of art and a... Continue Reading →
Toni Love featuring at the PA Mad Poet Society virtual reading TONIGHT. Don’t go mad, write poetry! ❤
Reposted: MAD POETS SOCIETY . Join us tonight for the next Livin' on Luck reading at 7 pm! We will feature Pat Kelly, Toni Love, and Francesco Pasqualino. Open mic will follow hosted by Brooke Palma. To register, use the link below. See you there! Registration Link: https://wcupa.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0udu-srzkrH9MkU0-RXt2oPzi1gB9giaND?fbclid=IwAR0S58sEyLeH2zARcRshO0mkZv0lSfzBDaXuLypAu1WDa0QYqKQLZzxsDIQ Pat Kelly is a writer from Harrisburg. He... Continue Reading →
It’s National Poetry Month!
It's National Poetry Month!
Finally Over
Original poetry from my book "Toni's Room" Photo Credit: Cheyenne Gil Photography Finally Over When I lost youI found myselfOh but it hurtIt pained for so longThinking of how foolish I had beenTo believe in youBut my hurt turned into poetryAnd danceAnd I wroteAnd dancedUntil I filled up the emptiness in side of meThe void... Continue Reading →
Reposting Ariel Gore: A letter on Motherhood, poetry and relationships. All power to Joy!
"In Recollections of My Life as a Woman, the poet Diane di Prima tells of a night at Allen Ginsberg’s place in New York. She’d gotten a friend to babysit her young daughter and headed over to Ginsberg’s apartment because Jack Kerouac and Philip Whalen were in town for “one of those nights with lots... Continue Reading →
My Birthday gift to you!
Hey August is my birthday month and I am celebrating this special occasion with you! If you or one of your friends and family purchase a copy of my poetry book Toni's Room during the month of August, you will receive a free copy of my limited edition poetry CD titled "The Restoration". FREE. So... Continue Reading →
Not One – Original poetry
Not One (For the Million Mothers March) Not mine son Not mine Not my son Not my brother nephew or current lover Not my neighbor cousin or future husband Not mine Not hers Not anybody’s Son I am not saying no more I am saying not ONE We with the millions of ancestors behind us... Continue Reading →
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