Open Mic Poetry

Share your original poems, lyrics, spoken word, or just enjoy listening. Each poet will have five minutes to read an original work. If you wish to read, sign up when you arrive. Our featured speaker will be A. Jay Adler.

Adler, writer and professor of English, is a New York City native and longtime Los Angeles resident. He writes in multiple genres, including memoir, fiction, drama, and essay. He has won awards in screenwriting and a Vermont Studio Center residency grant in poetry. His 2021 poetry collection, Waiting for Word, was published by Finishing Line Press. Adler is currently working on a historical novel about Ferdinand Magellan and a California crime noir. He publishes weekly on his Substack, Homo Vitruvius, where currently he is serializing his memoir Reason for Being in the World.