New Alchemy Poetry Series

05/24/2024

Wake up America! It's time to take a hard look at giving an elected official too much power. We are seeing the weaknesses in our government system in a way that we have never seen before. We must do something about it.
Recent years have shown how our government laws can be twisted and abused. Who would ever have thought that our government would end up under that microscope for its pitfalls in such a dramatic way. How is it that any President can stack the cards by positioning judges in prominent places where they can serve him and do his bidding...and continue to do so when he is not longer in office? There should be NO lifetime positions for judges. We need a check on the man in power. What can be done? How do we put pressure on our government to get rid of judges like Cannon in Florida? Is there a way?

01/03/2024

https://san-diego.oasiseverywhere.org/product/aspiring-and-intermediate-poetry-workshop-2/

This Poetry class series has been generously underwritten by anonymous donor, a.k.a. The Moon of Happiness. It is for people with some prior experience writing poetry. There is 15-20 minutes of instruction followed by reading and commentary on each other's poems. You can elect to ask for helpful cra...

06/18/2019

This poetry reading ended Dec. 2018 We hope you will explore the many other reading in San Diego!

11/12/2018

November 15th, 7 – 8:45 p.m. 3rd Thursday

Featured Poet: Melissa Joseph &
Spotlight: Cornelia Feye
followed by an Open Mic

Melissa Joseph, from Jackson, MS has been an entrepreneur, opening and selling several businesses, director of an ESL program at a private college, an English instructor at Hinds Community College and Palomar in San Marcos and volunteered at Scripps Hospital and San Diego Hospice and The Institute for Palliative Medicine. In addition to A Tender Force, (Konstellation Press) she’s the author of Moments with Baxter. She lives in Del Mar, California, with her therapy dog, Lotus.
All proceeds from the sale of the book go to NIMH, the National Institute of Mental Health. For further information visit www.atenderforce.com.

Cornelia Feye, publisher, author, art historian, anthropologist an the force behind Konstellation Press. She is the author of several books including House of the Fox, Spring of Tears, (a San Diego Book Award Winner) and Magic, Mystery & Murder. She also teaches at the San Diego Writer’s Ink Spot, Liberty Station, Point Loma.

3343 Adams Avenue, at Felton Street, Normal Heights
at the corner of Felton Street and Adams Ave beneath the Normal Heights sign. Allow time for parking!
Host: Seretta Martin & Co-host: Fred Longworth

a volume of 100 powerful and moving poems by melissa joseph covering topics of tenderness, suffering, connection, sensuality, doubt, insight and much more

08/21/2018

What do you look for in a good poetry reading? A provocative voice? Interesting story? Lyrical writing? Humor? Pathos? Or? Post it here! Yes, we welcome your poetry here. And come read during our open Mic on the third Thursday of each month. 7 p.m. SEPTEMBER FEATURED POETS: THE MIGHTIER PENS POETS & MORE!

07/09/2018

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02/20/2018

New list of poets/poems for the 2017-18 SDPA -- updated to include previously omitted poems. Visit sandiegopoetryannual.com for the new list, under Poets and Poems in the menu.
Publication of the San Diego Poetry Annual is set for March 1st.
Ordering and pre-payment at the special contributor's rate opens Feb. 15th. Details on the website under How to Order in the menu. Don't miss your chance to get this 494-page edition at our actual cost.

02/06/2018

Featured poet February 15: Una Nichols Hynum, reading from her new book: The Sky Is Bluer for One Crow. Same time: 7 p.m., same place: Lestat's West at Adams St. & Felton below the Normal Heights Sign. See you there! Bring poems for the Open Mic.

11/16/2017

TONIGHT: New Alchemy Poetry Series. Featured Poet:
Erin Rodonii - 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. followed by Open Mic. Lestat's West, Adams Ave. at Felton Street, Normal Heights.
Erin is the author of Body, in Good Light (Sixteen Rivers Press, 2017) and A Landscape for Loss (NFSPS Press, 2017), which was selected by Tony Barnstone as the winner of the 2016 Stevens Award sponsored by the National Federation of State Poetry Societies. Her poems have been published in Best New Poets 2014, Colorado Review, Cimarron Review, The Adroit Journal, and Verse Daily, among others. She has also been honored with awards from AWP, Ninth Letter, and The Montreal International Poetry Prize. She lives in San Rafael, CA, with her husband and two young daughters.