By PATRICK CABELLO HANSEL
Loading…
Reload document 
Open in new tab On Saturday, June 29 at 2 pm, the 4th Annual Poetry and Jazz in the Holy Ground returns to the historic Pioneers and Soldiers Cemetery in south Minneapolis. The event will feature a jazz duo of Larry McDonough on keyboards and Richard Terrill on saxophone.
This year, the event will also include the launch of the poetry chapbook “THE NATIONS UNDERGROUND: Writing With Our Ancestors,” featuring over a dozen area poets who have written poems to or from their ancestors. Poets will read from the chapbook, along with featured poets Margaret Hasse, Patrick Cabello Hansel and Dralandra Larkins. There will also be a hands-on lantern making workshop led by local artists from the Semilla Center for Healing and the Arts.
“The desire to connect with our ancestors is as ancient as human history itself,” says chapbook editor Patrick Cabello Hansel. “Human beings consider cemeteries to be holy ground, where those who have gone are still present. The poems in this chapbook represent both the loss of loved ones and the love we still hold deeply.”
Pioneers and Soldiers Cemetery is located at Lake and Cedar in south Minneapolis, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The event is free and family friendly.
This event is sponsored by the “Not Dead Yet Poets Society” and the Semilla Center for Healing and the Arts (www.semillacenter.org). For more information, contact Patrick Cabello Hansel at phcreate@gmail.com.
Patrick Cabello Hansel is a fiscal year 2023 recipient of a Creative Support for Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
