‘Poetry’ Archives
Conundrum
By SHELIA BLAND ConversationCommunicationPeople desperately trying to connect.Trying to escape isolation,The erroneous projection of others.Striving to be seen as one sees oneself–To be understood as one understands oneself.Most times, however, one is confused about one’s own being—Not knowing why,One hatesOr lovesOr tries to hurt another.Often regretting one’s own words and actionsIn real time.Wondering how such words or actions could come from one’s own person.To be projected towards someone so undeserving of mistreatment. So…How to be understood by othersWhen one fails to understand oneself? Conundrum. Shelia Bland lives in Midtown Phillips. She has been writing most of her life to help herself understand the experiences and people in her shared world.
Seen Around Town August ’24
After weeks of rain, the sun and warmth finally showed up on Thursday July 11, just in time for a joint-open house held by the Native American Community Development Institute (NACDI) and the American Indian Community Development Corporation (AICDC). Attendees came out to enjoy food and conversation, topped off by fabulous tunes from local artist Downtown Jada Brown - summer has arrived! PHOTOS: Laura Hulscher Patrick Cabello Hansel, reading some of his poetry in Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery at the Fourth Annual Jazz and Poetry Festival on June 29, 2024 with other y members of the Not Yet Dead Poets Society whose work appears in “The Nations Underground: Writing With Our Ancestors.” It was beautiful poetry on a beautiful day. PHOTO: Courtesy Sue Hunter Weir
Jazz and Poetry Return
to the Historic Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery
By PATRICK CABELLO HANSEL 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 [...]
