poetry store will be at secession art & design

through the month of march. stop by the gallery (mission & 30th) to see new work, including collaboration with local photographers julie michelle of i live here:sf, and armand emamdjomeh of mission local.

and please oh please come to the opening on friday february 12th. why? because you can 1. talk to the designers and artists featured in the gallery, 2. support local artists by buying some very cool and beautiful stuff, 3. there will be wine.

the poetry store will be showcasing new work and a couple of new products–custom poems in a bottle (perfect gift for your valentine) and postcards by photographer heidi huber.

here are some samples of what you can get. one of a kind. local. art.

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your valentine wants a poem.

the corporate holiday is here again. do something different. send your valentine* a one-of-a-kind poem. about anything you want.**

*including, but not limited to: love (requited or not), gratitude, friendship, birds, coyotes, jellyfish.

**don’t think you have a valentine? here is a list of potentials. pick one: your lover, want to be lover, jilted lover, secret crush, not-so-secret crush, mom, dad, baby (especially your soon-to-be born or christened), brother, sister, cousin, niece, nephew, children (biological, adopted, and/or given up for adoption), mom, lover (new, old, jilted, wanna be), ex’s (yes, all of them), crush, co-worker, boss, landlord, aunt, uncle, santa, satan (i.e. paradise lost), lover, old friends (yes, all of them), new friends, soon-to-be friends (yes, poems help you keep & make friends!), boyfriend, girlfriend, friendfriends (yes, all of them), acquaintances, fracquaintances, sculptor friend, painter neighbor, poet lover, your writer sister, reader dad, computer techie crush (see also: anyone who has ever said, “i’m as creative as a roll of toilet paper.”), anyone is your life celebrating a birthday, wedding, anniversary, bar/bat mitzvahs, or reunion, you dog, cat, bird, lizard, fish, grandma, grandpa, and (did i mention) your lover!

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the poetry store at

yes, it’s true. the poetry store, along with two other on demand poets, will be writing poems this sunday from 11am-4pm at SFMOMA’s koret visitor education center. this is a family event, so if you’ve got little ones, or can steal your friend’s for the day, bring them by and we will happily write you poems, free of charge and so much fun!

here’s more info from http://www.sfmoma.org/events/1569:

Join in the museum’s 75th anniversary festivities! Connect with San Francisco’s unique history of design, poetry, film, and cafe culture with hands-on activities, family-friendly films, a Poetry Cafe, live music, and more.

11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Koret Visitor Education Center

Let art fuel your imagination, then set your ideas on paper and perform your poem with the help of local poets. Live jazz adds to the inspiration.

Family Film Screenings: Early Cartoons
11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., and 2:30 p.m.
Phyllis Wattis Theater

This program features animated classics first screened at SFMOMA in the early days of the museum’s film program, from Winsor McCay’sGertie the Dinosaur (1914) to Walt Disney’s Steamboat Willie (1928), one of the first appearances of Mickey Mouse.

11:30 a.m.
Walt Disney, The Skeleton Dance, 1929, 6 min.
Walt Disney, Steamboat Willie, 1928, 8 min.
Winsor McCay, Gertie the Dinosaur, 1914, 12 min.

12:30, 1:30, and 2:30 p.m.
George Dunning, Cadet Rouselle, 1947, 9 min.
Anthony Gross and Hector Hoppin, Joie de Vivre, 1934, 6 min.
Walt Disney, The Skeleton Dance, 1929, 6 min.
Walt Disney, Steamboat Willie, 1928, 8 min.

Part of Museum free family days. Program  and admission are free.

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the poetry store is a holiday shop

the poetry store is here to help you meet all your crafty* holiday gift giving needs.

this season, take back the sweater you got your mom, the tie you got your dad, the underwear you got your boyfriend.

instead, stuff stockings with poems, decorate mom’s mantle with an illustrated poem, refresh dad’s nightstand with a framed poem, fill your book-loving boyfriend’s books with book mark poems, and order poems by post for your friends far and wide.

trust me, people love poems.** and who doesn’t want a custom gift made especially for them?

*bonus: the poetry store helps you look crafty, even if you’re not crafty at all!

**people who love poems: moms; dads; babies (especially the soon-to-be born or christened); brothers; sisters; cousins; nieces; nephews; children (biological, adopted, and given up for adoption); moms; lovers (new, old, jilted, wanna be); ex’s; crushes; co-workers; bosses; landlords; santa; satan (i.e. paradise lost); moms; old friends; new friends; soon-to-be friends (poems help you keep & make friends!); boyfriends; girlfriends; friendfriends; moms; acquaintances; fracquaintances; sculptors; painters; poets; writers; readers; computer techies (see also: anyone who has ever said, “i’m as creative as a roll of toilet paper.”); people celebrating birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, bar/bat mitzvahs, reunions; dogs; cats; birds; lizards; fish; grandmas; grandpas; (did i mention) moms!

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back to back to back to back.

this weekend marks an exciting (and unprecedented!) weekend of poetry store poeting:

4 gigs in 2 days:

saturday=treasure island music fest + litquake.

sunday=treasure island + strike out against breast cancer.

monday=one potentially exhausted and happy poet.

i’ll have new framed poems, bookmark poems galore, and new paper! (which includes beautiful bird stamps and original drawings by my adolescent nephews.)

hope to see you!

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