(Clockwise from top left) A Sunday Afternoon of Poetry at Amsterdam Café, North Hollywood, CA, (5/18/08); Poetic Arte! (5/1/10) and Luvina magazine celebration (5/7/10), both at Ave. 50 Studio, Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles; Poets & Writers presents "Connecting Cultures" at Beyond Baroque Literary / Arts Center, Venice, CA 5/7/11