Found Poets – Santa Rosa Showcase – 6 Poets and headliner AJ Houston

Found Poets is a seasonal showcase of poets from the Bay Area and beyond. We are building a home for performers of spoken word, searching out new writers and bringing poets of note in from outside of our community. This edition of Found Poets features…

AJ Houston

A.J. Houston is a father, grandfather, Motivational Speaker, poet, creative writing facilitator and independent author of ten books. The titles are “Gifts From My Pen”, “Walking In My Father’s Shoes”, “Makin It life, love, poetry and everything else”, “Daily Invocations For Life and Spirit”, “Let Us Write”, “What If There Were No Titles”, “Let There Be Ink” and a Trilogy of Black Books. “The Black Book of Black”, “Steel Black”, and ” The Lost Book of Black”.
One of the five founders of Fort Worth Poetry Slams in 2000, either coached or was a member of seventeen slams teams that participated annually in Poetry Slams Inc, National Championships of Poetry. More than thirty years of workshops with youth of all ages. Events held in every level of education, Boys and Girls Clubs, Church’s, Recreation Centers, Senior Living Facilities, Libraries, College Campuses and Student Civic Centers.

“I imagine in our duty as poets, writers, thinkers and producers of audible pictures we all have questions that have yet to be answered. What is the duty of the writer? How would one describe a poem when asked? Why publish a book? What is the best platform to use for marketing? We more than likely will not agree on any of the answers provided whether by humans or Artificial Intelligence it will not matter.”

Stacey Tuel is a full-time mother, and a part-time teacher, poet, and music-maker who lives in Sonoma. She has an MA in Creative Writing from Sonoma State, where she also taught English.

Zoe Sameth Zoe Sameth crosses and blends genres of poetry, songwriting, spoken word, playwriting and memoir. Her poems, songs and thoughts share the joys, tragedies and mundane moments of everyday life. IG: @babyhummingbirdproductions http://zoesameth.com

Eyezon Johannesburg’s hip hop artist Eyezon is one example of quality South African hip hop, accessible to an even wider audience due to his fluency in the English tongue. ID: @africali_, @eyezonhiphop

Giotis writes poetry, fiction, and theory. His most recent collection “Daybreak” is available at better bookstores throughout the land. IG: @originalgiotis linktr.ee/OriginalGiotis

An author of fiction, memoir, poetry, punk songs, and anything else he can scrounge up, O’Connor is a recipient of the Moon Valley Writing Award and has been published in journals like River River, Flying South, and Hive Avenue.

IG: @themichaeljoconnor mjocwrites.substack.com

Poet Lana Montgomery has emerged into a new era of confidence and lack of shame that they hope to spread by being themself on stage. There will be highs and lows but Lana always makes sure the crowd gets a real and honest taste of the North Bay.

IG: @lanaalways