News, Events and
Organizations
News
and Events:
Poetry
Flash
for, local, regional and statewide events
San
Francisco Heart - an Art and Poetry
Calendar.
by
Nicole Savage
The
One Page Guide
These
are the open mic venues in San Francisco that I know
of.
Bay
Area Poet's Coalition,
based in Berkeley, CA a great group!
Poem
Dome! San
San Francisco's premier annual
event!
Here
is the audio of the Virtual Version of Poem Dome from 2021,
thanks to Val and EK!
The
sound comes in low, there is some set up, but by 12 minutes
in the show starts off and the sound improves.
Poetry Blogs:
Mission
Poetry Center - La Mission
Poética
Peace,
Hope and 911: Voices from San
Francisco
Poetry
Landmarks:
Poetry
Podcasts:
Mystic
Babylon is
the location for the podcasts made by John Rhodes, many San
Franciscan poets have been filmed by John.
Poetry Organizations:
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A
writer's past: Daniel Brady
Well, where to
begin...
.....
I
began writing while at Washington
Union High School
there I eventually joined the Literary Club. The
senior project, that year, 1969 -1970, was to
produce an anthology of artwork and poetry. After
some controversial drawings were edited, several
hundred copies were produced to acclaim; this was
where I was published for the first time.
Subsequently, I attended
Ohlone
J.C.
where I continued taking creative writing classes.
Later, while attending San
Francisco State
University,
from 1972 to 1975, I self identified as a writer,
more specifically - as a poet. During those years I
read a great deal and wrote more poetry than ever
before. I graduated in 1975 with a BA in Sociology,
all practicalities aside.
.....
During
my time at SFSU, I went to many readings and
workshops. By the time I graduated in 1975 I, and
several others, had begun Birthstone Magazine, a
small press publication. In the late 70's I managed
a reading series at a local anarchist bookstore,
Bound
Together Book
Collective,
when it was located on Hayes St. I also facilitated
workshops during those years and began to be
published in small press magazines around the
nation.
.....
I
became increasingly involved in San Francisco's
poetry scene as I performed numerous readings,
often including haiku, and continued to attend and
create workshops. I was published in a number of
small press magazines and placed in several poetry
contests. In 1977, I became involved with the
Theosophical
Society of San
Francisco
and my poetry began to include symbolic
metaphysical content. A few years later, the Zen
appeal of Haiku grew and it came to be a part of
many of my readings through the early
1980's.
.....
In
the fall of 1985 I returned to San Francisco State
University to obtain a California Multiple Subjects
Teaching Credential. I began teaching in 1987 with
supplementary credentials in both English and
Social Science. I have been an elementary school
teacher since that time. This career change did
distract me from writing as did my marrying a
singularly enchanting woman, my wife
Wendy.
.....
I
had turned to writing prose in the early 80's after
having two short pieces published in the local
small press. I began novel length manuscripts
toward the end of that decade, mainly in the genre
of Science Fiction. In 1991 I joined the
Haiku
Poets of Northern
California.
In this setting, I learned much about the intricate
nature of the deceptively simple art of haiku.
During that time I had haiku published. By 2000 I
had returned to the open mic scene and to poetry
writing, reading and performing, much as I had
earlier on in my life. By 2010 I began curating
Sacred Grounds Open mic, which has now passed some
50 years in providing audiences with great
poetry!
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Videos
of Daniel Reading:
Some of
these selections were recorded by my friend, Martin
Joseph, at Sacred Grounds (SG). One can also go to
my YouTube
channel
to see
videos from Sacred Grounds, which include
recordings of my presentations that may not be on
this list, as well as poetry other famed
poets.
(1)
Reading
at the Poets with Trees
event
(2009)
(4 minutes)
(2) Dan
reading a romantic
poem
(at the renown Word
Party!
2010) (3min.)
(3) Dan
Brady and Wendy Wolters
featured
(2012) (30m)
(4) A
satiric song in support of Bradley
Manning
(2011) (3m)
(5)
Reading
a poem at Sacred
Grounds
(2011) (3m)
(6) Good
News" at Sacred
Grounds
(2011) (6m)
(7) 2
poems at Sacred Grounds
(Jul.
2011) (5m)
(8) You
mustn't Be Afraid of
Death
(Aug. 2011) (6m)
(9) And
here now the news
(Aug. 2011) (5m)
(10) Send
in the Clowns (Clowns Vs.
Nazi's)
(Nov.
2011) (3m)
(11) In
honor of Jehanah
Wedgwood
(Nov.
2011) (4m)
(12) Time
Will Tell, at Sacred
Grounds
(Mar. 2012) (2m)
(13)
Reading
"Glory" at Sacred
Grounds
(Mar. 2012) (3m)
(14) Reflections"
at Sacred Grounds
(Mar. 2012) (3m)
(15) Dancing
on the Moon at
Sacred
(Mar. 2012) (2m)
(16) The
Legend of Brady's
Fart
(Apr. 2012) (7m)
(17) 70's
Mothers, mine and
another
(May 2012) (4m)
(18) Ode
To Pee and more
(Dec. 2012) (5m)
(19) Inspiration
Point
(Dec. 2012) (4m)
(20)
Their
Lights
(2010)
(3m)
(21)
The
Passing of Brady's
Fart
(2012) (7m)
(22)
As
Don Brennan Would Say
It
(2014) (12m)
(23)
Good
News and Jazz Solo
(2014)
(12m)
(24)
A
20 minute feature at
Sacred
(Jan. 2015)
(21m)
(25)
Advice
from a deranged MUNI addict, the
Epistle
(Feb. 2015 @SG) (3m)
(26)
Reading
Avotcja's What is a
Poet
(Feb. 2015
@SG) (2m)
(27)
Light,
light, light
(Mar. 2015
@SG) (3m)_
(28)
The
Last Poem
(Mar. 2015 @SG) (7m)
(29) Reading
"Peace
(at
the renown Word
Party!)
(4m)
(30) Dan
Brady's "Speculation" on
YouTube
(2017)
(3m)
(31) An
hour of Dan and Wendy
reading
(2017 @SG)
(53m)
(32) Dan
Brady+Steve Arnston Central Coast Poetry
Show
(2018) (31m)
(33) Dan's
at San Francisco's main
library
Hosted
by the Bay
Area Poet's
Coalition
(2011)
(35m)
(34) Time
Will Tell and Long After Time, read at Sacred
Grounds
(2018) (4m)
(35) Dan
kicking off Poem
Dome
(2019)
(3m)
(36) The
Trump; The Grinch Song
(2018)
(3m)
(37) Inspiration
Point
(2016) (4m)
(38) A
Haiku, Ghostly, and Unendurable Pleasure
Indefinitely
Prolonged
(Aug.
2019) (4m)
(39)
My
somewhat impromptu feature at
Sacred (Feb. 2020)
(24m)
(40) Who
Influenced You? (Jul.
2020) (2m)
(41) Headlines
and
Frontlines
(Jul.
2020) (4m)
(42) Two
poems at PAI, The
Bridge
(Jul. 2020) (7m)
(43) Reading,
at PAI, The
Bridge
(Dec. 2020) (4m)
(44) Part
One of my feature, World Poetry
Online
(Dec. 2020) (10m)
(45) Part
Two of my feature, World Poetry
Online
(Dec. 2020) (10m)
(46) Feature
at Mitch's Art Party!
(Mar. 2021 (20m)
(47) Excerpts
of Madness (Sep. 2021
(3m)
(48) Worlds,
for Carlos
Ramirez
(Nov.
2021) (3m)
(49) They
Call
It
(Nov. 2021) (4m)
(50) Dan
at the PAI, December
2021
(Dec. 2021) (3m)
(51) Dan
at the PAI, December
2021
(Dec. 2021) (6m)
(52) At
Sacred Grounds,
2014
(Oct. 14) (2m)
(53) At
the
SFPL,2020
Singing Donald The Drumpf
(Oct.2014) (3m)
(54) At
1428 Poet's, as feature
(09/2022) (21m)
(55) A
feature at Poetry Near and
Afar (01/02/23) (22m)
(56) Whose
Fault Is it?
(Feb.
2024, at Sacred) (4m)
VideoHaiku
a set of silent films, new in
2024
VideoHaiku,
a silent film,
Recollections,
36 seconds
VideoHaiku,
a silent film, Two Simple
Questions, 45 seconds
VideoHaiku,
a silent film, Any
Act,
34 seconds
VideoHaiku,
a silent film, A Maker of
Worlds, 49 seconds
VideoHaiku,
a silent film, Food for
Thoughts, 59 seconds
VideoHaiku,
a silent film, Trump focused, cuts and
jibes, 48 seconds
VideoHaiku,
a silent film, Too many Trump
VideoHaiku?, 2
minutes, six seconds
An
Audio
Sampler:
This
page includes MP3 audio files for each
poem,
a reading on the
web! Please note
that other recordings are available:
Upon
Request
Selected
Haiku
Items:
I have an
interest in haiku; it was the first poetic form I
was taught and I've always enjoyed writing haiku.
My
haiku page
has links to a haiku sampler, including artwork,
and a couple of short essays about some interesting
aspects of Haiku writing such as
The
Essence of Preference.
I have also created a page about San Francisco's
gem of a secret the Haiku
Pond!
Writing
Services:
I have
manuscripts I am working on as well as a collection
of what I call "idea files" that are plot lines or
proto-scripts. These have been used as a basis for
consulting with clients seeking ideas for stories,
novellas, and novels or movies and television
programs in the Science Fiction genre.
Here
is some information about plot
lines.
Publication
Credits: Upon
Request
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Venues and Poets
Venues:
Sacred
Grounds Cafe
This is the longest running poetry open mic in San
Francisco, perhaps in the US. See
our
Facebook page for events
Have a cup of friendship and expound!
Jennifer Barone
and Ingrid Keir of WordParty
a
pair of poets who knock your socks off!
Bird
and Beckett Books
poetry,
literary events and jazz
16th
and Mission Streets on Thursday nights the Poets take over
and it is WILD!
Poets:
Clara
Hsu
She performs in the Bay Area
and hosts a monthly salon
Sally
Saunders
is a
poetry therapist who runs workshops and performs in San
Francisco.
Steven
Gray,
a
poet, singer songwriter musician and artist
Joan
Gelfand,
a
fine San Francisco poet who tours widely
Cara
Vida,
a
performance poet with unforgettable style and
panache!
Pablo
Rosales
A
soulful, jazzy kind of reciter who is very smooth, you'll
enjoy his work.
Virginia
Barrett
A
heartfelt and compassionate poet whose artwork is intuitive
and sensual.
Zara
Raab
A
careful and well crafted writer of note.
David
Erdreich
A
clever poet, singer musician, comedian kind of nice guy. The
book shows it.
Garrett
Murphy
A
poet whose satire, wit, humor and punchy understated style
always impresses.
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