Tabi Po! Poetry Series featuring Kavon Cortez Jones

Name: Tabi Po! Poetry Series featuring Kavon Cortez Jones
Start: 2024-07-21T15:00:00-05:00
Location: County Clare Irish Pub

Schedule

Sun Jul 21 2024 at 03:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

County Clare Irish Pub | Milwaukee, WI

Kavon Cortez Jones or Kj was born on September 26th, 1994 the same year as Bucks forward, Giannis in a city he calls, Paris of the Midwest. He is a Milwaukee homegrown poet, avid biker, and storyteller who was born and grew up in Milwaukee. Young Kj was inspired to write poetry in 7th grade while attending Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. K-8 School thanks to local mentors Kwabena Nixon and Muhibb Dyer. Kwabena & Muhibb visited his school when he was 13-years-old, and wowed a gymnasium full of angsty-teenagers with poetic storytelling. Their stories talked about everything from losing loved ones to gun violence, to how jump rope, particularly Double-Dutch, is a lost art form. Muhibb wore an orange jumpsuit and Kwabena brought a jump rope which made the visual performance more intense and tear-jerking. Lupe Fiasco's Superstar, a 2007 hit song around the time was another catalyst to indulge him into the scribe culture.
This event is co-hosted by Tabi Po Poetry and County Clare Irish Pub. It is sponsored by the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets. Thank you to Create Wisconsin for fiscal receiver services.