victoria poetry project: Tongues of Fire featuring Robert Lashley

The foundation of the victoria poetry project, Tongues of Fire (ToF) is the longest-running poetry open mic on lekwungen territory today.

ToF shows consists of an open mic for the first half of the evening, followed by a performance set by our invited poet -- this Thursday, we are very excited to feature ...

Robert Lashley

Robert Lashley(he/ him)was a 2016 Jack Straw Fellow, Artist Trust Fellow, and nominee for a Stranger Genius Award. He has had work published in The Seattle Review of Books, NAILED, Poetry Northwest, McSweeney’s, and The Cascadia Review, and his poetry was also featured in such anthologies as Many Trails to The Summit, Foot Bridge Above The Falls, Get Lit, Make It True, and It Was Written. In 2019, Entropy Magazine named his first collection, The Homeboy Songs, one of the 25 essential books to come out of the Seattle area.

doors at 6 | open mic sign up at 630 | show starts at 7 PM

Venue Info: Caffè Fantastico (Quadra Village Roastery)

Accessibility: https://victoriapoetryproject.com/safetyaccessibility/

we kindly encourage indoor mask wearing to keep our poets and community healthy throughout the season. please bear in mind there are no current masking requirements at the venue; audience members and patrons at the venue may be unmasked.

Further inquiries, or to learn more about us, please visit https://victoriapoetryproject.com/contact/

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