'Homage to John Coltrane'--JOHN SINCLAIR performs three Poems and GINA FERRARA and GEOFF MUNSTERMAN each deliver a Poem at Poetry Ball #2

CHUCK PERKINS' and SULEYMAN AYDIN'S Café Istanbul in New Orleans was a-light that night!

October 2, 2024

A Birthday Basket for and from JOHN SINCLAIR, as he’s joined here by other Poets on the bill of Poetry Ball #2, GINA FERRARA and GEOFF MUNSTERMAN, on the welcoming Stage of the pioneering-after-Katrina nightclub Café Istanbul, bravely begat by SULEYMAN AYDIN and passionate, exceptional poet-performer CHUCK PERKINS.

'Homage to John Coltrane', three poems, by John Sinclair

'The Religion Once but No Longer Shared' by Gina Ferrara

'Because the Stars Shine through It' by Geoff Munsterman

February was the second POETRY BALL of seven that MARYSE and I helped to present at the Istanbul in 2013. We met, or got to know better, many Great People. As she said after one evening of poets gathering within the AC-free swelter of LEE GRUE’s house in the outer Bywater: “These people are serious!”

Below, a Poster featuring SOME of the poets and musicians who performed during 2013. You can see all seven Poetry Ball Posters over in the Big Trunk of donpaulwearerev.com. Just scroll past the ‘Spiritual as Music’ Hours.

Special thanks to Chuck, Suleyman, DAVE BRINKS and esp. video camera-person and editor PAUL PUNZO!