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Kevin Simmonds African-American poet and musician

Kevin Simmonds
Kevin Simmonds
San Francisco
Member since: Apr, 2008
Last login: 07/25/2009
Last update : 07/25/2009
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About Me

  • I'm originally from New Orleans and can't say enough how much that influences everything I am and do.  I've published some poetry, essays and reviews in 42opus, Massachusetts Review, Black Arts Quarterly, FIELD, Poetry and elsewhere.  My music has been performed throughout the US, Japan, the UK and the Caribbean.  I live and teach privately in San Francisco.

Kevinsim's Blog

  • San Francisco International Poetry Festival

    July 25, 2009

    • Thanks to friend devorah major, I attended/experienced this year's San Francisco International Poetry Festival. And after the first marathon reading last night, got to break bread (and sing songs) with poets from all over the world (Nigeria, Wales, Vietnam, Ecuador, Syria, Palestine, Israel, the list goes on). Truly, I could live fuller if I read more poetry. This is common sense. I need more ...
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  • BOMB Magazine

    June 29, 2009

    • Aretha Franklin's Inauguration Day performance was made extraordinary by her church hat. Bomb Magazine released a chapbook featuring poems about that hat and all it means. My poem "Bolt" is included. And, yes, "Rock Steady" is my favorite Retha song.http://bombsite.powweb.com/wp-content/uploads/THINK.pdf
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  • Castrati

    June 14, 2009

  • fetish interviews

    June 11, 2009

    • I can't say enough about how amazing everyone has been in these interviews. Open the doors or take them off the hinges!!! 
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  • Jack Straw Writers Program

    June 1, 2009

    • The final Jack Straw Writers reading was a lot of fun for me. The chance to share my work is probably one of the greatest motivations for creating. I do it to connect with people and talk about what we share and hope to share. As usual, the audience laughed in unexpected places and seemed compelled by poems I find very close to me. Though one person did thank me for writing/sharing poems from my ...
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Writing: Articles & Stories

Comments I've Written

  • Delivery vs. Substance

    Elizabeth's poem was strong and clear. She didn't "perform" it and, as a musician, I wanted more music in her voice.

  • Short vs. Long

    Being in a group is stimulating but I wonder if I thrive better (and remain a more helpful group member) in short-term groups.

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Media

French Quarter (poem)
Poet & writer Kwame Dawes interviewed African-American women in Sumter, South Carolina about their lives growing up in the Jim Crow South.Swamp Song from WISTERIA

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