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Q. R. Hand was a hip & humble & towering figure among San Francisco poets for decades,
since his arrival from Brooklyn in 1970.
We’ve just lost him at age 83.
San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck hosts a reading in tribute to Q. R.
featuring a number of poets who knew him well.
Poet QR Hand
from Numberless Are the Sands on the Seashore
us folk are the peoples who look towards the sea
vision and memory past perfect futures are
strewn about our musics like sea weeds on the shore
our eyes hearts afire dancing on
limbs aghast and bedazzled caressing these sands
hand clapping spirits our souls are numberless
like bands of the spectra our hues are numberless
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There will not be the usual open mic component tonight,
so that we can better focus our thoughts on a poet who meant so much to us in life.
Read about Q. R. here: Beloved-Bay-Area-Black-poet-who-blended-verse-and-jazz-sfgate
Join Zoom Meeting
https://envisionedu-org.zoom.us/j/98357973119?pwd=NVN0eG5jTnFEdXp3TXMwZVNoNFhKZz09
Meeting ID: 983 5797 3119
Passcode: 030376
If you have trouble joining the meeting, please email [email protected]
Brett sez: “We’re back with our first installment of the Bird and Beckett online open mic for 2021! That said, we recently lost a great poet within our Bay Area collective scene: the powerful and observant Q.R. Hand. Thus, our show will be dedicated to him, his work and memory.”
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Gigging musicians! You have nothing to lose but your lack of a collective voice to achieve fair wages for your work!
The IMA can be a conduit for you, if you join in to make it work.
https://www.independentmusiciansalliance.org/
Read more here - Andy Gilbert's Feb 25 article about the IMA from KQED's site