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The LAPS mission is to create a bridge, fusing the communities of Los Angeles and Southern California Poets, poetry organizations, Writer groups, booksellers, publishers, literary enthusiasts and supporters into a unified social and literary network.

02/14/2025

March 22nd

Join us live on Wednesday 2/12 for Reading in Bed with Jessica, featuring DIOSY REYES, host of Valley Views, Voces Unida...
02/12/2025

Join us live on Wednesday 2/12 for Reading in Bed with Jessica, featuring DIOSY REYES, host of Valley Views, Voces Unidas, and Las Comadres on Radio Ollin 101.5FM Tune in on our KROJ app, online, or on your radio dial!

Hi folks! LA Poet Society Press will be at the LA Zine Fest in March!This is such an exciting honor. Many thanks to our ...
02/09/2025

Hi folks! LA Poet Society Press will be at the LA Zine Fest in March!
This is such an exciting honor. Many thanks to our Acid Verse Literary Journal Editor in Chief, Tauri Alonso - for supporting our creative community and entering us into the festival! Come see us at The Broad, March 1 and 2!

You are invited to an evening of bohemia - celebrating all the shades of Eros and love. AVECASAVE & LA Poetry Society pr...
02/07/2025

You are invited to an evening of bohemia - celebrating all the shades of Eros and love. AVECASAVE & LA Poetry Society present Heartbeats Noir: Rituales de Amor.

Sexy attire encouraged. Round robin recitals, rituals, featured guests.
Bring delicious pieces and your favorite treats.

More about this night:
HeartBeatsNoir at AVECASAVE

SOLUNA EN BOSQUE Secret encantos to invoke love

Saturday February 15 from 8pm to past midnight

Open with Encanto Tierra de Amor y AmorosoSombrero, Erótica Kamanostra, Ritual de Amor con LunaSol, AVECASAVE Afrodisíaca and SorPreso SorPresa!!

A conmemoración de poetry, love, friendship, change, inevitability of sorts, camaraderie, the song of life, the howl of poetry, the end of Empire, overthrowing supernatural stupidity, love in empathy and beyond...

ROUNDROBIN & BETS: Round Robin (strictly one poem per round till we drop) 

and BETS (Bring Enough To Share: a bottle of red wine, juice, and/or your favorite internacional finger foods). 

No explanations or subtext to kill the poems please.

DressCode: Sexy WIMTY  (WhatEverItMeansToYou).

PostDte: AVECASAVE means the place in dreams where poetry is in the crossroad of all possibilities ... A shangri-LA of Poets.

02/07/2025

For over 30 years, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) has been reaching out to Palestinian communities, striving to deliver health and medical care to those worst affected by conflict, occupation and displacement.

Happy Black History Month! We are so excited to honor the dynamic duo of mother and son that have been part of the LA Po...
02/06/2025

Happy Black History Month! We are so excited to honor the dynamic duo of mother and son that have been part of the LA Poet Society family for many years, and that is Michelle Smith and Chris Akubuilo!

It has been such an honor to be in community with both of these folks, enjoying the art, creativity, advocacy, and social justice that we seek to obtain for each other. They are always so kind and full of love, and have such beautiful smiles on their faces anytime you see them.

Join me in honoring Chris and Michelle!!!

Did you know that our Poets are available for custom poems every Sunday? Check us out at our space at the Melrose tradin...
02/06/2025

Did you know that our Poets are available for custom poems every Sunday? Check us out at our space at the Melrose trading Post, space R18. We are so honored to have a residency at this fun and lively space every Sunday from 11 to 5. All poems are donation based, so you name your price.

Listen today for reading in bed with Jessica on 101.5 FM KROJ. Today I will be chatting with Egyptian Princess8 tune in ...
02/06/2025

Listen today for reading in bed with Jessica on 101.5 FM KROJ. Today I will be chatting with Egyptian Princess8 tune in at 6 PM for all the fun. #101.5FM

Happy Black History Month! We are so excited to honor Miss B a.k.a. Jennifer Baptiste. She is an incredible part of our ...
02/05/2025

Happy Black History Month! We are so excited to honor Miss B a.k.a. Jennifer Baptiste. She is an incredible part of our organization and host of Voices of Color! She is a wonderful host, visual artist and voiceover actress. We are so honored to have her as part of our LA Poet Society Press Family.

She always has such a smile on her face and carries great energy. Join us in honoring Jennifer!

Our amazing Poet Hero we want to honor is our soulful brother IDEAS AUBREY! Idea is a Spoken Word master and Orator, w...
02/04/2025

Our amazing Poet Hero we want to honor is our soulful brother IDEAS AUBREY!

Idea is a Spoken Word master and Orator, who speaks with truth and conviction. He’s an incredible advocate for both social justice and Autism. He’s part of our social justice anthology, LA Poets for Justice: A Document for the People ✊🏽🫶🏽 He’s got an amazing heart and is 100 Thousand Poets for Change!
We love you, brother! Write on!

Happy Black History Month family! We want to join together to honor and recognize Poet, Educator, James Coats! James ha...
02/03/2025

Happy Black History Month family! We want to join together to honor and recognize Poet, Educator, James Coats!

James has been an outstanding part of the LA Poet Society family, from the beginnings where we met him during the pandemic at our online writing workshops, to his journey as a poetry educator, and also a wonderful social justice advocate and activist holding space for his “Be the change” writing Workshop.

James is very supportive of the Poetry community across Southern California - Los Angeles and the Inland Empire. We really appreciate how he shows up for the Creative community. James is a true poet rock star!

02/03/2025
Join us in acknowledging and celebrating and Black Hxstory Month; honoring the legacy and work of Black creatives all ar...
02/02/2025

Join us in acknowledging and celebrating and Black Hxstory Month; honoring the legacy and work of Black creatives all around the country and especially those who are part of our beautiful L A Poet Society county and network.

Kicking off this month we want to recognize the leadership and selflessness of ANDREA LEE! .drea_thepoet .lee1

Andrea is the Author of two books, a renowned Chef, educator, social workers and life coach. She’s also the incredible President of our Board of Directors for LA Poet Society. Andrea leads with love, heart and soul, and believes in strengthening and nourishing our community. She is resilient and dedicated to the power of words and collective breaking our stories can inspire.
Her latest book: The Power to Change the Way you Love Yourself, has won the Impact Award!

Join me in recognizing this beautiful sister who exemplifies Black excellence! We love Andrea! ❤️🎉🫶🏽

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Feliz Poetry Month!
Feliz Poetry Month!

Wishing you all a Happy National Poetry Month, from the literary organization that's all about POETRY all year long; your friendly Los Angeles Poet Society! We will be launching our prompts for National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo), a week at a time. Tag us, share your poems, and we will publish them here on IG and on our blog. WRITE ON! #poetrymonth #poetsociety #lapoetsociety #losangeles #napowrimo #nationalpoetrymonth #writepoetry #30for30 #litearyarts #writerslife #poetslife #expressyourself #writingchallenge

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we started on the boardwalk

Venice Beach, CA - November 2009 - Friends and Writers, Jessica M. Wilson and Christina Granados went out to the boardwalk to find a good spot to lay down their milk crate.

“Why not a Poet?”

A huge Doors fan, Jessica frequented the Venice Beach Boardwalk...whether to take in the ocean view, admire the Jim Morrison mural on 18th and Speedway, or to buy unique art from local artists. Along her journey up the walk, she encountered a large crowd around a shouting man. Like any other curious being, Jessica wanted to see what the hype was all about. She made her way closer, digging through the crowd, to see a single man, standing on top of an ice chest. What was he shouting? They were messages of religious belief...rhetoric of the sort. Jessica took it in and huffed about the messages he was pushing... However, was taken back by how many ears he flocked... she was even intrigued. She saw how he opened up his ice chest, to hand out the booklets he had about what he was preaching about... connecting with people.

No one stopped him. People took the time to listen to him.