I had a lovely poetry performance in the opensorceryy club with mk today!

I read for 45 minutes on accident, I feel like I performed for far too long.

However, mk seems to have had no issue with it.

Emerson also got video of much, if not all, of the set, so y’all can expect videos in the next few days.

Now I’m just chilling and watching Charlotte Dobre Reddit drama videos. I’m gonna hit the showers after this next one.

-Allēna

Emerson and Ashley went to Honeybee Sage yesterday and Ashley read two poems.

They will roll out elsewhere on social media in early June, but I am going to share them here now.

He kicked absolute ass, and tbh I think he’s a natural performer. I think he did better than me.

-Allēna

Mk and I are going to be doing another joint reading!

This time it will be in my Discord server, the opensorceryy club.

It’s on March 31 at 8PM and I hope I see y’all there 💛 mk will be reading selections from its recently published chapbook, Different With Him, and I will be reading some very queer pieces from my most recent zine, Fear Not The Brave Pain, and beyond.

I’m stoked.

-Allēna

I had my poetry performance with mk this afternoon!

It went very well, even though my voice shattered midway through the last poem in the set, “hurricane lazarus”.

-Allēna

#poetryperformance #spokenwordpoetry

Here’s my best performance of “hurricane lazarus” yet 💛

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQYJEkuju0I/?igsh=NWR2NDdkODk0Z2ow

THIS WAS SO MUCH FUNNNN!!!

“hurricane lazarus” does in fact appear in fear not the brave pain, which is a part of the fantastic fundraiser bundle my friend mk compiled to help me with survival costs in this hellscape. Please check it out, it’s pay what you can 💛

-Allēna

#hurricane #metaphor #poetryperformance #spokenWord

Well, I finally got over my odd fear of performing anything from Field Notes last night at Poet’s Monday.

I performed “samson” and “rehoboth” (not shown).

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQXdVaQEdhI/?igsh=eWFrajN6bGFiaTZv

The fundraiser mentioned in the video and caption is here.

-Allēna

#crowdfund #disabledcrowdfund #Fundraiser #lemoncar #poetryfundraiser #poetryperformance #Spoonie #survivalcrowdfund #transCrowdfund #zines

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!

My friend mk and I are doing a joint performance in December and we hope to see you there! Here’s the flyer:

I’m so excited!

-Allēna

#mkzariel #ourpoetry #poetryPerformance

This is a performance of an older poem called “the void falls for the hero in the end”.

This very Milwaukee themed piece originally appeared in our third poetry collection, singing molten gold to the morning.

Here it is:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPxjvxmDgPG/?igsh=eWtkYXpiZ3RzdjJx

-Allēna

#livePerformance #milwaukee #performance #poetry #poetryPerformance #queerAuthor

Yesterday would have been the  7th anniversary of my first marriage and I hate this goddamned month. As such, this was my Poets’ Monday performance last night.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPfqvY_Ewz0/?igsh=cjN5NDlqcWIyeDV0

-Allēna

#divorcepoetry #performancepoet #poetryPerformance