Shab-e She’r Poetry January 2024 Report

Our features Asifa Sheikh and Gary Barwin offered excellent sets of breathtakingly beautiful poetry.

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And: we had some brave people on the open mic:

1.??? Mark Anthony

2.??? Mary Love

3.??? Mārta Ziemelis

4.??? Norman Allan

5.??? Azita

6.??? Emily Kedar

7.??? Elisha Elise Alladina

8.??? Christopher Deir

9.??? Zoe

10. Ghadeer Elghafri

11. Jacqueline

12. Carol Ribner

13. Hannah

14. Peyton Brien

15. Jess

I also recited a poem at the end.

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Huge thanks to our features for their community spirit and offering poems that our audience needed to hear. Thanks to Gary for coming all the way from Hamilton for the event. And thanks to Asifa for her generosity in donating her honorarium back to Shab-e She’r.

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Much love to Shab-e She’r team for their hard work before and during the event: ?Mārta Ziemelis (door), Roxana Khoshravesh (posters, stamp, photography, and feature bio), Mansooreh (door), Pouria Saffaran (light and feature biography), Elana Wolff (photography), Cy Strom (silent auction).

And: Thanks to Sepideh for flowers.

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Thanks to all who spread the word and invited friends, the audience, open mic’ers, and the Tranzac for accommodating us.

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Our next event is on February 27th, featuring Donna Longevin and David Delisca. If you like to help us build a stronger community and reach more people, join us and spread the word:

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https://www.facebook.com/events/399399312480775/

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See you,

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B?noo Zan

Shab-e She’r Founder