A clickable Equinox

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  Al Young

A sudden midnight rainbow at work on my studio wall

 

Al Young

Chick Corea and The Vigil at Yoshi’s Oakland, April 15, 2013 | L-R Chick Corea, guitarist Charles Altura, saxophonist Tim Garland, drummer Marcus Gilmore (bassist Hadrien Féraud and the conguero not yet pictured)

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Wayne State University celebrates National Poetry Month in April 2013

Bill Harris

Bassist Marion Hayden, poets Leslie Reese, Al Young, Aurora Harris, Stephen Haven, Melba Boyd

WSU student photo

With M.L. Liebler poet, professor and bandleader in full fluorescence following his morning Introduction to Poetry class at Wayne State University, Detroit, April 2013

Photo: Maccabees at Midtown | Detroit

With Dr. Phyllis Vroom, Deputy President of Wayne State University; a classmate and friend since high school

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‘From Monadism to Nomadism:  Hybrid Approaches to Cultural Productions’ (A Graduate Student Conference at UC Merced, April 12-13, 2013)

Italy-based UC Merced graduate students Paola and Marco with Al

A gathering of UC Merced Graduate students and faculty line up for festive conference shot in lush mid-April light

‘Culture, Torture, Nurture — Which Can Save Our Planet?’ is the title of Al Young’s keynote address delivered at UC Merced’s graduate conference, April 2013

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 Poetry Out Loud California Finals 2013

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 Courtesy photo

Judges at breakfast now ready to jam

 

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California poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, Al Young, Kristin Margolis, Jonathon Bermea, and Brandon Cesmat celebrate the thrill of Round Two of California’s dramatic Poetry Out Loud finals. | Sacramento, March 25, 2013

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University of La Verne and the Huntington Library, March 2013

Al, University of La Verne Dean Jonathan Reed and our splendid Huntington Library tour guide | March 2013

“sweet spring is your
time is my time is our
time for springtime is lovetime
and viva sweet love”
— E.E. Cummings

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Spring Piano Fest 2013 | University of La Verne

  Al Young

Photo: Kindness of Strangers

Pianists-composers Reed Gratz and Gayle Serdan pose with special guest Al Young following their Two-Piano Concert of jazz & poetry, a featured Spring 2013 Piano Fest event  March at the University of La Verne’s Morgan Auditorium.

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 Al Young

Saucer magnolia tree in full bloom

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UP JUMPED SPRING | a poem by Al Young

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