NYC Performance 11/9

BoriMix Poetry Reading at O.P. Art Studio Weds. Nov. 9th 6pm $5 cover O.P. Art Studio/Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center 107 Suffolk Street b/w Rivington and Delancey (LES) BoriMix

Poet-on-the-Run NYC Performances 10/21 & 10/22

CreativeInk Open Mic Series w/ host Maria Rodriguez Morales
Friday Oct 21st doors open at 6p show starts at 8p $10 cover
Common Space NYC
70-15 Austin Street (Across from the UA Movie Theater)
Forest Hills, NY
Check out the Facebook page for the event
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=133275926774472


You Are Beautiful The Way Your Are Showcase
Saturday, October 22, 2011 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM $5 cover
Teachers College, Columbia University - Private Dining Room
525 W 120th St (Basement of Grace Dodge Hall)
New York, NY 10027
Check out the event brite for ticket details
http://beautyintheeyeofbeholder.eventbrite.com/

Poet-on-the-Run Fall 2011 Edition

Cultural Connections
Monday Aug 22nd 7:30pm
Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520

Urbintel presents Def Poetry
Thursday Sept 1st 7:00pm
James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA 22801

Spoken Word Performance*
Thur Sept 29th Details TBA
Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI

Urbintel presents HerStory
Wed Oct 5th 7pm
Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA 30314

Atlanta Open Mic Tour
Oct 6th-10th Venues TBA

Urbintel presents HerStory
Thurs Oct 13th 9pm
Pace University, Pleasantville, NY 10570

*Stay tuned for updates to the calendar as some performances are still in negotiation.

Upcoming March Shows

Women's Night of Poetry:

Friday March 18, 2011 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Vaudville Park 26 Bushwick Avenue Brooklyn, NY
$5 at door. Free for performers and youth under 18.

URBINTEL presents Verses ft HerStory cast:

Saturday March 26, 2011 10:00 PM - 11:59 PM
Nuyorican Poets Café 236 East 3rd Street New York, NY 10002

The Period Project- An Anthology on Menstruation:

Thursday March 31, 2011 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
31-10 Thompson Avenue. Corner of Van Dam street.
Laguardia Community College: E-Building Room E501.

Women Of Words:

Thursday March 31, 2011 10:00 PM - 11:30 PM
@ The Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery, New York, NY
featuring Eternia, Helena D. Lewis, Evolution, Devynity, Shae Fiol, and J.F. Seary.

This is Goodbye

This is goodbye
It may come as a surprise
but I'm leaving
I'm through, done, fed-up
and I'm tired
"love, don't live here anymore"
You see there are some truths
that have been haunting my dreams
How you wormed your way into
my life and I allowed it
Allowed myself to look for love
in your eyes knowing that I
would never find it
I indulged you and
now there are bruises on my heart
and scars on my mind
the blunt for trauma to my soul
has left it unrecognizible
I am leaving; beacause you think
that I owe you. And so you stand
at my door with your hands outstretched expecting
reparations for a romance gone wrong.
You think that I have to pay
But what you fail to realize
is that there is nothing. I am emotionally
bankrupt and this love's hotel has no vacancies
you cannot stay here
and I should have left you long ago
but guilt cemented my feet and
I could not move forward
I was stuck, immobile
trying to figure out how life's
directions led me to you.
What wrong turn had I taken?
What false lead had I followed?
Did I mistake bullshit boulevard for lover's lane?
I am through with you
Sick and tired of playing games with you.
You're losing and complaining
and I'm no longer listening. Praying
that deafness silences you
that blindness hides you
and that third degree burns over 80 % of my body
will kill my nerve endings so that my skin cannot feel you
Do not look for me.
You will only find a shadow where I used to be.
In the height of my love I would have given you everything;
today I wouldn't even give you a cold.
I run from you; like the plague you are contagious
and I am trying to preserve my health and human life
This poem is a blow to your ego;
its intention is to knock you out long enough for me
to regain control of my body
My body needs to listen to the noise in my mind;
I am no longer sleeping; wide awake I take steps
to get away from you. Every line in this poem
creates a line of distance between me and you. When you wake
you will find that I have left you
deserted and crippled; you cannot get to me.
These words are slowly starting to give me peace.
I say goodbye to you. Good bye to all of the goodness I foolishly
thought was in you. Like a fool
I was panning for gold inside of you;
and found nothing but cut glass
reflecting the sun's light
and all I had to do was was accept
that this light wasn't coming from the sun, but from me.
And when I shone my light on you; I made you better.
Made everyone believe that you were solid
instead of gold plated.
that you were truth
instead of an interlocking chain of falsehoods
You are finished; whether you're ready or not,
you're set to go. There's no time to argue
I'm moving on without you. See
I am leaving
and it may come as a surprise to you
but this is good bye.

February Tidings

Good evening everyone:
I hope that this message finds you all well. I've got some exciting news & updates.

One of my poems "Waiting" was recently published in the online magazine "For Harriet." This is a great website and I invite you all to check it out at For Harriet

The producers of "Open Mic: An Urban Love Story" by Raven Blackstone is still casting male actors/poets for some of the male roles in the play. To set up an audition please contact raven at bushwickproductions@gmail.com.

February Performances

Thursday Feb 3rd 8pm - Urbintel presents "HerStory" at Williams College, Williamstown, MA

Thursday 17th 6:30pm - Simone Nikkole's "A Journey Through Poetry" Abigail's Cafe & Wine Bar 807 Classon Ave Brooklyn, NY

Wednesday Feb 23rd 7pm - Urbintel presents "HerStory" Eastern Connecticut State University, Willmantic, CT

Sunday Feb 27th (time TBA) - Black Latina Movement Poetry Showcase Nuyorican Poets Café, New York, NY

For more information on pricing, times and locations please contact me directly at jf_seary@me.com or send me a message of facebook.

Wishing you all a great week and let's hope that Punxsutawney Phil does NOT see is shadow, an early Spring for everybody! We deserve it, especially after this winter.

peace & blessings,

J.F. Seary
Poet-On-The-Run

Poet-on-the-Run Spring 2011 Edition

Poet-On-The-Run Spring 2011 Edition

Feb 23rd - Urbintel's HerStory performs at Eastern Connecticut State University, WIllmantic, CT (3-7:30 PM)

Feb 27th - Black Latina Movement/AfroColombia poetry show Nuyorican Poets Café NYC, NY (6-7:00 PM)

Mar 7th - Urbintel's HerStory performs at Long Island University, NYC, NY (7:30-9:30 PM)

Mar 13th - LATINOSNYC presents Women's Month Show, NYC, NY

Mar 18th - Women's Night of Poetry @ Vaudville Park 26 Bushwick Avenue Brooklyn, NY (8-9:00 PM $5 at door. Free for performers and youth under 18.)

Mar 26th - Urbintel presents Verses ft. HerStory cast, Nuyorican Poets Cafe, NYC, NY

Mar 31st - The Period Project - An Anthology on Menstruation Laguardia Community College E-Building Room E501. 31-10 Thompson Avenue, Long Island City, NY. Corner of Van Dam street. (7-9:00 PM)

Apr 1st-4th - NCLR's 13th Annual Book & Family Festival/Chicago Open Mic Tour, Chicago, IL

Apr 16th - Opening the Golden Gates of Literacy: A Benefit Dinner, Syracuse, NY*

Apr 29th - Alpha Chapter Banquet at Binghamton University (7:00 PM)

Apr - Urbintel's FreePoetry Day at Freeport High School, Long Island, NY**

Jun - Open Mic: An Urban Love Story, NYC, NY**

*Tentative, still working out the details

**Events confirmed just waiting on dates

HerStory & Open Mic: An Urban Love Story are both poetry infused plays, everything else is poetry =) and I'm still booking if you're interested.