WCW – ZORIDA MOHAMMED

Zorida Mohammed

Zorida Mohammed

Wednesday, July 2, 2014, 7 p.m.

Williams Center for the Arts
One Williams Plaza, Rutherford NJ

Plus the words of William Carlos Williams
and open readings from the floor

Contact: John Barrale – john.barrale@gmail.com

ZORIDA MOHAMMED was born in Trinidad and came to the US when she was a teenager. She received an MSW from Fordham University School of Social Work and has worked in the mental health profession for 28 plus years. Her chapbook She Called Me Girlee was published recently by Finishing Line Press. Her poems have been published in The Caribbean Writer, Folio, Poem, The Atlanta Review, The Spoon River Poetry Review, Fulcrum #6 and #7, Phoebe, Oyez Review, Compass Rose, The Dirty Goat # 20, Bayou Magazine, The Rutherford Red Wheelbarrow, The Distillery, Quercus Review, and other publications. She enjoys cooking and has many awards for horticulture. Zorida won a New Jersey State Council on the Arts grant for poetry in 1991-92.

Remember Dadee

I looked for a glow above your bed.
I looked in the rafters and corners,
but your life was gone.
It had slipped out under the eaves,
or the open half
of your Dutch door.

There was nothing but gravel in the street.

FIFTH ANNIVERSARY AT GAINVILLE!

Christine Santelli

Come and join us in the Magic Circle at GainVille Café, Rutherford, NJ on Friday, June 27 for our fifth anniversary of bringing great poetry and music to Rutherford!

Our poetry feature will be an Open Mic sponsored by the Red Wheelbarrow Poets for anyone who has read at GainVille during the past five years, invited poets and open mic readers alike. And bring your A game!

Very excited to have as musical guest CHRISTINE SANTELLI, a bluesy, ballsy belter from Jersey City.

17 Ames Ave., Rutherford, 7 pm.

A $6 cover includes coffee/tea and dessert.

Two essays from issue #1

Here is the complete text of two essays from issue #1, Rutherford Red Wheelbarrow Poets Anthology, published in 2008:

Mark Fogarty describes the beginnings of the group, in The Rutherford Revival.

Jim Klein talks about a poetry journal that he started 30 years ago, Lunch, in The Opposite of Everything”: The Life and Times of Lunch. It is a wild ride.

SPRING AND ALL POETRY AND MUSIC FEB. 28!

Jim GwynLisa BiancoThe Red Wheelbarrow Poets salute the coming of Spring and All with a hot Magic Circle show featuring the poetry of JIM GWYN and the music of LISA BIANCO, Friday, Feb. 28 at 7 PM at GainVille Café, Rutherford.

Jim Gwyn’s poetry has appeared in our anthology, Paterson Literary Review, and Lips.

Lisa Bianco, a frequent guest in the Magic Circle, is the consummate rock troubadour and has played in many cities and foreign countries since her last appearance.

This is followed by the Bring Your A Game open mic.

$6 cover includes coffee/tea and dessert.

GainVille Café is at 17 Ames Ave., Rutherford.

The Red Wheelbarrow now has a YouTube channel

Tune into our YouTube channel. The one (so far) playlist has video highlights from the launch of The Red Wheelbarrow #6 on Wednesday, September 4, 2013 at the Williams Center.