Thanks for checking out my poetry website! Poetry is one of my favorite art forms. If you have poetry you'd like to share send it to poetry@artispassion.com. Selected poems will be featured in Contributions!

I have a chair
That follows me around
Always sitting in that same place
That same day
That same night
I catch your stare

Sharply you turn away
Searching for your eyes
Induced By so much as a glimpse
I start to care

The spoken word of friends fade
Invaded by the emptiness
Certain you are there

Da' Poetry Lounge :: Tuesdays @ 9 PM to 12 AM
Greenway Court Theatre 544 N. Fairfax Blvd. in Los Angeles, CA
www.dapoetrylounge.com

The Rapp Saloon :: Fridays @ 8 PM (sign up @ 7:30)
International Youth Hostel 1436 2nd Street in Santa Monica, CA
www.dapoetrylounge.com

Psychobabble Cabaret :: Sundays @ 8:30 PM (sign up @ 8)
Psychobabble Coffee House 1866 N. Vermont in Los Angeles, CA
www.dapoetrylounge.com

Red Light Open Mic :: Tuesdays @ 7 PM to 9 PM
Amnesia 853 Valencia St. in San Francisco, CA
www.myspace.com/amnesiabar

Poetry Mission :: 2nd and 4th Thursday @ 7 PM to 9 PM
Dalva 3121 16th St. in San Francisco, CA (back room)
www.myspace.com/poetrymission

16th n Mission :: Thursdays @ 10 PM
Bart 16th St. and Mission in San Francisco, CA

Love :: a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person
Hate :: to dislike intensely or passionately
Sad :: affected by unhappiness or grief
Frienship :: the state of being a friend
source www.dictionary.com