Come join Forum Magazine's Open Mic Night at Ocean Ale House! Wednesday, November 28th at 6pm. All writers and poets are welcome. If you're a writer who will be featured in the upcoming Forum Fall 2018 edition, we welcome your attendance!! Ocean Ale House is walk-able from CCSF Ocean Campus, at the corner …
CCSF Forum Open Mic 11/28/18 – Ocean Ale House
CCSF Forum Literary Magazine is sponsoring an Open Mic at the Ocean Ale House on Wednesday, November 28th, 2018 at 6pm. We welcome all writers, especially those who are going to be featured in Forum Fall 2018 edition. Ocean Ale House is at 1314 Ocean Avenue. It is walk-able from CCSF Ocean Campus. See you …
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Lit Crawl 2018!
Adobe Books in San Francisco’s Mission District sponsored many events for Lit Quake 2018 and on Saturday, October 20th they sponsored contributors of CCSF’s Forum Literary Magazine for the final day of Lit Crawl 2018!! The well-attended event on Saturday, October 20th at 6pm had writers Jackie Davis-Martin, Matt Andrews, bloodflower, Vincent Calvarese, Matt Luedke …
FORUM at Litquake Lit Crawl – Saturday 10/20
Contributors to City College of San Francisco's FORUM literary magazine will read works published within its pages during its 81-year history. Emceed by Jackie Davis Martin. Saturday October 20, 2018 6:30pm - 7:30pm Held at Adobe Books & Arts Cooperative, 3130 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA Authors: Matthew Andrews Born and raised in Sacramento, …
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MK Chavez Poetry Reading
MK Chavez is an award-winning author, co-founder/curator of the reading series Lyrics & Dirges, co-director of the Berkeley Poetry Festival, a fellow with CantoMundo, and a Fall 2018 guest curator of the reading series at UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Join us September 19 for a free and open to the public poetry reading poetry reading on …
The End by Aniah Hill
The origin of my misery lay dying in a hospital bed. As I entered the room, I was overcome with the competing emotions of compassion and anger. A natural urge to embrace the suffering was rapidly suppressed by the anger that had burned inside me for so many years. He was dying, finally, but only …
The Skyscraper (Benjamin Guterman)
The Skyscraper by Benjamin Guterman Concrete slabs, ribbed and reinforced with iron, Set together on riveted crossbars of steel, Towering from the earth, and thrusting Ever upward through the clouds. Skyscraper of bold and massive slabs, A thousand glittering windows soaring through the clouds In ever faster succession along the rising grey rock. Skyscraper with …
“Futility” by Dorothy Pilgrim
Futility by Dorothy Pilgrim To rise from earth's low level for a space And soar to giddy heights of mind's delight; To hold brief commune with the great, a sight Of greatest truths to catch; and then this place Of slowly muddling things to reach; to face The thought that through your life you'll fight …
“Ten-Second Sermon” by Jack Hulse
Ten-Second Sermon by Jack Hulse There seems to be a tension in people's talk these days. Their speech is nervous, impatient. All of this, of course, is the reflection of fear--fear of their war-baby that killed so many Japanese so quickly. Maybe people are beginning to realize that you can't be relaxed and charming while …
“The Highway” by Fred Mayer
The Highway by Fred Mayer It parts the forest pushing trees aside, And leaves a wedge of concrete gaping wide. It stretches past the plain like the leveled light, And curls around the mountain tops at night. Or sweeping by, it mocks the creaking waste Of dying towns, rotting and hollow faced. It cracks the …
