What is guerrilla poetry?

Sit back, watch and listen to a bit of WORD performed by David Loret De Mola during a guerrilla poetry reading in California. Take the poetry to the streets!

Take the poetry to the streets! Poetry to the People! Inspired? Read on. Down below the line, there’s a link where you can send your own poetry video—if it’s guerrilla. Go ahead, give it a try. We’re thinking about it here in the editorial ether of The Woven Tale Press.

[dropcap]F[/dropcap]or me, guerrilla poetry is the act of taking your poems to a public space where people normally would not be exposed to poetry. We do this to spread awareness of the arts by allowing people to interact with our work and see that poetry is not just made for coffee shops and huddled corners of cities. It is not written for a select group of people who only appreciate a certain type of poetry—this art is for everyone. —David Loret De Mola

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n honor of April being National Poetry Month, ZFG [Zero Forbidden Goals] in collaboration with Sol Collective and Outside the Lines are presenting “(Inter)National “Guerilla” Poetry Month from April 1-30. The crew filmed surprise spoken word performances in restaurants and unknowing audiences on some of Sacramento’s busiest streets. ZFG then began to post the performance videos on social media and invited the internet to join in the fun. They are currently in touch with artists throughout Europe, Asia, and Africa and working with educators abroad to expand the Guerilla Poetry movement. —Johnny Taylor, The Huffington Post

National Poetry Month 2016 Features Schedule at The Woven Tale Press

Sun, Apr 3, 2016—Spotlight: Michael Dickel, Associate Editor, Poet
Mon, Apr 4, 2016—Essay-Poem Hybrid Writing by American Poet Charles Banes
Wed, Apr 6, 2016—Donna Kuhn, my lies have titles, video
Fri, Apr 8, 2016—Eleanore Hooker—Interview
Wed, Apr 13, 2016—In Paris—Charles Bane, Jr., Reading | Video
Mon, Apr 18, 2016—A Poem from Natasha Head
Wed, Apr 20, 2016—My Entrepreneurial Spirit | Video Poetry | Aaron Fagan
Mon, Apr 25, 2016—Poet Activists
Wed, Apr 27, 2016—David Loret de Mola — Guerrilla Poetry

Visit David Loret de Mola’s website.
Read an interview with David Loret de Mola on The Woven Tale Press (Fri, May 20, 2016)