The Cento for May 2, 2023 May 2, 2023 2022-2023 Wrapped in the neon of the city, I love you because the moon is spinning backwards. Evolved enough to cradle in a child’s joined hands, the First Tuesdays Presents Andrea Carter Brown May 2, 2023 current season & 2022-2023 When: May 2, 2023 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 9:00 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 The Cento for April 4, 2023 Apr 4, 2023 2022-2023 Why do I belong in this narrow street, the garbageman’s garbageman’s refuse, romantic remnants in decay? We are lonely, lonely, born to be lonely. First Tuesdays Presents Nandana Dev Sen Mar 30, 2023 current season & 2022-2023 When: April 4, 2023 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 First Tuesdays Presents Elizabeth Wood Mar 7, 2023 current season & 2022-2023 When: March 7, 2023 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 The Cento for March 7, 2023 Mar 7, 2023 Centos & 2022-2023 Never Blinking, Never Not Longing I could never become a speaker. I could never master the art of winning the hearts of millions. Mine has been The Cento for February 7, 2023 Feb 7, 2023 Cento & 2022-2023 Make Sure You Adjust Your Tension Pinky hooked around pinky, crab claw clasp, the well is invisible. That’s why its presence weighs on the The Cento for January 3, 2023 Jan 3, 2023 centos & 2022-2023 You whispered back to me your favorite line, not too much blood, but it hurt, bodies twitching to Hacket’s horn as it smoked the blues, always a First Tuesdays Presents Shams Momin Dec 27, 2022 2022-2023 When: January 3, 2023 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 9:00 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: First Tuesdays Presents Steven Paul Alvarez Nov 28, 2022 2022-2023 When: December 6, 2022 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: First Tuesdays Presents Jason Schneiderman Oct 25, 2022 2022-2023 When: November 1, 2022 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:30 — 9:00 PM (open-mic sign up at 7:00) Cost: The Cento for October 4, 2022 Oct 5, 2022 Cento & 2022-2023 The horizon goes all the way around. It was just a trick the stillness sometimes plays. We are just a signature away, a feathered stretch between First Tuesdays Presents Elizabeth T. Gray, Jr. Sep 27, 2022 2022-2023 When: October 4, 2022 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:30 — 9:00 PM (open-mic sign up at 7:00) Cost: The Cento for September 6, 2022 Sep 7, 2022 cento & 2022-2023 1. You sipped, raising a blue acropolis to your lips. Where are they now? Elegize those who are lost; call home those who are unfound, throats stuck First Tuesdays Presents Jacqueline Jones LaMon - September 6, 2022 Sep 4, 2022 2022-2023 When: September 6, 2022 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:30 — 9:00 PM (open-mic sign up at 7:00) Cost: Two First Tuesdays Regulars Read An Incarcerated Writer’s Work as Part of PEN’s & The Poetry Project’s BREAK OUT Mar 31, 2022 2019-2020 On February 4, 2020, about a month before the pandemic shutdown, First Tuesdays participated in PEN’s and The Poetry Project’s Break Out: a movement The Cento for December 7, 2021 Dec 7, 2021 centos & 2021-2022 I Confidence is the storm playing them on the frets of an invisible violin. II Perhaps the world will end at comic con. You don’t have to belong. First Tuesdays Presents David Mills Oct 25, 2021 2021-2022 PLEASE NOTE: YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED INTO ESPRESSO 77 WITHOUT PROOF OF VACCINATION. (YOU WILL ALSO NEED TO PRESENT A VALID PHOTO ID.) MASKS WILL BE First Tuesdays Presents Alex Segura Sep 28, 2021 2021-2022 PLEASE NOTE: YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED INTO ESPRESSO 77 WITHOUT PROOF OF VACCINATION. (YOU WILL ALSO NEED TO PRESENT A VALID PHOTO ID.) MASKS WILL BE The Cento for September 9, 2021 Sep 9, 2021 2021-2022 1 No language which is not visceral will be heard. Once again I ignore prayers mixing with smoke. The real trouble is all these phony calls. 2 A