Monday, October 1, 2018

100 Thousand Poets for Change: Photos

On September 29, 2018, Waqas Khwaja and the English Department at Agnes Scott College in Atlanta, GA hosted the 2018 event "100 Thousand Poets for Change." 

In all, 38 poets and poetry lovers read their poems, or poems they loved by other poets.  A few photos are below.

~Mick, S.D.G.






This is not all of us, but 23 out of the 38 poets and poetry lovers are shown above.
Ilya Kaminsky, Kamilah Aisha Moon, Folasade Fasina-Thomas, Katie Farris, Tuwanda Muhammad, Dan Veach, Calvin Burgamy, Patricia Scott, Mila Konomos, Christine Cozzens, Rupert Fike, Emily Lake Hansen, Michael Kulp, Ruth Windham, Anji Sarumi, Robert E. Wood, Lejla Marijam, Lauren Albin, Helena Buschermöhle, Franklin Abbott, Saleem Abbas, Maryam Khwaja, Imani Young Bey, Katherine Kincer, Alex Brown, Charles Clifford Brooks III, Soniah Kamal, Doris Davenport, Lyrik Courtney, Marcus Taylor, Scott Ritchie, Lynn Farmer, Percie Thompson, Peter Junker, Mac Gay. 
The host was Waqas Khwaja
Photo, courtesy Saleem Abbas.