NJ'S Red Barrow Poets John Barrale, Zorida Mohamed, and Tony Puma Read in Brooklyn

July 13, 2012 - PRLog -- The Brownstone Poets presents Red Barrow Poets: John Barrale, Zorida Mohamed, and Tony Puma on Saturday, August 4 at 2:30 p.m. at Park Plaza Restaurant in historic Brooklyn Heights. Enjoy the varied menu at this affordable family-run diner while listening to great poetry.  Poetry grows in Brooklyn Heights and there's an open mic as well.

The Brownstone Poets presents:
Red Barrow Poets: John Barrale, Zorida Mohamed, and Tony Puma


Saturday, August 4 at 2:30 p.m.







Park Plaza Restaurant


220 Cadman Plaza West near Clark St.and Pineapple Walk


Brooklyn, NY 11201 - 718 – 596 – 5900


Subways:

Take the A or C to High Street, 2 or 3 to Clark Street,


4, 5 or R to Court Street, Borough Hall


For more directions:

http://www.hopstop.com/



$4 Donation – plus Food/Drink - Open-Mic


Curated by Patricia Carragon


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BIOS:

John Barrale’s poetry has been published in a many literary magazines including the Red Wheel Barrow Poets’ Anthologies (Volumes I - IV,  Poetalk, The Lullwater Review, California Quarterly, Tiger’s Eye Journal, Paterson Literary Review, and The William and Mary Review. John has lived in NJ since 1978, and enjoys reading his work in a wide variety of venues throughout the metropolitan area.  


Zorida Mohammed was born in Trinidad and immigrated to America at age 18.  She is a social worker in Bergen County, NJ.  Zorida won the New Jersey State Council on the Arts Grant for Poetry in 1991-92. Her poems have been published in Folio, Fulcrum # 6 and # 7, Phoebe, The Caribbean Writer, Poem, The Oyez Review, Compass Rose, The Dirty Goat, The Spoon River Review, The Atlanta Review, and The Distillery. She has also been published in The Red Wheelbarrow for the past four years. Zorida is an active member of The Red Wheelbarrow Poets and reads frequently in Bergen County, NJ, and in New York City.

Tony Puma’s career in sales/marketing/advertising, and public relations have influenced his poetry style, being less abstract and more to-the-point.  Tony has degrees from New York University and Fairleigh Dickinson University.  He is a member of various poetry groups including: Italian-American Writers Assn., Red Wheelbarrow Poets, Sussex NJ Writers Roundtable, Poets House (NYC), South Mountain Poets,  and the Hudson Valley ‘Poets-on-the-Loose’. His view of life is through the prism of poetry; seeing, hearing, and feeling, trying to capture emotions and relate to them via words. His poems have been featured in a variety of publications. Visit his blog at:
tonypoetica.blogspot.com.