Welcome to the 2020 Mad Poets Festival! We’re taking the show on the virtual road this year because COVID-19 couldn’t keep us from sharing these phenomenal poets and their works with the world. So, sit back, grab a drink, and prepare to be inspired!
View the Group #4 performances here.
Group #4 Bios
Sean Hanrahan is the author of the full-length collection Safer Behind Popcorn (2019 Cajun Mutt Press) and the chapbooks Hardened Eyes on the Scan (2018 Moonstone Press) and Gay Cake (2020 Toho). He also serves as the head poetry editor for Toho Journal.
Sibelan Forrester has been writing poetry for over fifty years. Her book of poetry, Second-Hand Fate, was published by Parnilis Media in 2016; she has also published translations of poetry from Croatian, Russian and Serbian. Her poems have appeared in Apiary, Cardinal Points, and the Schuylkill Valley Journal. In her day job she teaches at Swarthmore College.
Rachna Vohra is a Montreal-born poet and spoken word artist of South Asian descent, who has performed at poetry and spoken word venues across North America. She uses her writing to create a path that others may find their own healing. Her goal is to leave her audience softer, more contemplative, and more grounded after having interacted with her work.
Joseph Myers has been unable to refuse his poetic muse ever since he was 14. Now 41, he has fallen prey to said inspiration hundreds of times and looks forward to being similarly powerless for years to come. He is an award-winning journalist who teaches within the Archdiocese of Philadelphia's elementary school division.
Katherine S. Garges writes poetry, screenplays, fiction, and a monthly blog on artificial intelligence. In her Time Capsule performance poems, townspeople speak about the items they are contributing to the town time capsule, and also reveal their secrets in their unspoken thoughts. See Garges's posts on Twitter @KathyGarges.