A Rose And Grief

Poetry by Lakayana Drury

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Saturday, May 9th; 5:30pm PST/8:30pm EST

Lakayana will join live on Facebook immediately after the reading for a q&A

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The story of how a mysterious flower appearing in Rose City starts a young man down the path of poetry. Lakayana will be reading from his self-published debut poetry chapbook, a Rose and Grief, and sharing insights into how the project came to be. A Rose and Grief explores themes of loss, love, and race.

This event is dedicated to #ahmaudarbery and his family.
Lakayana Drury is a community organizer, educator, and poet from Madison, Wisconsin. He is the Executive Director of Word is Bond PDX, a nonprofit whose mission is to rewrite the narrative between Black boys and law enforcement.

To order A ROSE AND GRIEF poetry chapbook, contact directly drury.lakayana@gmail.com