Invisible Children Poetry 2nite Nov 20

I'm doing a poetry set tonight for the Invisible Children event in Riverside....hats off to my friend Alaska Whelan for coordinating this, and for all she does, so magnificently.

first, a little poem by me! (aw, shucks)

slow freeze

september isn't
for ice cream

august cripples
the dogs

july sticks
to itself

june, a time
to lower blinds

we lived on
cool tile floors

four months
in a row last year

grocery shopping
at midnight,

sleeping
through the day

our love
boiled over

when the air
conditioner broke

down and the
frozen pizza thawed

fast you took my
car keys and

in slow-mo you
knocked over

three
orange
cones

then melted
into the road

copyright (c) 2009
Ruth Nolan

INVISIBLE CHILDREN
Date: Friday, November 20, 2009
Time: 5:30pm - 9:30pm
Location: Back to the Grind
Street: University Ave. downtown
City/Town: Riverside, CA

Invisible Children is a non profit organization that relies on the donations and activism from everywhere to put an end to the longest running war in Africa. Invisible Children was created to show the world the lives of the families torn apart by the abduction and imprisonment of children. With the help of the donations, Invisible children provides educational scholarships, mentorship, and the rebuilding of secondary academic institutions in northern Uganda.

This event will feature musicians and poets supporting this cause. Donations will be accepted. There will be literature available to learn more about the cause and all sales of goods will go to benefitng the invisible children movement. To read more, visit the Invisible children website: http://www.invisiblechildren.com/about/

Performing artists-
Winston and the Telescreen
Mary Roach
ivy walls

Poetry reading with Ruth Nolan

DJ set with Molly Hughes and Lonny Huff