December featured poet, Eike Waltz.
Third Thursdays is a monthly poetry program in partnership with Poetry Center San Jose and hosted by Mighty Mike McGee!
Willow Glen Library, 1157 Minnesota Ave, San José, 95125
Sign up for the open mic begins at 6:30pm. Featured poet begins shortly after 7pm. Open mic to follow.
Poetry Center San José presents featured poet Eike Waltz!
Eike Waltz enjoyed a twofold career as a ballet dancer and as an US based international
electronics industry consultant (US citizen since 1995). He studied fine art and industrial
design at the Royal College of Art in London (MDesRCA). After the events of 911, he
began to write and perform about what he saw. Eike lives in Santa Cruz CA and published
six books. See www.f-artstatements.com
“Eike Waltz is an artist who walks across genres on a tightrope of talent and keen,
precise vision. His poetry is informed by the varied span of his other abilities as a
dancer, sculptor, orator, filmmaker, and more. His work is wrapped in colorful and
textural layers of sensual detail. Even more, his work is informed by decades of
experience across continents, sometimes barely surviving, sometimes exultant and
triumphant. He carries the reader spinning through the stages of ecstasy and
despair. Ripe fields explode into battlefields only to be lost in the depths of space or
the rush of history in the endlessly shifting ethical exhortations full of wisdom. His
poetry will stick with you and invite you back to gain new insights with each
reading. Take the time to walk the tightrope of Eike’s vision. You will find each
step a daring yet enjoyable thrill.”
—Michael Sindler, Beat Poet Laureate of Colorado.
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Poetry Center San José's mission is to nurture and promote diverse literary expression in our community as a means of exploring, defining, and enriching the human experience.
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