A Gentle Rhythm
17•July•2024, Haiku & Senryu for Healing. Dedicated to the Memory of “Magus” Gustav Sallas.
because a smile can provide sunlight when the sun refuses to shine
Bryan Franco is a gay, Jewish poet from Brunswick, Maine who competed in the 2014 National Poetry Slam in Oakland, California. He has been published in the US, Australia, England, Germany, Holland, India, Ireland, and Scotland and has featured in the US, Canada, England, Ireland, and Scotland. He performed at the New York City Poetry Festival in 2022 and hosted a stage in 2023. He was a finalist in the 2022 and won the 2023 NAMI New Jersey Mental Health Poetry and is a Best Of The Net nominee. He has facilitated poetry workshops for Brunswick High School, Tumblewords Project, and Phynnecabulary. He hosts Café Generalissimo Open Mic, is a member of the Beardo Bards Of The Bardo poetry troupe, painter, sculptor, gardener, and culinary genius. His book "Everything I Think Is All in My Mind" was published in 2021.
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