Corners of the Mouth

Corners of the Mouth was founded in 1984 by Karl Kempton and Kevin Patrick Sullivan. Karl came up with the name Corners of the Mouth after consulting the I CHING. Karl found the 27 th hexagram corners of the mouth which talks about the mouth as not only a place to nourish the body but a place to nourish the community the body lives in with breath/words. How perfect for a poetry reading series. Karl left after the second year and eventually Kevin changed Corners from a local's only series to a series that features some of California's best poets local or not.

Corners of the Mouth is a monthly reading series of featured and open poetry readings held on the third Sunday of the month at Linnaea's Café since 1984. Linnaea's Café is located at 1110 Garden Street in San Luis Obispo, Ca. readings start at 7:00 pm. This is a FREE event. For further information please email Kevin at kpsslopoet@charter.net or call (805) 547-1318.

Lee Rossi of Los Angeles
Roy K. Johnston of San Luis Obispo

24th Annual San Luis Obispo Poetry Festival
Leo Victor Briones of Los Angeles
Indigo Moor of Sacramento
Dan Gerber of Ojai
Open Reading/Closure Party

Memorial Reading
Remembering the works of poets that have passed.

David Starkey of Santa Barbara
Marguerite Costigan of San Luis Obispo

Damien Stednitz of Los Angeles
David Oliveira of Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia
James P Lenfestey of Minneapolis, Mn

Carol V. Davis of Los Angeles
Nancy Ross of Paso Robles

Gabriela Anoya Valdepena of San Diego
Ray Clark Dickson of San Luis Obispo

Marsha de la O of Ventura
Lisa Coffman of Los Osos