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. For over fifteen years the format has been to feature an out of town poet  with a local poet  - open reading to follow.

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 Cafe since 1984. Linnaea's Cafe 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.

M C Ford of Los Angeles
Michaelann Dimitrijevich of SLO
James Cushing Past Poet Laureate of SLO

28th Annual San Luis Obispo Poetry Festival
Selected Reader
 SoLo NoVo Poets

Featured Readers
 M. Frias-May
Lisa McCool

Open Reading/Closure Party

Memorial Reading
Favorite Poem

Luke Johnson of Pismo Beach
Jasmine Marshall Armstrong of Lompoc 
 

Enid Osborn of Santa Barbara
Anne Candelaria of Morro Bay

 

Elijah Imlay of Ventura
Florence Weinberger of Los Angeles
Jerry Douglas Smith of SLO 
  

Poets Laureate of the City of San Luis Obispo, Ca.
 
 



 

Jackie Berger of San Fransico
 
Kevin Clark of San Luis Obispo

George Wallace of New York City