Listen & Be Heard Weekly Archives

Let it not be said of Listen & Be Heard Poetry Caf?, that we did not recognize or prioritize what was within our grasp to appreciate. A veteran of life, poetry, putting wings to words, love, struggle and joy too.

Those who were present the first time he read ?Hurri-hurri-hurri-cane-cane-cane? at the benefit we held following the Katrina Disaster, will probably never forget it. I know I won?t. I remember a time when Q. R. said he wasn?t writing anything new, just reading ?old stuff? he still liked. Well that is not true anymore.

There?s music in this man?s words, and meaning, and meter too. We were proud to feature him on the cover of Listen & Be Heard Weekly, and we?re just as proud to present [tag]Q. R. Hand Jr.[/tag], Listen & Be Heard?s Poet Laureate, on October 27 at Listen & Be Heard Poetry Caf?, 818 Marin Street, Downtown Vallejo.