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JCPOFEST '26 - 9/25 to 9/27
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Very grateful to be at the Dodge Poetry Festival this year! As a moderator on Friday, 10/16, and as a reader on the Community Catalyst stage on Saturday, 10/17.

Come out to @njpac October 15-17 for the Dodge Poetry Festival. I can't wait to perform on this stage and hope to see you there! Tickets at njpac.org/dodgefest #DPF26
#CoolBeans A promotional graphic featuring a portrait of poet I. Buenaventura alongside event details for the Dodge Poetry Festival.

The text reads, "i'm performing at the njpac" on the left, and "DODGE POETRY 3-day festival oct 15 – 17" on the right. taken in New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) by @ibpen

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Edit, 10/13/2025: RIP Miss Major and Thank You 🙌💜🙏

11/11/2024. Grateful to have gotten the chance to listen in person to the legendary Miss Major @missmajor1 ,who talked about her life, her activism, and her new book “Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary.” I felt inspired and later a bit emotional, esp. given the recent election and what the trans community may have to face.

"[Take care of yourself, trans folks. Then, stand for everyone else.]"
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Transgender Awareness Week
is November 13-19.
#transgender #trans #blacktranswomen #transwoman #transman #tlgbq #transgenderawarenessweek
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Note: I know the song "To Build a Home" has a sense of loss, and I've been thinking about that with regard to various things lately, in the sense of letting go, but rebuilding. So I chose the more positive parts of the song.
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https://missmajor.net/
"Miss Major is a Black, transgender activist who has fought for over fifty years for her trans/gender nonconforming community.

Major is a veteran of the infamous Stonewall Riots, a former sex worker, and a survivor of Dannemora Prison and Bellevue Hospital’s “queen tank.” Her global legacy of activism is rooted in her own experiences, and she continues her work to uplift transgender women of color, particularly those who have survived incarceration and police brutality."
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Image 1 - Miss Major & Patrick
Image 2 - Toshio & Miss Major
Image 3 - Cover of book "Miss Major Speaks" and program booklet
Image 4 - Audience view and the 4 speakers, Toshio, Miss Major, Una, Morgan
Image 5 - Video of audience giving a standing ovation
Image 6 - Raquel Willis & Patrick
Image 7 - Quote from Miss Major's book about activism
Image 8 - Quote from Miss Major's book about not throwing anyone under the bus. by @ibpen

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Felt cute. Might delete later...

I SCAR DARK

I scar dark.
A double incision dark.
From the right angle
It gives an illusion
That one's pecs are built up
More than they can push
an entire weight.
More than their arms can lift overhead.

I went through menopause, you know, so I know how it feels when blood
Gushes out,
The sharp stabs,
And how inconvenient it is to use a tampon or a pad
When you have no intention to give birth.

Then waiting the 12 months,
While the sweat sops your skin,
And the hot flashes burn,
And the spots

Till it stops.

And you're done.

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NOTE:
Been busy the past several months and haven't spent much time working on my documentary poems or other writing. I also needed to jump start my creativity for a new project that has an actual deadline. So decided to do this "quickie" that is partly an exercise in not striving for "perfection."

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#poem #poetry #poet #filmpoem #transman #topsurgery #transjoy #menopause #period #transgender #nonbinary #lgbtq, #lgbtq+ #reconstructing #hiddenmuffintop
#dogears #flexing #steps #dips #pushups #calisthenics by @ibpen

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Meditative | Immersive Experience |
Global Warming | Climate Justice | Eco-Centric | Poetic Dialogue | Music | Lite Bites

🌌SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY
☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️
OPEN during JCAST hours

Main reception 1-3pm Sunday

@jcpofest presents : 🌿 LAZUL:
An Eco-Centric Group Exhibition

Join us at Lazul in #westsidejerseycity #jerseycity for a group exhibition exploring humanity’s relationship with the natural world and sustainable futures through visual art & poetry.

Featuring:
Sofia Carrasco
@sofiacarrasco.i

Mary Jean Canziani
@maryjeancanziani

Nora Chavooshian
@norachavooshian

Jennifer Krause Chapeau
@jkrausechapeau

Isabelle Duverger
@isabelleduverger

Eileen Ferara
@eileenferarastudio

Tatyana Kazakova
@tatyana.kazakova.art

Amy Rubinger
@amyrubingerfineart

Ray Schwartz
@schwartzrays

Voyo Woo
@voyowoo

Visual Curated by: Tina Maneca
@tinamanecaart

Poetry Readings curated by: @se.malcriada

Featuring :

Rita Lumina @ritalumina
Bianelly Tellez @n3lly_9628
Abi
Gracie Azua @ebgracie

Creative Director: Melida Rodas I Interdisciplinary Artists
@poeticlightoptics

Producer: @ibpen

📍 Lazul
301 Westside Ave.
Jersey City, NJ
🕑 1-3PM

In collaboration with :
Lazul | Stone of The Sky
and
Home Edition at Compass

▪️RSVP / TICKETS REQUIRED

▪️FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Sunday 10/4 JCAST WEEKEND

Tickets & Info ℹ️ in our BIO

🌎 JCPOFEST | MISSION

CLIMATE JUSTICE

JCPOFEST cultivates community while focusing on the effects of human activity on the natural world. The festival creates a space for free expression and dialogue on global issues such as climate justice, climate change, its effects, and sustainability.

As modern poets serve as witnesses to these challenges, we seek out works that highlight urgent social and ecological issues while advocating for preservation and conservation efforts.

@jcartandculture
@jerseycityartscouncil

#jcast #jerseycityart #jerseycityartist taken in Westside Jersey City by @ibpen

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The second annual Jersey City Poetry Festival (JCPOFEST) created a magical environment for the community to come together and share a powerful, moving artistic experience.

On Saturday evening at the Monira Foundation at MANA Contemporary, multidisciplinary artists came together across visual art, music, dance, film, and poetry, creating an immersive celebration of creative expression.

This intergenerational and interdisciplinary festival proudly explores the SYNERGY between language arts, science, philosophy, technology, and all forms of artistic expression.

🌌JCPOFEST Founder / Visionary / Interdisciplinary Curator:
Melida Rodas, Jersey City Poet Laureate

@melidarodaspoet created a true temple for poetry, using light design and projection mapping to transform the space into an immersive visual experience.

🎬 JCPOFEST Producer / Panel Curator / Monira Cinema JCPOFEST Film Curator: @ibpen
Patrick / I. Buenaventura

🎶 Sound Technician / Music Producer:
@lefiddler_entertainment
Le Fiddler Entertainment

JCPOFEST continues to create a space where generations, disciplines, ideas, and artistic languages intersect — reminding us of the extraordinary possibilities that emerge when creative communities come together.

Art. Poetry. Film. Music. Dance. Science. Technology. Philosophy. SYNERGY.

www.JCPOFEST.org

📸: @jbrophoto

@jcpofest @manacontemporary @monirafoundation taken in Mana Contemporary by @ibpen

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I. Buenaventura (a.k.a Patrick) @ibpen does several things at JCPOFEST, including this post. Not as many as Melida, but definitely enough to keep him busy. Patrick will be reading on Friday, September 25 at the Stork Club, and will be on screen and in various spaces getting their steps in on Saturday, September 26 at the Monira Foundation at Mana Contemporary. Join us!

FOR TICKETS SEE LINK IN BIO

🗓 DATE & LOCATION
FRIDAY, SEP 25
The Stork Club: 2 Chapel Ave. Jersey City, NJ

SATURDAY, SEP 26
Monira Foundation
at Mana Contemporary 888 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306

#JCPOFEST #JerseyCityPoetryFestival #poetry

@monirafoundation
@manacontemporary

I. Buenaventura (a.k.a Patrick) is a New Jersey-based poet whose work draws from their lived experience as a trans person to advocate for the LGBTQ+ community. Holding an MFA in Design + Technology from Parsons School of Design, Patrick combines poetry, film, and spoken word to explore themes of identity, transformation, and empowerment. They authored and illustrated Your Body Is Your Weapon: The Little Self-Defense Handbook—a free-verse guide for women that earned a Writer’s Digest Book Award Honorable Mention. Their work has been published by Slant’d Magazine and By the WAYE, and is forthcoming with The Poetry Society of New York. Patrick serves as a producer, panel curator, and film curator for The Jersey City Poetry Festival, and is a selection committee member for the Newark LGBTQ Film Festival.

The Jersey City Poetry Festival
Est. 2024 | JCPOFEST
A Festival for the People

SEP 25 & 26
Tickets on Sale Now
JCPOFEST.org (LINK IN BIO) Black and white photo of I. Buenaventura taken in Jersey City, New Jersey by @ibpen

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What a joy and honor to prepare for moderating the panel “Rooted Witness” at the @jcpofest next Saturday 🥰 @seminewblack @purvipoets @eduardomartinezleyva9 @cavecanempoets @kundimanforever @cantomundo by @ibpen

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I’m excited to share the stage Saturday evening with these amazing poets—I. Buenaventura, TJ, and Isabel Cruz—for the Poetic Justice open mic at the Underdog Bar & Grill in Haledon, NJ. Come on out and join us with your best political poems — there are 20 open mic spots!

Thank you @teachingandpoetrywithtemprano for inviting me to as a featured poet.

@poets_playground_ @ibpen @t_ony9871 @eesahvel @underdog_bar @keanenglishjerseycity @keanenglish by @ibpen

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3 DAYS. 50+ ARTISTS. ONE UNFORGETTABLE FESTIVAL.
The Jersey City Poetry Festival (JCPOFEST 2026) is back, and tickets are ON SALE!

Join us September 25–27 across Jersey City for a 3-day multi-venue experience merging poetry, live music, dance, film, and visual art.

📍 VENUES & LOCATIONS:
• Fri, Sept 25: Kick-Off Networking Party at The Stork Club (2 Chapel Ave)
• Sat, Sept 26: SYNERGY/Main Day at Monira Foundation at Mana Contemporary (888 Newark Ave)
• Sun, Sept 27: Eco-Centric Group Exhibition at Lazul (301 Westside Ave)

FEATURING:
• Richard Blanco (5th Inaugural Poet)
• Resistance Revival Chorus (Grammys, Carnegie Hall)
• Meecah (Hamilton)
• Evie Shockley (Pulitzer Prize Finalist)
• Le Fiddler, Elisabet Velasquez, Patrick Roche, Forget The Whale, and more!

Don't wait—venue spaces are limited!

LINK IN BIO TO GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!

Or go to JCPOFEST.org

#JCPOFEST2026 #JerseyCity #JerseyCityEvents #NJEvents #PoetryFestival taken in Jersey City, New Jersey by @ibpen

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Can poetry be experienced as light, music, movement? All of the above? ❔❔❔❔❔❔❔❔

Join us for an immersive conversation and live performance exploring how these artists are reimagining poetry through collaborations involving - music, dance, light installations - projection mapping, storytelling, and civic engagement.

Led by Melida Rodas, the current Poet Laureate of Jersey City and founder of the Jersey City Poetry Festival, @jcpofest - an interdisciplinary festival which brings together a multimedia panel of artists and collaborators who challenge traditional ideas of what poetry can be—and how it can be experienced, taught, and shared.

FEATURING:
 ▪️Martha Mooke — Two-time Grammy Award-winning musician / Educator @elecviola
 ▪️Melida Rodas — Poet Laureate of Jersey City / Educator @melidarodaspoet
 ▪️Le Fiddler — Multiple award-winning composer / Teaching Artist @lefiddler_oficial
 ▪️Cara Hagan — Acclaimed multidisciplinary artist & director / Educator @carahagan_art
 ▪️I. Buenaventura — Writer & JCPOFEST producer, moderator @ibpen

Through dialogue and performance, we’ll learn how collaboration across artistic disciplines can open new pathways for creative learning, expression, and connection.

Let’s explore this topic, their methodologies and creative practices TOGETHER!

10/16 | STUDENT DAY

@ 9:30-10:40 🕘
Express Newark (Lecture Hall)

TICKETS ON SALE NOW | @ NJPAC

@jcartandculture
@jerseycityartscouncil
@visithudsonnj
@njartsnews
@keanenglishjerseycity
@njcu_multistyle_strings

#poetrycommunity #poetryfestival #newark #jerseycity #dodgepoetryfestival taken in NJPAC (NJ Performing Arts Center by @ibpen

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CAN YOU GUESS OUR MAIN HEADLINER?! ❔❔❔❔❔

We’ve been keeping a little secret… but we’re SO excited to finally give you a hint!

Who do YOU think 💭will be taking the stage as our MAIN HEADLINER?
 Drop your guesses below! ⬇️

If you answer correctly you will be entered to win 2 FREE tickets 🎫 to SYNERGY ⚡️

Stay tuned… the reveal is coming! ▪️🙌💫

⚡️SYNERGY | Saturday, September 26 4 PM – 9 PM 📍 @manacontemporary

Presented by @jcpofest in partnership with @monirafoundation ▪️

This extraordinary evening is made possible thanks to our incredible supporters, sponsors, friends of #JCPOFEST, Jersey City Arts Trust Fund - and Philanthropists Noreen Collins 🩵

#poet #JCPOFEST26 #ManaContemporary #MoniraFoundation taken in Jersey City, New Jersey by @ibpen

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JC WRITERS @jcwriters is proud to be included in the JERSEY CITY FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY SUMMER CULTURAL SERIES. Please join us on August 28, 2026 at VAN VORST PARK for a spoken word poetry presentation. Hosted by SJ @sjbythegram and featuring performances by Theta Pavis @thetapavis , I.Buenaventura (a.k.a Patrick) @ibpen, Cyn Grace Sylvie @cyngracesylvie and Exiliene Jean Michel Samedi.

Supporting Our Partners: Friends of Van Vorst Park @vvpa_jc / @jclibrarynj / Canco Park Conservancy @cancopark / Museum of Jersey City History @museumjchistory

#jerseycity #jerseycitypoets #newjerseypoetry #readingseries #jerseycityevents taken in Van Vorst Park, Jersey City by @ibpen

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