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Poet. Winner- 2024 Two Sylvias Press Chapbook Prize selected by Oliver de la Paz.
Founder of the Chicharra Poetry Festival.

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Please join us in congratulating our Best of the Net nominations! This web issue’s theme was aftercare and we recieved many beautiful pieces! You can go see all of them on our latest web issue!

Swipe through the carousel to see the title and author of each piece!

Image description: A five-slide graghic carousel announcing the best of net nominations. Each slide is a different background color (yellow, green, red, pink, and violet) with a plant or cactus placed on that background. The first slide contains “HFR” in the top left corner, and says “Best of the Net Nominations. Web issue: Aftercare” in the middle of the slide between clusters of pink flowers. The following slides announce the best of the net nominations with each title and author contained in a darker square with scalloped corners. The second slide reads: Poetry “Every Poet Has ALove Affair With A Bridge” by Jarrett Moseley, “Reflex Arc” by Zachary Kluckman, “Intervention” & “Endlings” by Chrysanthemum, “Long Distance Aubade” by Diannely Antigua. The third slide reads: Visal Art by Delaney Rayborn, “Post Strap Caress”, “Post Shower”, “You See Me Now”. The fourth slide reads: Nonfiction, “The Second Movement” by Karen Maner, “Death Actualization Training” by Lockie Hunter. And the fifth slide reads: Fiction, “Woolly Dog” by Addy Mahaffey, “If You Have Had Your Midnights” by Destiny Birdsong. HFR, Best of the Net Nominations
Web issue:
Aftercare

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September ✨

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Hi Albuquerque! We are getting ready to kick off our roll call for our next event, Slambrosia: NMPBS Edition! Help us welcome ¡Colores! to our Slambrosia family.

Next up on roll call is Zachary Kluckman! You’ve seen him on our stage before as poet and host! He’s our coordinator for the Chicarra Poetry Festival - let’s see what he’s got and if he’ll sweep the competition! Follow our page if you're not already to see who they're gonna be up against on the 25th of August!

Zachary Kluckman is an award-winning poet from Albuquerque, New Mexico, and an alumnus of the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop. During his competitive poetry career, he was ranked No. 5 in the nation in poetry slam. He received an International Merit Award in the 2023 Atlanta Review International Poetry Contest, selected by Victoria Chang, and won the 2024 Two Sylvias Press Chapbook Prize, selected by Oliver de la Paz. A recipient of a Thomas Lux Scholarship to the Palm Beach Poetry Festival and the Button Poetry Short Form Poetry Award, his work appears or is forthcoming in Hayden's Ferry Review, North American Review, Muzzle, RHINO, Arts & Letters, Asheville Poetry Review, Wesleyan University Press's Dear Yusef, and elsewhere. He is the founder and director of the Chicharra Poetry Slam Festival in Albuquerque.

If you’re not already following them, what are you doing?! Follow them @physicalpoet to keep up with all the amazing things they are doing!

This will be a traditional 3 round slam. There will be 3 spots open the night of.

There is a $5 door. Door gets split between the venue and the winner of the slam! The more people who come, the bigger the pot, so invite your friends, families, the person you sat next to today, your crush, your best friend, anyone you can think of! We can't wait to see everyone there.

Our Nights Schedule:
5:30 - 6:30 PM Writing Workshop with Rene Mullen (@rainythepoet)
6:45 Bout Draw
7:00 PM Slam Begins
Drink Service Available at Ambrosia
Ambrosia’s Address: 4508 Lomas Blvd, ABQ NM

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End of June. Beginning of July ✨

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☀️🎶 ABQ Artwalk’s Summer Performance Series returns NEXT FRIDAY Aug 7th!

Join us in the parking lot next to @curioustoastcafe for an evening of live music, local artisans and community.

🎵 This Month’s Featured Performances:
• Zachary Kluckman | @physicalpoet
• Yaya Cole | @ladycalledyaya
• Christina Gomez Y Los Cuates | @christinagomezyloscuates
• AudioBuddha | @audiobuddha

Browse our outdoor artisan market, then continue your Artwalk journey by exploring our featured exhibitions, markets & special events throughout Downtown ABQ.

ABQ Artwalk • Friday, August 7th 5-9pm!

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TOMORROW!!

Please join internationally renowned poet, author, and activist @gigibellag in welcoming her new work, “Without The Frills”, at The @launchpadabq from 12pm-3pm.

Enjoy an afternoon of poetry, music, dance and performances including those by @albuquerquenuevoteatro, The Yacht Pops, @theasteroidsmusic, and Gigi Bella herself!

Help us congratulate @buttonpoetry’s newest author by swinging by and picking up your very own signed copy… See you there! ✨

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please join us on the 11th for an afternoon featuring some of my favorite poets and musicians, a reading from me and a signing all in the last place i performed with my hero/mentor/friend, Andrea Gibson 🩷 we’ll laugh, dance, sing, honor our home and our lineage together. i’d love nothing more than to have you there to celebrate this insane career high. forever grateful.

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Gallery of Poets: Hakim Bellamy - Monique Martin…
What an amazing night of Community… thanks Albuquerque for coming out!
Next Gallery of Poets will be hosted by Damian Flores Friday July 17!
Find all of our books at communitypublishing.org
#galleryofpoets

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May oh my, you were something else ✨

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4 years inna row I've been nominated for Best Spoken Word Artist - what an honor to share a nomination with some more of my friends! I love this community and this city - I love the poetry, the people, the friends I've made from local to national levels, I love hosting and performing and showing up for the kids... I love when someone makes me cry or inspires a poem out of me. A nomination is recognition, yes, but I just wanna be 'hear' for you 💚✨️
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Congratulations to my friends too! And all the other nominees for the New Mexico Entertainment Magazine!
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Voting is live, link is in my bio!
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#Albuquerque #NewMexico #poetry #SpokenWord #NMEntertainment

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Almost forgot about March ✨

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Let's show some love to Zachary Kluckman who is next up on roll call! Come out to Ambrosia on April 28, 2026 to see them on the mic!

Zachary Kluckman (@physicalpoet ), an award-winning poet from Albuquerque, New Mexico, is an alumnus of the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop. He has received slam honors, and was previously the 5th ranked Individual Slam Poet in the United States. His work received an International Merit Award in the 2023 Atlanta Review International Poetry Contest, selected by Victoria Chang, and he was selected by Oliver de la Paz for the 2024 Two Sylvias Press Chapbook Prize. A recipient of a Thomas Lux Scholarship to the Palm Beach Poetry Festival and a winner of the Button Poetry Short Form Poetry Award, his poems appear in Crab Orchard Review, Asheville Poetry Review, Little Patuxent, Arts & Letters, Wesleyan University Press’ Dear Yusef, and many others. He is the author of 4 poetry collections.

This will be a three-round slam with up to 12 competitors, and cuts will be after the first and second round. The second round calls for a "new shit" poem.

Reminder: There is a $5 door. Door gets split between our amazing venue and the winner of the slam! So remember to invite your friends to come out and
support! The bigger the audience, the bigger the potential pot!

If you did not preregister and would like to compete in the slam, please get to the slam by 6:30pm to claim one of our open competitor spots. Bout draw is at 6:45
pm and the show starts at 7:00pm.

Come by at 5:30pm and enjoy a writing workshop by Elizabeth (@bethsimoneraylee) before the slam!

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