poetry

Peace or Perish: Multi Media Rock Marathon
1983

Poster has a black printed background. At the top is "Monday-Saturday December 5-10 / 7pm-1am $5, $ Seniors, Students / 435 On Broadway Theater" in pink. Below the text is a stylized orange and...

Julia Vinograd and Alta
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has black ink printed on white paper. At the top center is a stylized image of figures on and around a tree. Below the image is a poem: "I have a lover. / he loves me so much, / the sun is...

Kay McDonough/Gregory Corso/George Scrivani
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has black ink printed on white paper. At the top is a low quality image of a statue of a woman leaning back while grabbing the neck of an erect figure. To the left of the image is "Kay...

Berkeley Poetry Festival & Community Fair
2004

Poster has black ink printed on brown paper. At the top right is "5th annual / Berkeley Poetry / Festival & / Community Fair / June 5, 2004 / 11:15 am - 5 pm / Provo Park / (Civic Center Park...

Living Word Festival
2004

Poster has a black printed background with yellow at the top right and red at the bottom left. At the top left is "Youth Speaks/The Living Word Project," in yellow, "Yerba Buena Center for the...

Poetry for the People
2006

Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a black background with an image of a silver microphone with green leaves growing out of it at the bottom left of the poster. At the top is "African...

The Day of the God
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has black ink printed on gray paper. At the top left is a poem entitled "The Day fo the God." Aty the top right is a stylized image of a simple figure tossing up a large ball. At the left...

9th Annual Youth Speack Teen Poetry Slam
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Top of poster has a beige background with a stylized gree and orange image of a man speaking into a microphone in front of a crowd with his fist in the air. At the top right is a Youth Speaks...

Imagine the Angels of Bread
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster printed on yellow paper. The background has a stylized gold image of people working in a field. Ove rthe image is a poem entitled "Imagine the Angels of Bread" by Martin Espada.

Art & Action
1984

Poster printed on yellow paper with a red, green and yellow background image of a shirt under overalls. The shirt has a cactus design and Health-tex tag. On the chest of the overalls is "Art...

Premio Latinoamericano De Poesia Ruben Dario
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has an orange printed background. At the top left is "Premio / Latinoamericano / De Poesia / Ruben Dario" in black. Down the left is a list of guidelines for the poetry prize, printed in...

I will forget simple words...
1970

Poster from a two-page spread in Berkeley Tribe newspaper. Image is a negative photograph of a soldier in profile with a machine gun. The background transitions from red on the left to blue on the...

Homenaje a Arguedas
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster with text and illlustrations in a yellow, orange, and red on a black background. Illustrations are two figure with large hats and ruffled shirts and pants. Text is in Spanish and another...

Benefit for KALX
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has black ink printed on yellow paper. At the top is "Double Vision and / Rining Cars" followed by "Benefit For / KALX" at the left and "The Farm" with address, cost and times at the right...

Amandla Poets
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has black ink printed yellow paper. At the top is "Show and Dance / Mbaqanga Jive / South African / Mbaqanga Jive & Reggae". At the left center is a list of performance genres. At the...

Children are Dancing on Haight Street
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster background has a multicolor photo of a figure singing at a microphone. At the top left is "Children Are Dancing On Haight Street" in red followed by yellow text down the left side. At the...

Word To Word
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has orange edges enclosing a purple background. At the center are black and white images of three men with a black graphic design and a pen below. Centered on the top edge is "Bill Graham...

Tribal Stomp
1978

Poster printed on white paper. At the top is "Tribal Stomp" in blue. Below the text is an orange box with a list of bands in black. At the bottom of the orange is a white box with a list of poets...

untitled (poem and a sketch of a man)
1970

Poster has black ink printed on white paper. At the top is a text box with two columns of text - a poem comparing New York and Morocco. At the bottom of the poster is a drawing of a man with a...

Amiri Baraka
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has a black background illustration of a man with a scowl on his face. At the bottom, in the body of the figure, is "Keystone Korner / jazz & poetry benefit . Amiri / Baraka / Le Roi...

Baraka
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a red background with black text. At the right is an illustration of an African American man reading from a white piece of paper, set on a green...

Untitled
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has a blue printed background. At the top is a color illustration of figures on small green hills reaching into the sky and grabbing stars. At the bottom of the poster is "I, Too, Sing...

Walk Together Children
1970

Poster has a black printed background with a black and white photo of a woman with her fist raised at the bottom left and white text. At the top is "University of California, Berkeley / The Afro-...

Contempt
1971

Poster has blue ink printed on white paper. Centered at the top is "Contempt". At the right is a blue silhouette of a figure. At the left is a poem about a person''s contempt towards humanity and...

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