Omayma Khayat: December Featured poet 12/1/2015

Please join us Tuesday evening, December 1st, for the riveting poetry of Omayma Khayat.

As a mother of 3 children, Omayma hardly finds time to concentrate on her writing. With a passion for the written word she sneaks away to get the creative juices flowing, whether it’s at a café or a park bench, she finds an escape. After joining a writing group, her passion for writing became reignited. After getting over her fear of speaking in front of people, she began reading her poetry at Boulevard Books open mic and almost three years later her writing has flourished.

In December 2013, she was a participant in the “Hope” event honoring Anne Frank at the Good Lutheran Church and has recently been reading at the “Speak the Truth” poetry event. Currently Omayma is working on her first two collections, "Fragments of an Identity" and "Forgotten Memories".

Her poetry speaks through various levels of truths; they are a way for her to search for her part in the world, to know where she belongs. With a cultural aspect, taking from being totally culturally confused she bleeds her soul onto paper to find her mark in the world.

Feeling at times stuck between two worlds, her poetry explores the tug and pull of her identity. Her poems, at times, are the legend to a map, an exploration of countless journeys throughout her existence to find the place where she belongs. Her search of where the X is, where her treasure is buried, where her identity is defined.

Following Omayma will be the open mic. So put a poem in your pocket and come down and read with us.

Hope to see you there,

Anthony

When: Tuesday, December 1st

7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Place: The BookMark Shoppe (www.bookmarkshoppe.com/)

8415 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11209
(Between 84th & 85th St)

Transportation: 
The BookMark Shoppe is close to the following MTA transit stops:
R train to 86th St & 4th Ave
B37 3rd Ave bus to 82nd St
B16 to 86th St & 4th Ave
B1 to 86th St & 4th Ave
B63 5th Ave bus to 5th Ave & 83rd St
S79 and S93 from Staten Island

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