The poem by James Broughton as presented during the evening "Behold the Bridegrooms Revisited" created by Jason Jenn for The City of West Hollywood's One City One Pride LGBTQ Arts Festival "I DO". Live cello music played by David Mergen Bach Solo Suite No. 1: Allemande & Gigue Dance created and performed by Atasiea more information about Jason Jenn at www.hiveworld.org Fiesta Hall, Plummer Park June 21, 2014 Special Thanks to: Joel Singer, Stephen Silha, Mark Thompson, Mike Che, & the City of West Hollywood's One City One Pride (www.weho.org/pride) Video documentation by Ian MacKinnon Photo documentation by Tony Coehlo

directed & performed by Jason Jenn featuring Qlint Steinhauser, Harpal Sodhi, & Atasiea live music by Ahmond The haunting poem by Paul Monette as featured in the collection " Love Alone: Eighteen Elegies for Rog" is one part of an eighteen-poem cycle on the death of his lover from AIDS. It emphasizes the power of love and its survival through pain and anger, and the tragedy and magnitude of a terrifying twist of fate and its effect on a generation. This is the final/third section of a performance created by Jason Jenn called "Recognition = Life" presented as tribute to West Hollywood (where Paul and Rog lived) for its 30th Anniversary at "West Hollywood, This is Your Life", which was sponsored by and was part of The One City One Pride LGBTQ Arts Festival "WeHo@30" on June 27, 2015 at Fiesta Hall in Plummer Park documentation by Jared Whitham For more information please visit: www.JasonJenn.com

Harold Norse was a celebrated queer beat poet who experienced quite a fascinating life and was beloved by many in the Beat Generation movement, although is relatively lesser known than some of his contemporaries. The Beat Museum produced a centennial celebration in 2016 - where these poems were originally performed. As part of the 5 year anniversary of Planet Queer (LA's most exciting monthly underground experimental performance art venue) I presented a selection of 4 Norse poems. 3 poems on the theme of love set to Haydn followed by one of Norse's most famous poems "I'm not a Man" For more about Harold Norse - visit: http://haroldnorse.com/

A short edit of the April 2 production of Cavafy's Caress made to announce the May 7th Encore. Cavafy's Caress is an intimate theatrical performance exploring the vibrant and passionate words and world of renowned Greek poet, Constantine P. Cavafy (1863-1933). A graceful collection of some of Cavafy's greatest poems are arranged to create a story that gives the audience a sensuous and mesmerizing glimpse into his relationship with sexuality, memory, youth, and the love of beauty. CAST Jason Jenn - as - Constantine P. Cavafy Larry Levi - as - The Choragus/ Greek Chorus Leader Kyle McMillan - as - the Vision of Youth and Beauty Special thanks to Chevalier Tony Clark of the Affinity Galleries for the invitation to create this production.

directed & performed by Jason Jenn featuring Qlint Steinhauser, Harpal Sodhi, & Atasiea live music by Ahmond This poem by Paul Monette is featured in the collection " Love Alone: Eighteen Elegies for Rog" is part of an eighteen-poem cycle on the death of his lover from AIDS. It emphasizes the power of love and its survival through pain and anger, and the tragedy and magnitude of a terrifying twist of fate and its effect on a generation. This is the second section of a performance created by Jason Jenn called "Recognition = Life" presented as tribute to West Hollywood (where Paul and Rog lived) for its 30th Anniversary at "West Hollywood, This is Your Life", which was sponsored by and was part of The One City One Pride LGBTQ Arts Festival "WeHo@30" on June 27, 2015 at Fiesta Hall in Plummer Park documentation by Jared Whitham For more information please visit: www.JasonJenn.com

Performed at the exhibition: Memories of Tomorrow's Sunrise Ronald H Silverman Fine Arts Gallery Cal State LA July 6, 2022 Jason Jenn shares a selection of poetry written by William Embolden - activating the installation art he created on view in the exhibition Memories of Tomorrow's Sunrise at Cal State LA's Ronald H. Silverman Fine Arts Gallery. William A. Emboden Ph.D., F.L.S. (February 24, 1935 - May 10, 2016) was a world-renowned ethnobotanist, writer, editor, professor, lecturer, artist, and poet. Interdisciplinary artist and exhibition co-curator, Jason Jenn helped to transcribe thousands of handwritten poetic works and dozens of manuscripts that William wrote during the final years of his life. The installation piece "sharing a seat with the poets" was created as a tribute to the concepts of mentorship, spiritual connection, and ideas of LGBTQ and cultural ancestry/kinship beyond blood relations. "The wonders of many sunsets remain in my heart I have left my home and now A starry roof is enough How am I to render this moment of sunset One must not ask for another sunrise From the lake, the old lady loon calls to me An old friend comes to me to say that It is time to light my lantern I would ask only that you collect And keep my poems My only treasure..." - excerpt from the 136-page document "Jisei: Japanese Death Poems" (one of 5 poetry collections created by William between 2012-2016) In Death Poetry it became customary for a person to write a “farewell to life” poem just before death or upon his death bed. Rather than being restrained these poems became rather open. They were the manner in which the poet would prefer to be remembered. Some are rude or even defiant. Poems of Death are essentially an individual’s spiritual legacy. They may deny any further life beyond this, and they may even be jovial in content. There are no real boundaries to expression. more about the exhibition at: https://www.laartdocuments.com/memories www.laartdocuments.com