Olivia Gillingham is a poet, visual artist, inventor, and all-around maker. She comes from a midwestern town with two rivers running through it. Afraid of swimming with a heart of water. She came out of her mother in a hot air balloon. She has hope for a new world yet.
Participation at the 2019 West End Poetry Festival
- Curated open mic | Thursday, October 17 | 6:30 pm | Cats Cradle Back Room
Statement on this year’s theme, The Citizen Poet: Work and Reconciliation
- Since I find myself in the mired structure of oppressive capitalism, my thought patterns shape poems about our survival, and the difficulties and impossibilities of any complete societal reconciliation until we see a shift in the paradigm.
For a full schedule and descriptions of all sessions, see the festival schedule.