Poetrybridge returns to C&P Coffee this Wednesday, April 25, 7pm-9pm.

Cara Mbaye

or, according to her personal bio, "best known as Cara P.
Black woman", 40, divorced now remarried
two sons – call me Mama C. 'm a Sister Girl
Daughter Friend
Curves, plump, hair cropped short.
Black Man's queen
Who I am
is more complex
or so I think.
Let me describe me like this
I'm persistent, consistent
determined would fit.
Momma says I have "Stick-to-it-ness".
NO and can't isn't an option.
I'm ridiculously corny
laughing my best friend
I'm fairly simple
at times not easily read.
Impressing folks not high on my list
Making my parents/my people proud
is important to me.
I want to ensure that everything they poured into me was not in vain.
My daddy's proud I have my degree
My momma and aunties are proud
of the woman I have become
My friends are proud to call me friend
I could go on and spell me out
but the crux of me lay on this sheet.

Tom Nivision

I am a practicing attorney, concentrating my practice on workplace injuries. I am also an antiquarian book dealer, and bibliophile, as well as a songwriter and musician.

I got my start performing poetry at the Little Red Studio several years ago and continue to perform with the Floating Mountain Poets in and around Seattle.
I live in Tacoma, am currently married to the lovely Sherry Anderson. I have three children, two stepdaughters and two grandsons.
I write poetry out of an existential urge.

C&P Coffee is located between the Alaska and Morgan Junctions.

C&P Coffee
5612 California Ave SW
(206) 933-3125