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Here During the SDPA on April 13th I was published in the San Diego Poetry Annual where we had a beautiful night of poetry at the Point Loma Library Hervey. The poem that won the submission was "The Canvas" "Footprints in the sand - a fleeting canvas. Who walked here before me? I wonder, following their steps. And when the tide strolls in, the footprints vanish- but memories stay, etched as if the canvas were stone. How many stood here- for their first kiss? First love? First

On Feb 7th of 2026 I hosted an incredible workshop with San Diego Writers Ink. The purpose of the class was to help guide people towards the writer they all have in them, hidden by different masks, names, jobs, labels, and careers that our society deems us to occupy as our defining characteristic. But the reality is that there is so much more to us and to our community than the one or three diffirent tasks we carry on a daily basis. And for us who haven't puchlished a book or

Poetry has a remarkable ability to capture the human experience, bringing forth the complex emotions and themes that shape our lives....

On Feb 16, 2025 Addis collaborated with Waricks, the oldest independent bookstore in America, to bring his recently published book to La...