NIGHTJAR: Tylyn K. Johnson

Doors at 6:30 p.m., Reading at 7 p.m. Featured Poet: Tylyn K. Johnson Open mic prompt: Write a poem about how you fall in love with yourself; how you court yourself; how you keep you. Read a poem or short piece that is 317 words maximum, and challenge yourself to share new work! About the Featured Poet: Tylyn K. Johnson (he/they) is a floating writer from Naptown, IN. He writes from traditions of storytelling and empowerment to reflect a complex love through the framed lenses of Black Queer artistry. Their language appears in just femme and dandy, The Indianapolis Review, the lickety~split, and Rigorous, among other spaces. A recipient of the 2021 Myong Cha Son Haiku Award, they performed readings and obtained writing awards at the University of Indianapolis. Tylyn also created “Communal Creativity: A Game of Poetry” on itch.io. His projects and social media can be found at https://linktr.ee/tykywrites. _ NIGHTJAR creates an inclusive space for all by bringing together spoken-word performers and page-based poets writing in narrative, lyric, and experimental forms. Every third Wednesday, C.S. Carrier and Michelle Niemann host a reading and invite audience members to share their own poetic responses.