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Kavon Cortez Jones
Poet/Cyclist/Storyteller
Kavon Cortez Jones (Kj) was born on September 26th, 1994 the same year as Bucks forward Giannis in a city he calls, Paris of the Midwest. He is a Milwaukee homegrown poet, avid biker, and storyteller who was born and grew up in Milwaukee. Young Kj was inspired to write poetry in 7th grade while attending Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. K-8 School thanks to local mentors Kwabena Nixon and Muhibb Dyer. Kwabena & Muhibb visited his school when he was 13-years-old, and wowed a gymnasium full of angsty-teenagers with poetic storytelling. Their stories talked about everything from losing loved ones to gun violence, to how jump rope, particularly Double-Dutch, is a lost art form. Muhibb wore an orange jumpsuit and Kwabena brought a jump rope which made the visual performance more intense and tear-jerking. Lupe Fiasco's Superstar, a 2007 hit song around the time was another catalyst to indulge him into the scribe culture.
Kj has not stopped writing since then. He's accumulated over a 100 composition notebooks in the past 16-years of not just poetry, but plays, stories, songs, drawings, whatever his imagination can regurgitate on the page. His juvenilia sit wonderfully gathering dust within his cluttered room of poetry books alongside a Jimi Hendrix and Prince poster to name a few. He pulls them out once and a while and a nostalgic cry waterfalls down his face.
Join us for an inspiring evening featuring the poetic process of our guest artist Kavon Cortez Jones. The event will include a poetry reading with works inspired by themes of love, flowers, and connection, all with the intention of celebrating friendship and unity. We look forward to sharing this special experience with you!