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Each year NOPF hosts a second line with jazz funeral to remember great poets and friends of the fest who have passed during the previous year. This year we are honoring the internationally renowned poet, translator and editor Pierre Joris, who performed in the very first NOPF and in many years since, and New Orleans poet, teacher and mentor Jerry Ward, who also has been at almost every NOPF. Please gather at Siberia after the open mic on Friday. We will promenade, led by the Breathe In Brass Out brass band, down the few short blocks to the Healing Center and the International night show. We'll stop along the way for a short program of readings and tributes and then continue on into the Friday night show. Much more information about each of these great poets is available by clicking on the images below.
Those in the audience may also choose to tribute other members of the community of poets who have recently passed.
