<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">You are cordially invited to join us for a virtual poetry reading with Virginia Francisco<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Saturday, March 11 from 10:00 to 10:30 AM Pacific Time</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You do not need to pre-register.</div><div class="">Just use this link and passcode: </div><div class=""><font color="#0956b5" face="Almaden Sans, Helvetica, Arial" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); letter-spacing: 0.42px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82525208006?pwd=Nnp4LzFTYWM3SkF2emt2Q1pHMXV6Zz09" class="">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82525208006?pwd=Nnp4LzFTYWM3SkF2emt2Q1pHMXV6Zz09</a></span></font></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(35, 35, 51); font-family: "Almaden Sans", Helvetica, Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: 0.42px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial;" class="">032457</span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(35, 35, 51); font-family: "Almaden Sans", Helvetica, Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: 0.42px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(35, 35, 51); font-family: "Almaden Sans", Helvetica, Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: 0.42px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial;" class="">We do start on time, so please plan to sign in a few minutes prior if you don’t want to miss any of it.</span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(35, 35, 51); font-family: "Almaden Sans", Helvetica, Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: 0.42px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(35, 35, 51); font-family: "Almaden Sans", Helvetica, Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: 0.42px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(35, 35, 51); font-family: "Almaden Sans", Helvetica, Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: 0.42px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal;" class="">Virginia lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina and writes in both Spanish and English.</span></span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(35, 35, 51); font-family: "Almaden Sans", Helvetica, Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: 0.42px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal;" class="">She was found by poetry when she was a child and has always looked at</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal;" class="">life with a poet´s eyes. She does her best to become a vessel for poetic</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal;" class="">visitations and her joy is sharing them with whoever cares to listen.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal;" class=""><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal;" class="">Come naked, like a trembling virgin.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal;" class="">Come awake, like steps nearing deathrow.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal;" class="">Come joyous, like innocent laughter.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal;" class="">Come deep, like the dark mystery.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal;" class="">Come true, like frickle bones.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal;" class="">Come open, like a new book.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal;" class="">Come.</span></span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(35, 35, 51); font-family: "Almaden Sans", Helvetica, Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: 0.42px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal;" class=""><br class=""></span></span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(35, 35, 51); font-family: "Almaden Sans", Helvetica, Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: 0.42px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal;" class=""><br class=""></span></span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(35, 35, 51); font-family: "Almaden Sans", Helvetica, Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: 0.42px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial;" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="B12098AB-F5B3-4A75-87A7-212B3E91CD10" src="cid:7316967B-1B9F-4110-B645-D067BAD3ABDB" class=""></span></div></body></html>