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Support Rachel's poetry at Patreon. TEDx Poet Rachel Kann has been featured on Morning Becomes Eclectic on NPR and as The Weather on the podcast phenomenon, Welcome to Night Vale. She's received accolades from the James Kirkwood Fiction Awards, Writer’s Digest Short-Short Story Awards, LA Weekly Awards, International Poetry Slam Idol and Write Club Los Angeles. She's performed from The Nuyorican Poets' Cafe to Disney Concert Hall with people like Marianne Williamson and DaKAH Hip Hop Orchestra. She teaches poetry through UCLA Extension Writers' Program, where she is the 2017 Instructor of the Year. Visit her at rachelkann.com.
A poetic interaction with sacred texts for Kol Nidre, created for Open Temple's service.
Live from the Hevria Creative Farbrengen, a collaboration with the amazing supernova of talent and good vibes, rockstar Eli Schwebel.
Mermaid Esther: An Astonishing Fire has been shortlisted for the Rabbit Heart Poetry Film Festival
I have reason to be grateful and I want to acknowledge a few of the merciful angels who have helped me recently.
If it seems like everything's shattering, that's because it is.
It’s never too early—or too late—to leave the madness behind.
This is the part when your mind wants to fight you. I promise it is worth the struggle. I’ve yet to have anyone regret passing through this gate.
Rachel Kann performs her poem, "Out", on the streets of Brooklyn for the latest Hevria Session.
I was made for breaking. I am built from the raw material of utter destruction, every fissure
bursting with crumpled petition.
