Virtual Performance
The Biscayne Poet
Premieres at 5 pm on the Norton’s YouTube channel
The Biscayne Poet performs spoken word along with musical accompaniment in the Norton’s sculpture garden.
“These poems are about a love for people and a love for places, two things that are hard to come by in Covid times. The first piece is about my birthplace, Manhattan, the capital of the world, and it’s also about Miami the city that made me who I am. It's about a longing to return, to revisit and rediscover your hometown especially after being on Covid lockdown. The second poem is about love, lost and found, about the vivid memory people leave imprinted in our hearts. About the happiness, we feel when we realize we have been a vessel and a witness to a stream of unconditional, open-hearted love.”
– The Biscayne Poet
About The Biscayne Poet
Oscar Fuentes, also known as The Biscayne Poet, is a multidisciplinary artist from Miami. He is the author of four books of poetry and prose: Beautiful Women Will Never Know (2013), 4 Nights With Betsy (2014), VAGABOND (2015), and Welcome Home (2019). As a community-based artist, he has been sharing his talents for over 20 years. Today you can catch The Biscayne Poet at a number of Miami events with his antique typewriter where he improvises personalized poems by request. He is currently working on a series of original Miami short films based on his poetry and short stories. For more information, visit www.thebiscaynepoet.com.
The Biscayne Poet