Transgressions in Transubstantiation: The Mantras of Jameson Bayles

I’ve been working on the logistics for The Mesenchymal Reprisal Poetry Tour for a few months now. I’ve generally taken a back seat when it came to planning the line up or locations to read/perform in during previous tours. The origins of this current tour came about between a combination of conversations with other poets on creating an extended tour as well a need for poetry tours that operate and thrive outside the predictable poetry cliques that unfortunately exist in indie lit. In addition, there were several hosts that asked me what my own poetry show would look like if I were to hypothetically to create one. I’m not getting any younger so after a lot of contemplation and consideration, I decided that I would in fact plan out my own headlining poetry tour in conjunction with the release of my next project “Base Jumping at Taughannock Falls” which will be published by Ghosts For Valhalla Press on Feb 9, 2024. A few other poets will be on the bill in various cities as well as a couple of visual artists and musical guests. In certain regions, it will be the full line up, in others it will be a select few depending on a variety of logistical factors.

Focusing primarily on the house show poetry network, The Mesenchymal Reprisal Poetry Tour will mainly roam within locations on the east coast with a few performances at various state parks when the weather warms up. I’ll post more dates of this tour in another post.

If this poetry hootenanny wasn’t enough, a couple other poetry tours in 2024 are in the works that will weave in and out of this tour. More info on that later on.

Social media, social media, social media. I have a few accounts in various social media platforms; some I utilize, some I don’t. I’m well aware that these mediums can be an excellent source of revenue as well as publicity, but the drama that tags along with it can be a headache. I don’t have an innate need to document every second of my life in the poetry world online however I will post a few pics here and there on Facebook/Instagram as well as a video or two on YouTube but that’s about it. The majority of my poetry constituents really don’t use social media at all by choice.

Until next time ‘Merica.