6/28/14 Poetry in Brookland - Studio 25, the Center for Poetic Thought

Brandon Johnson, 58, reads his poetry at the Center for Poetic Thought in Studio 25 of the new Arts Walk at Brookland Row June 28, 2014.  /Photo by Nancy Shia   

 Abdul Ali, 30, reads his poetry at the Center for Poetic Thought in Studio 25 of the new Arts Walk at Brookland Row June 28, 2014.  /Photo by Nancy Shia

Alita Irby, board member of the Hurston/Wright Foundation, welcomes the audience to a poetry reading at the Center For Poetic Thought in Studio 25 of the Arts Walk at Brookland Row June 28, 2014.  /Photo by Nancy Shia

A poetry reading at the Center For Poetic Thought in Studio 25 of the Arts Walk at Brookland Row includes a discussion after the reading with poets (on stage left to right) Abdul Ali, 30 and Brandon Johnson, 58, June 28, 2014.  /Photo by Nancy Shia

 Jon West-Bey, founder of the Center for Poetic Thought, introduces the poets at a poetry reading in the center in Brookland, Saturday June 28, 2014

A poetry reading at the Center For Poetic Thought in Studio 25 of the Arts Walk at Brookland Row includes a discussion after the reading with poets (on stage left to right) Abdul Ali, 30 and Brandon Johnson, 58, June 28, 2014.  /Photo by Nancy Shia