Talking Writing, Poetry for Social Change, and New Books with Luis “L-Majesty” Pubon

Luis ‘L-Majesty’ Pabon is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Poet and Spoken Word Artist born and raised in the Bronx, NY. He is the author of eight books of poetry including Bone Jelly, Bitter Boy Love Poems, Earth’s Bad Mouth, Raw Slaughter, Inclinations, and most recently Trouble Man (Kindle Publishing Direct, 2021) Luis has just completed his next full collection of poems entitled Luxurious Wreckage that is coming out later this year.

In this second part of our conversation, we talk about how Luis uses his writing to heal, how poetry can be a force for change, and his new collection of poems.

Plus we hear a new poem, “Did you make it home safe tonight?”

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About the author: Thom Francis

Thom Francis has been organizing, promoting, and hosting open mics and poetry / spoken word events in Albany such as Nitty Gritty Slam, School of Night, Albany Poets Presents..., and the Albany Word Fest for over 20 years. As a poet and performer, Thom has been featured at many of the upstate poetry and spoken word events from Saratoga to Woodstock as well as LarkFest, Art on Lark, 1st Friday, and the Albany Word Fest.