On Saturday, December 13, 2025, Monica K. Allen (she/her) will read poems from her self-published chapbook, Words for My Mother, two days before the five-year anniversary of losing her mom.  Kathleen L. Sloan died from Covid-19 on December 15, 2020.  Additionally, pandemic poetry and cancer poetry from Monica’s upcoming full-length poetry collections (in progress) will be shared.

After the reading, there will be a short break, and then Monica will facilitate a Pandemic Grief Community Discussion.  Participation is optional.  Your presence for the entire event is requested even if not participating in the discussion, to listen and learn more from the people most impacted during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

Poetry Reading: 3-3:50pm CT

Pandemic Grief Discussion: 4-4:50pm CT

Accessibility offerings:

-N95/KF94/KN95 Masks Required.

-Masks will be available on-site for those who need one.

-One Medify Air Purifier will be running.

-Monica will speak slowly and loudly, and ask the poets to do the same.

Please register below if you would like to receive future event and poetry information from Monica.

Parent. Caregiver. Professional Organizer. Covid Bereaved Daughter. Breast Cancer Survivor. Connector. Amplifier. Advocate. Long Covid Survivor. White Cis-Woman. Poet.

Questions? Email monicakayallen@gmail.com.