Memorial Plays & Poems

For ELIJAH MCCLAIN on his 25th Birthday — Ten Plays of 25 words

Elijah McClain — violinist, bodyworker, animal lover, community volunteer — would have been 25-years old on February 25, 2021. McClain is the 23-year-old Black man who died after being attacked by Aurora, CO police officers who put him in a chokehold. Although he was on the ground, restrained, when EMT’s arrived, they injected him with ketamine, a strong tranquilizer. McClain died in the hospital.

In Memory of Hanna Ruax

A Poem and a Song in memory of Finnish designer Hanna Ruax, who died at 32, along with 35 others, in the Ghost Ship Warehouse Fire in Oakland, California, December 2, 2016.