It Only Hurts When I Rhyme
Tarzana Joe is perhaps the most widely heard poet in America. His work is broadcast every Friday on the nationally syndicated Hugh Hewitt Radio Show. As a talk-radio poet, Tarzana Joe's weekly poems are commentaries on everything from current politics to corporate mergers to potato salad. While many are boldly political, they are delivered with good humor. At the invitation of Rosemead, CA, he wrote a poem for the dedication of the city's 9/11 memorial sculpture. Joe hosted the Sunland-Tujunga Shouting Coyote Poetry Festival and appeared as Shakespeare at the Los Angeles Unified School District-Reseda Festival of Books engaging students in a bard-themed quiz show. Joe's play "Blue Laws" was nominated for an L.A. Ovation award as Best New Play in Los Angeles. He co-wrote the screenplay for "The Pickets" which was accepted into the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival. He is the Executive Producer of "Animals"- a documentary about animal cruelty issues. Joe is also a poet for hire writing wedding toasts, love poems, marriage vows and eulogies for his many clients. Joe can be reached through tarzanajoe.com or via e-mail at tarzanajoe@hotmail.com