The 24 Hour Store was Closed

This is Paul Richmond's 6th book of Poems / Stories. Paul Richmond was awarded Beat Poet Laureate of Massachusetts by the National Beat Poetry Foundation headquartered in Wolcott, Ct. for 2017 to 2019. Paul was then awarded U S National Beat Poet Laureate for 2019 -2020 Paul's is best described as political, deadpan and wryly humorous delivered in his own style. Richmond has performed nationally and internationally on stages from: The Austin International Poetry Festival, in Austin TX, four years, a feature Poet 2018. A featured poets at G d r Klubban at the Jazzk ltexzeti est in Budapest, Hungary. A featured poet at Beat Festival Stockholm, Sweden. Edinburgh Fringe Festival Scotland 2018, performing12 shows. At the Massachusetts Poetry Festival as part of a featured anthology. Featured Poet at West End Poetry Festival NC. A featured poets in the movie "Trash" by Bucky Jones, all the "dialog" was poetry. Featured Poet 2017, 2018, 2019 at the National Beat Poetry Festival. 2020 Performed several times in Senegal, Africa with the Senegal - American project.