Little Native Poetry III

There's a word-storm brewing behind the bookcase at Little Native Coffee.

Join local caffeinated poets for a special book release reading to celebrate Damn, The Weather — the newly published collection from Little Native Poetry host Antino Art by way of Sabre Lake Publishing.

• Poems by Travis Kyng, Ina Cariño, & DS Will
• Open mic(ro) reading 
• Author book signing
• Jazz on a turntable
• Art by Nali Katana (book cover artist)
• Poetry-inspired mocktails by Alina

You'll be lucky to get in because it’s a 10-seat, reservation-only experience. But if you do, grab your caffeinated beverage of choice and follow the weather-beaten voices into the SpeakTEAsy behind the coffee bar. You’ll discover that a little poetry, in hidden places, makes the world a little brighter.

Doors & Mic Sign-Up at 6pm, Poems at 630pm
SIGN UP FOR OPEN MIC HERE (five slots max)

$10 Pre-show | $12 Walk-in (space permitting)
One purchase minimum at the coffee bar.
All proceeds go to supporting our community of artists.
Questions? Antinoart@antinoart.com

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About the book: Antino Art’s city-worn voice navigates the weather of grief, desire, and the digital age with wit and hard-won tenderness. These poems move from bomb cyclones to AI prayers, from election night to a daughter’s nightly video calls. Urgent, funny, and quietly devastating, this collection finds sanctuary in the everyday wreckage and insists, against all odds, on flooding the streets with hope. -Sabre Lake Publishing

Damn, The Weather is available now at Sabrelakepublishing.com/books

About the Poets

Travis Kyng, affectionately known as "The Love Poet," is a spoken word artist, author, and community builder whose work explores love, resilience, and human connection. Since discovering his voice at North Carolina Central University, he has become an active presence in the Triangle's poetry scene. He is the co-founder of The Lover and The Sword poetry series alongside Antino Art, one-half of the spoken word duo The Den Meets The Throne with Sacred Hiku, and a member of Third Angle Poets, which hosts Poets Playground at Boxyard RTP. Kyng is the author of two self-published chapbooks, The Phoenix That Rose from Water (2017) and 20 For 20 (2020), both available on Amazon.

Ina Cariño, originally from Baguio City in the Philippines, is a writer, musician, and visual artist. They were awarded a Whiting Award for poetry in 2022, and their work appears in the American Poetry Review, the Margins, Guernica, Poetry Magazine, Poetry Northwest, the Paris Review Daily, New England Review, and elsewhere. She is a Kundiman fellow and the winner of the 2021 Alice James Award for Feast, published by Alice James Books in March 2023. Reverse Requiem, their most recent collection, was released in April 2026 (Alice James Books). inacarino.com

DS Will is a creative, community leader, founder of Press Play Poets, and Brand and Marketing Chair of Third Angle Poets, dedicated to amplifying voices through creative expression. He was awarded the 2024 Arts in Action Award by the non-profit organization BrainStemology and served as the Department Head of Poetry at The Raleigh Film and Art Festival from 2020 to 2023, where he created initiatives such as Voices2Reel to highlight youth talent. DS was also a featured poet at the 2024 Dodge Poetry Festival, the largest poetry festival in North America.

About the author/host: Antino Art drinks his coffee close to black, with an occasional splash of bourbon when his social batt is low. Based in Raleigh with roots in South Florida and the Philippines, he's a Little Native Coffee regular with work in Wildscape Lit, Coffee People, Wake Forest Review, Moss Puppy Mag, and elsewhere. He's the author of Postcards From NowHERE (Bottlecap Press, 2024) and Damn, The Weather (Sabre Lake Publishing, 2026). He co-founded Third Angle Poets, creators of Poets' Playground and the Triangle Poetry Festival. antinoart.com

About the cover artist: Nali Katana Antonio (she/her) is an 11-year-old visual artist who tends to draw strawberries. Her current hyper-fixations are K-Pop, kawaii culture, and a bunny named Miffy. As the daughter of the author, her work has appeared at 30+ poetry events and was exhibited twice at Artspace in Raleigh.