Year: 2015

Watch the Poetry Reading EULOGY FOR A BAT:

Poet read by actress Val Cole

Get to know writer Kathy Figueroa:

1) What is the theme of your poem?

The main theme of “Eulogy For A Bat” is appreciation for this beneficial but, often, maligned or vilified critter.

2) How would you like people to respond when they read or watch your poetry reading?

My poems have now been published a collective total of over one hundred times in the Bancroft newspapers and it’s always great when I go downtown and folks tell me how much they liked this one or that one, or that they’ve actually clipped some out to save. As far as poetry readings go, I hope that people find my work entertaining. To me, the reading has been successful when people smile, applaud, and look like they’re enjoying the event.

3) How long have you been writing…

My poem, he + she, celebrates the special and beautiful love between Lita and Tolliver. It was
performed at their wedding. (Tolliver is my son and Lita is his college sweetheart.)

– Poet cc lindh

Watch the Poetry Reading of he + she:

cc’s poem was performed by actor Frances Stecyk at the December 2014 WILDsound Writing Festival.

Submit your own poetry to the festival and we’ll have it performed:
http://www.wildsound.ca/poetrycontest…

Let’s get to know poet cc lindh more:

Matthew Toffolo: What is the theme of your poem?

cc: My poem, he + she, celebrates the special and beautiful love between my son and his wife.

MT: How would you like people to respond when they read or watch your poetry reading?

cc: I hope that he + she makes people happy and also makes people feel the vibration that is love. I also
hope that my poem pulls up…

Poet cc lindh is become a WILDsound Festival staple.

Here is her recent poem boyz will be boyz:

Matthew Toffolo chats with cc lindh:

Matthew: What is the theme of your poem?

cc: My poem is about my first experience with the feeling of being just a toy for boys. It was the first time that I can remember feeling terrified and powerless at an extreme level. I also wanted to write something that speaks about sexual abuse and rape as more than 20% of women/girls are violated. This is an unbelievable statistic in this day and age.

Matthew: How would you like people to respond when they read or watch your poetry reading?

cc: I hope that my poem generates dialogue. It is only through talk, discourse, that problems have a hope of ever being solved. There’s a long road ahead, unfortunately.

Matthew: How long have you been writing…

Watch the Poetry Reading of there’s a hum by cc lindh

Interview with Poet cc lindh:

Matthew: What is the theme of your poem?

cc: i like to think that my poem is about a force ( a hum) that surrounds our beautiful world. this force is always with us and i hope that it is with us when we pass away.

Matthew: How would you like people to respond when they read or watch your poetry reading?

cc: i hope that my poetry brings beauty and love to people. i hope it brings them peace. there is a kind of comfort in truth, i think…

Matthew: How long have you been writing poetry?

cc: i have been writing songs and poetry for many years.

Matthew: Do you have a favorite poet?

cc: Ms. Emily Dickinson.

Matthew: What influenced you to submit to WILDsound and have your poetry performed by…

SYMMETRY, Poetry Reading by Michael Bornn

Poetry performed by actress VAL COLE

Matthew Toffolo interviews Michael Bornn:

Matthew: What is the theme of your poem?

Michael: the theme of this poem is facing the futility of finding closure.

Matthew: How would you like people to respond when they read or watch your poetry reading?

Michael: When someone has read a poem and feels the urge to say something to the writer about the piece, it is the greatest reward. it’s also the greatest lesson we can be given about our craft and how well we have done in our attempts to convey what we were feeling. What is said by a reader is pure honesty and always commands my attention and gratitude. no one would ever half heartedly take the trouble to express their indifference to a poem they have half read.

Matthew: How long have you been writing poetry?

FAIRY STORIES FOR REAL, Poetry Reading by Ginnie Siena Bivona

Poetry performed by actress VAL COLE

Matthew Toffolo interview Ginnie Siena Bivona:

Matthew: What is the theme of your poem?

Ginnie: The basic idea, I suppose, is the age old classic concept of finding the perfect lover and living happily ever after. And sometimes (I’m told) that happens…and sometimes not.

Matthew: How would you like people to respond when they read or watch your poetry reading?

Ginnie: Well, I hope they like it! And I hope it gives them a giggle or two.

Matthew: How long have you been writing poetry?

Ginnie: Since I was 42. One Sunday afternoon I wrote the first poem I’d ever written, it just spilled out onto the page. Now…next month I’ll be celebrating my 84th birthday…so I guess I could honestly say it’s been a long damn time.

Matthew: Do you have a favorite…

FREEDOM – Poetry Reading by Tess Rosa

Poetry performed by actress VAL COLE

Matthew Toffolo interviews Tess Rosa:

Matthew: What is the theme of your poem?

Tess: About being molded into the confines of an image of what society expects of one.

Matthew: How would you like people to respond when they read or watch your poetry reading?

Tess: I would like them to be able to identify with the poet and his/her expression of being an individual.

Matthew: How long have you been writing poetry?

Tess: Since I was 13

Matthew: Do you have a favorite poet?

Tess: Charles Bukowski, Henry Miller, Sylvia Plath

Matthew: What influenced you to submit to WILDsound and have your poetry performed by a professional actor?

Tess: Being heard

Matthew: Do you write other works? scripts? Short Stories? Etc..?

Tess: I write short stories, poetry

Matthew: What is your passion in life?

Tess: To…

Watch the Poetry Reading of SO UNHAPPY, by Steven Paul

Poem performed by actress VAL COLE

Matthew Toffolo interviews poet Steven Paul:

Matthew: What is the theme of your poem?

Steven: The theme is a hurting heart

Matthew: How would you like people to respond when they read or watch your poetry reading?

Steven: With sincere feelings I hope

Matthew: How long have you been writing poetry?

Steven: Since I was able to write

Matthew: Do you have a favorite poet?

Steven: Robert Frost

Matthew: What influenced you to submit to WILDsound and have your poetry performed by a professional actor?

Steven: My friend Henry Moy raved about Wildsound

Matthew: Do you write other works? scripts? Short Stories? Etc..?

Steven: I have submitted scripts also to WILDsound in the past.

Matthew: What is your passion in life?

Steven: To make people laugh and be happy.

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Watch the Poetry Reading: NOTHING CHANGED ME:

Poet read by actress Val Cole

Get to know poet Miriam Beza:

1) What is the theme of your poem?

The theme of my poem is resilience; the strength of women when faced with hardship.

2) How would you like people to respond when they read or watch your poetry reading?

I would like people who read it to feel positive and empowered.

3) How long have you been writing poetry?

I started to write when I was in school as I had found poetry a strong way to express my feelings.

4) What influenced you to submit to WILDsound and have your poetry performed by a professional actor?

Later on, life has taken over and writing was neglected but never forgotten.

5) What is your passion in life?

I am retired now and poems surfaced and started to come out

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Genre: Rhyme, Love, Relationship

Without a Trace
by Natasha Turner

Years have gone by
But still can’t forget
Can’t get rid of this beating sound
Ticking in my head.

I know the reason
Can’t deceive no more
I have killed a body
In a silent war.

Screams left unheard
Echoing in my soul
For I dared not to take
An imposed mother role

Please help,
Can’t stand this pain no more,
My baby’s heart is still trapped
In a spirit so sore.

The guilt is killing me,
It’s tearing me apart
I need to start anew
Everything around me is so shut

Help me find my forgiveness, my place
Of a body I killed without a trace

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Deadline: FREE POETRY Festival – Get your poem made into a MOVIE and seen by 1000s. Three options to submit:
http://www.wildsound.ca/poetrycontest.html

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