Monthly Archives: May 2016
Poetry Reading: Pillar of the Community by Monica Helene Thomas
Watch the June 2016 Poetry Performance Reading
Pillar of the Community by Monica Helene Thomas Continue reading
Poetry Reading: If I Was President by Molimau Fatu
The theme of my poem is to show how this country has fallen so low that all the candidates that they throw at us aren’t even worth voting for; despite people now waking up to this corrupt fallen system. I just wanted to put my stamp on that with imaging myself as president. Continue reading
Read the best of NEW Poetry in May 2016 from around the world:
Originally posted on WILDsound Festival:
Submit your Poetry to the Festival Today: https://festivalforpoetry.com Read the best of NEW Poetry in May 2016 from around the world: THINGS LEFT UNSAID, by Kaushik Roy https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/05/26/things-left-unsaid-poetry-by-kaushik-roy/ GOING THE DISTANCE, by Demarcus Parks https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/05/26/going-the-distance-poetry-by-demarcus-parks/…
She Dreams of Dragonflies, Poetry by Cynthia Mansfield
The wide eyed child stood silently
With a faraway look everyone could see
Her mama looked down,smiled and took her hand
What’s wrong, girl, what are you trying to understand?
Waiting for the answer like only a mother can. Continue reading
Journey of Spirit, Poetry by Tara Payne Steele
I journeyed to a land far across the sea,
where people were dying in front of me.
Their country was torn, they had no hope,
brother killing brother, how would they cope?
I whispered a prayer in everyone’s ear,
Understanding’s the answer, conquering fear. Continue reading
Poem For Tranquility, Poetry by JoyAnne O’Donnell
Nature is pure poetry
The trees blowing an orchestra of words
The flowers seeing the petals of stars colors
The green grass growing Continue reading
IN SILENCE I BLEED, Poetry by Bob Valleau
Amidst the laughter, I’m in pain.
Where is God when I call His name?
Don’t be fooled by what I hide.
I smile without though hurt inside. Continue reading
These Shoes, by Latonia Sears
Most of the time people see you without knowing
What is really on your mind
making comments about the shoes you wear
because they are torn a leaning to the side
Laughing saying how they would not be caught dead in
raggedy shoes such as these Continue reading
Wrongness, Poetry by Julie Martin
Dread crawls up your arm
On Sprightly legs
You cannot shake the feeling
Of a wrongness Continue reading
the ultimate humility, Poetry by Veena Veana
The ultimate humility:
frustration,
letting go of frustration;
pain,
letting go of pain;
anger,
letting go of anger; Continue reading
