June 2016 – Page 3 – POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.

Read NEW Poetry from around the world

Read the best of NEW Poetry from around the world.

I WAS OPEN IN FROM OF HIM, by Cindreia Europe
https://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2016/06/11/i-was-open-in-front-of-him-poetry-by-cindreia-europe/

LONELY IS THE HUNTER, by Mila
https://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2016/06/11/lonely-is-the-hunter-poetry-by-mila/

HANGMAN, by Kevin Short
https://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2016/06/11/hangman-poetry-by-kevin-short/

PHOTOGRAPHER SWEETHEART, by Jest Magdaleno Romanillos
https://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2016/06/11/photographer-sweetheart-poetry-by-jest-magdaleno-romanillos/

WHO AM I, by Aneesh Kotru
https://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2016/06/11/who-am-i-poetry-by-aneesh-kotru/

POEM, by Olumayowa Fagbure
https://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2016/06/11/poem-by-olumayowa-fagbure/

GASOLINE TEARS, by Gina Walker III
https://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2016/06/11/gasoline-tears-poetry-by-gina-walker-iii/

LOSE GENERATION, by Roderick Dupree
https://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2016/06/11/lost-generation-poetry-by-roderick-dupree/

INTERVIEW, by Aparajita Kumari
https://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2016/06/11/interview-poetry-by-aparajita-kumari/

PIECES OF YOU, by Hansteven Selfa
https://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2016/06/11/pieces-of-you-poetry-by-hansteven-selfa-2/

THE MAN, by Edward Matyja
https://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2016/06/11/the-man-poetry-by-edward-matyja/

CHARLIE THE MOUSE, by Margaret Robertson
https://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2016/06/11/charlie-the-mouse-poetry-by-margaret-robertson/

VNTITLXD, by Xzaviar Allen
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/06/08/vntitlxd-poetry-by-xzaviar-allen/

A SOUL ESS EXISTENCE, by Barbara Hunt
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/06/08/a-soul-less-existence-poetry-by-barbara-hunt/

LOSE GENERATION, by Roderick Dupree
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/06/08/lose-generation-poetry-by-roderick-dupree/

WISHFUL THINKING, by Norma Passarell
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/06/08/wishful-thinking-poetry-by-norma-passarell/

FEAR, by Marcell Wallace AKA – A Poetikal Solution
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/06/08/fear-poetry-by-marcell-wallace-a-k-a-poetikal-solution/

SUBLIME LOVE, by Bindu Midha
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/06/08/sublime-love-poetry-by-bindu-midha/

LIONESS, by Saturn Sunset
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/06/08/lioness-poetry-by-saturn-sunset/

THESE ARE THE TIMES, by Latonia Sears
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/06/08/these-are-the-times-poetry-by-latonia-sears/

LETTERS TO GOD, by Talaya Lightbourne

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The Eternal Dance – Poetry Reading by Michelle B. Assor

Watch the poetry reading performed by Val Cole.

The Eternal Dance by Michelle B. Assor

1) What is the theme of your poem?

THE ETERNAL DANCE

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

This poem is a satire on life. I think people may respond with feelings of humor and pathos. I wrote this poem at the age of fifteen. Although I had not yet experienced a full life back then, I felt brazen enough to express my deepest, satirical feelings on how I envisaged the cycle of life. ‘The Eternal Dance’ expresses both the eternal highs and lows of the different stages of life.

3) How long have you been writing poetry?

I started writing poetry at the age of eleven when I was diagnosed with scoliosis. I was confined to a Milwaukee brace (from neck to hips) for four years. I was permitted to remove it only one hour a day. I was a also a ballet and spanish dancer at the time and so I removed the brace sometimes for two hours a day but slept with it at night. It was a traumatic period in my life and writing poetry enabled me to best express the emotions I felt at the time.

4) Do you have a favorite poet?

Favorite classical poets:

William Shakespeare
D.H. Lawrence
Victor Hugo
Geoffrrey Chaucer
Sylvia Plath
Emily Dickinson
13th century mystic poet Rumi.

Favorite contemporary poets:

Kenyan poet Chris Mukasa
Russian poet Vera Pavlova
American poet Shel Silverstein

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

I have written many poems and feel its time to expose my poetry. ‘The Eternal Dance’ is one of my favorites and I chose to submit it to Wildsound. I hope viewers enjoy it.

6) Do you write other works? scripts? Short Stories? Etc..?

I have written a whimsical, classical fantasy novel where the setting is a reptile-driven kingdom and the characters are serpents. I am busy with the sequel and the series will be a trilogy, ‘The Snaygill Trilogies’.

Writing this series is challenging but such fun and it allows me to transport my imagination to the highest places. I am so excited to see the outcome of the series.

I write short stories and poetry and enjoy exploring different genres. I have not embarked in script writing training but endeavor to teach myself.

7) What is your passion in life?

IMy passions are my children, my family and my friends. I enjoy solitude but I also love to socialize and have fun. Creativity is immensely important to me. I love art, music, reading, fashion, decorating, gardening and simply musing. I love the ocean, nature and animals. I dream of peace on earth and how we desperately need to make this world a better place and a better environment for all, quoting John Lennon’s eternal words ‘Imagine’.

Director/Producer: Matthew Toffolo
Casting: Sean Ballantyne
Editor: John Johnson

Poem For Tranquility – Poetry Reading by JoyAnne O’Donnell

Watch the poetry reading performed by Val Cole.

Poem For Tranquility by JoyAnne O’Donnell

Get to know the poet:

1) What is the theme of your poem?

My theme is tranquility.

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

With happiness or something that relates to them.

3) How long have you been writing poetry?

For a longtime since i’m young.

4) Do you have a favorite poet?

Elizabeth Bishop

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

To reach an audience to spread good throughout the world peace and tranquil moments.

6) Do you write other works? scripts? Short Stories? Etc..?

Yes, I’ve also written some movie scripts.

7) What is your passion in life?

To be a great writer.

Director/Producer: Matthew Toffolo
Casting: Sean Ballantyne
Editor: John Johnson

North of Tombstone, 3 A M – Poetry Reading by Doug Stanfield

Watch the poetry reading performed by Val Cole.

NORTH OF TOMBSTONE, 3AM by Doug Stanfield:

Get to know the poet:

1) What is the theme of your poem?

How a harsh land shapes the people who survive its challenges. In this case, it is the desert along the Mexican border in Arizona.

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

I would hope the reader will get a feeling for how life at the margins might be for ordinary people, and for the law of unintended consequences. I hope this piece will allow for some empathy for those who know how to survive.

3) How long have you been writing poetry?

For a little over two years. I had a career as a writer for about 35 years, mostly in journalism (newspapers)

4) Do you have a favorite poet?

I have two or three favorites, actually. My first is Carl Sandburg but lately I’ve been reading the excellent work of Jim Harrison and the North Carolina writer named Sheri Smith. I think my favorites tend to be for those who write more in the narrative style, almost prose, but not quite. And I like those who have a basic affection for our common humanity, rather than those who moan about things too much.

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

You mean besides the ego trip? ?

6) Do you write other works? scripts? Short Stories? Etc..?

I’m working on a novel, mystery, with lots of sex.

7) What is your passion in life?

At my, age waking up every day is all the passion I need. I figure if I wake up then everything else is irrelevant, and I try to have the best time I can.

Director/Producer: Matthew Toffolo
Casting: Sean Ballantyne
Editor: John Johnson

The Death Of Life, Poetry by Andres Herrera

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Genre: Rhyme, Satire

The Death Of Life by Andres Herrera

i know cpr, 

i know mouth to mouth. 

but the only thing in need of being saved, 

is your cold dead heart. 

and i simply cant find someone with the will, 

to save you from such pain & wrong doing. 

~sickfuckslive~

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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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DISCRIMINATION, Poetry by Rashika Roberts

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Genre: Pain, Sadness

DISCRIMINATION by Rashika Roberts

The dull ache moves slowly from my head to my chest;
Thumping thumping, the sound never misses a beat.

I am warm inside, but feel so cold;
I shiver with fear as the rain drips from my face.

Falling with weakness;
my strength lies in my humble heart.

Filled with sadness;
a new dawn is near.

The pain is not gone.
The hurt is not over.

In time my head will lift higher than the clouds.
Every minute promises healing.
Life goes on.

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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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TOMORROW, Poetry by Olumayowa Fagbure

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Genre: Rhyme, Life

TOMORROW by Olumayowa Fagbure

Thoughts of the future
Give me heart pains
Irregular hear beats
and shortened breaths

Sometimes I get dizzy
with the thought of tomorrow
This inevitable, fearful thing
At the forefront
That occurs every new day

The fear grips me
Tomorrow wraps its bony hands around my speeding heart
whispering clichés about
the past

Tomorrow seeps slowly into today
Like a vaccine in an injection
Piercing the darkness
with its finger nails
To reveal a rouge today

Anxiety flutters in my mind
At the sound of “soon”
And tomorrow grows closer and closer
Until it is today
And I begin to worry
About the new tomorrow

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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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Dark Night Bright Dashboard, Poetry by Nofaithpoet

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Genre: Romantic / Relationship

Dark Night Bright Dashboard by Nofaithpoet

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A night away under investigation

Can’t wait transportation already planned

Holding hands waiting for time to come

Eyes wide today we run

Find us some world quiet to become new

No more waiting for the right time to go

Inspiration stuck opportunity flashed

Symbols and landscapes lapse but our memories last.

Raindrops representing minutes we longed for rest

Arms missing arms never able to be warm enough

Eyes wide tonight we find shelter

Then we will discover more brighter scenes

Living out our explicit dreams

Our story has us away from here

Be ready when I call you.

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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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Child of midnight, Poetry by Anthony Silva

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Genre: Dark poetry

Child of midnight by Anthony Silva

“I am a child of midnight.
A zealous priest of black.
The shadow of necessity.
Sustaining light by contrast.
The night’s keeper,
who releases the praised day.
I am the downpour,
that allows the intangible rainbow.
The hidden weakness of pride,
found in all men’s hearts.
The indifferent ear given,
to the evil you speak in solitude.
I am the restless fear,
in all of your secrets revealed.
My lying tongue,
gives truth to your love’s lips.
I am the selfish freedom,
had in all your regretful nights.
The saddest story,
you learn absolutely nothing from.

That is why.
I am hated.

That is why.
I am cursed.

But…I am a child of midnight,
and victory I find in my dark purpose.”

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Heartbreak By the Lake, Poetry by Forrest Jamie

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Genres: Closure, First Love, Heartbreak, Hurt, Love, Painful, Relationships, Sad

Heartbreak By the Lake by Forrest Jamie

I anticipated the heartbreak
I knew would come
because I just couldn’t leave
these feelings and questions unresolved.

And here it is;
first heartbreak
(over eight years in the making)
delivered by
first love.
A new kind of pain
and it’s my own damn fault.
Of course
a girl like me
could never be enough.
Not for you.
But I knew it all along.

So this is what it feels like.
And this is the beautiful view
of the lake we saw
on a Monday afternoon
when you broke my heart.
My eyes began to mimic the waves
while you admitted to your lies.

Did you feel
anything
as you sat there beside me
watching me cry,
watching
my heart breaking?

Until forever fades,
I will love you forever, I’m afraid.

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