Author: poetryfest

Submit your Poetry to the Festival. Three Options: 1) To post. 2) To have performed by an actor 3) To be made into a film.

“So the more privileged and comfortable someone’s life is, the harder it is for them to appreciate the needs and issues of those worse off. But as long as we don’t do something stupid like put the most pampered people in charge of running countries, we should be OK.” — Art of Quotation

“So the more privileged and comfortable someone’s life is, the harder it is for them to appreciate the needs and issues of those worse off. But as long as we don’t do something stupid like put the most pampered people in charge of running countries, we should be OK.” ― Dean Burnett, author, book quote […]

via “So the more privileged and comfortable someone’s life is, the harder it is for them to appreciate the needs and issues of those worse off. But as long as we don’t do something stupid like put the most pampered people in charge of running countries, we should be OK.” — Art of Quotation

“Dear America: You are waking up, as Germany did, to the awareness that 1/3 of your people would kill another 1/3, while 1/3 watches.” — Art of Quotation

“Dear America: You are waking up, as Germany did, to the awareness that 1/3 of your people would kill another 1/3, while 1/3 watches.” Werner Herzog, German, director

via “Dear America: You are waking up, as Germany did, to the awareness that 1/3 of your people would kill another 1/3, while 1/3 watches.” — Art of Quotation

In Memory: “It’s a dangerous business, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no telling where you might be swept off to. — Art of Quotation

“It’s a dangerous business, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no telling where you might be swept off to.” Ian Holm, actor, 1931-2020, movie quote As Bilbo Baggins from Lord of the Rings Trilogy.

via In Memory: “It’s a dangerous business, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no telling where you might be swept off to. — Art of Quotation

“we’re still losing around 600 Americans per day — that is, we’re experiencing the equivalent of six 9/11s every month” — Art of Quotation

In the early 20th century the American South was ravaged by pellagra, a nasty disease that produced the “four Ds” — dermatitis, diarrhea, dementia and death. At first, pellagra’s nature was uncertain, but by 1915 Dr. Joseph Goldberger, a Hungarian immigrant employed by the federal government, had conclusively shown that it was caused by nutritional […]

via “we’re still losing around 600 Americans per day — that is, we’re experiencing the equivalent of six 9/11s every month” — Art of Quotation

“What I do know is that art doesn’t give up.” — Art of Quotation

Early on Tuesday morning, officials rushed to save artist Andy Goldsworthy’s famed environmental artwork Spire from a series of brush fires raging in San Francisco’s Presidio National Park. Though salvaged from destruction, the beloved sculpture has been significantly charred in what investigators now believe was an act of arson. At least four towering fires, likely sparked by embers […]

via “What I do know is that art doesn’t give up.” — Art of Quotation

Stand up and be counted, by Erica Donaldson-Ellison

Just because
you say that:
‘It has to be
like that.’
Approved, without conscience
Driven by: uneducated criticism
and stereotypical non consensual nonsense.
A single dissenter
can still rise
Blooming, from the crowd
And, say
NO

The chatter of group compliance
simmers gently, without a spill
but,a lone ingredient
may yet spark a quicker bubble.
It unexpectedly .spurts
a volcanic lava
overflowing
making a small trail.

Like the person, who
demonstratively argues
their cause.
Stands and brings attention
And, says
NO.

Moved by the need
To right, a wrong
Disgust, peaked by
witnessed exchanges
of a bullies attempt to dominate
a ‘weaker person’.
I say
NO.

To team sly glances
highlighting an
underlying group aversion
to an individuals
differences.
I say
NO.

Upright. Tall.
Against, sneering grins
smeared across
grinning lips.
Authoritatively, I protest
And say
NO.

Then,
walk on.
With my own
Smile.
Leading the way.

WHEN I’M FEELING BLUE, by Sahar S.

When I’m down and out feeling blue

Just close my eyes, hand to hand and think of you

Can’t forget smiling on your face, sparkling eyes

Your kindness, your endless love, your emotion never lies

We share times together, you never left me alone
So when I’m down and out feeling blue
I know you are there for me، through thick and thin

You were my best friend my life, I have ever seen
I am lucky to have you around me
You are just with me I can feel I can see

I share my happiness song for you with glee
I share my sadness with you, which makes me free

You sit beside me, take my hand
Its heaven for us this land

I feel the warmest, honesty
It’s cold but with you I don’t feel frosty

When I am down and out feeling blue
I close my eyes hand to hand think of you