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.

Showcase Poetry – ‘Wagasa’ (‘Umbrellas’) – A poem by eob (Poetic Thoughts) — Art, Photography and Poetry

Originally posted on Poetic Thoughts: bright oiled paper spheres~ rain drops sound rhythmically~ beneath echos heard~ geta covered feet shuffle~ moving forward homeward bound lg/25042020 *Note: The traditional wagasa is made with renewable materials such as Japanese paper, string, and bamboo. A layer of oil coats the umbrella to make it stronger. The history behind…

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Spotlight Art – Painting of the day by Randi Antonsen, Birdsong — Art, Photography and Poetry

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Showcase Art – ‘Katherine Anne Porter’ Art by Carsten Wieland (Brushparkwatercolors) — Art, Photography and Poetry

Originally posted on brushpark-watercolors: 2020-04-27 Collage Katherine Anne Porter “Miracles are instantaneous, they cannot be summoned, but come of themeselves, usually at unlikely moments and to those who least expect them.” – Katherine Anne Porter (Ship of Fools (1962) Pt. 3) Katherine Anne Porter (May 15, 1890 – September 18, 1980) was an American journalist,…

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Feeling the Magic! — Coffee with Julz

I think we can all agree that these are crazy times! Being stuck in our homes trying to make the best of this quarantine and stress from the Coronavirus as we watch our loved ones die around us, seeing how our frontline workers are suffering as they work tirelessly to help care for the sick […]

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Erotica: Ashley bloom me up — Craccum

In spite of the open windows, the air is still, the neighbourhood quiet, the sounds of children playing on the streets long forgotten. It is the 20th of April 2020, and Aotearoa is on lockdown. Nobody knows this better than I. Since the beginning of the nation’s Covid-induced quarantine, I have completely abandoned myself to […]

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Spotlight Art – Painting of the day by Li Chen, Colour Poetry — Art, Photography and Poetry

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Searching #poetry #art #elderlyissues #atozchallenge — penned in moon dust

so easy when we’re small no words need be expressed I’m wading in the mud and now I am depressed I lost my very thought went through my fingertips a momentary drop there’s so much I have missed Searching when we are young seems part of the mystery of learning. The […]

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In Memory: “I realized it wasn’t my natural bent to make a lot of noise” — Art of Quotation

‘There’s so much noise in contemporary art. So much gesture. I realized it wasn’t my natural bent to make a lot of noise, and I’m not very good at rhetorical gesture.” William Bailey, 1930-2020, painter, professor Yale University Image: William Bailey, “Eggs,” 1974, oil on linen. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Lawrence H. […]

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