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.
Read Poem: DISTANT IN TIME, by Michael Hogan
Cities of the last empire
Ring the desert like humpback whales swimming
In a distance that recedes to what is distant in time.
Stars of the last night
Fall without falling but explode and grow small
Birthing space that is not space,
In a distance that recedes to what is distant in time
Man and woman of the last garden
Come together in work and travail,
Birthing saviors at dawn, at midnight,
Or when the edge of eternity is just visible
In a distance that recedes to what is distant in time.
Mike Hogan (c) 2018
Read Poem: Caught Up In Me, by Georgia Blagrove
I, I, I, Me, Me, Me. Like doe re me, I am focused on only me.
If I don’t get pleasure then me has to leave for sure.
If I am not doing me then I need to see my way somewhere to be free.
Like a lion surveying the plain for its prey, so do I search for my next way.
I feel good, I look good, I am comfortable with unique me.
I sensually stretch with no inhibition for the plain is mine to maneuver.
I am reshaping the box of my mind, this part of my life currently is a wrinkle in time.
There are other dimensions of me to explore.
I am strong enough to endure, to overcome, to fail and get back up.
If I don’t explore, I have so much to loose – my peace of mind, joy, fulfillment, happiness….
I want laughter to be a smile away. A drone like 9-5 state is not conducive to this.
Acceptance of mediocracy is not suppose to be me.
I will not allow the betrayals and injustice to me change me to a lesser version of me!
It is no longer about me pleasing everyone.
It is now a conscious effort on my part to look out for my fulfillment and push my agenda.
I am thankful for the same betrayal/challenges that has plagued me which has helped propelled me to this point to actually take action.
This is where I’ve gotten stuck in the past. What is different now? What will make me take action?
My desperation? Yes, my desperation for I am at the point of shutting down. But..
But, the defibrillator call fulfillment has rejuvenated and jolted me, yes me, to get up and scream.
IT IS ABOUT ME, ME, ME!!!
Read Poem: When The Clock Strikes Death, by C.M. Rivers
Years ramble on along a narrow highway
while daffodils peak in their bright yellow prime
and I scratch at the walls of the hourglass
from which I attempt to climb.
This life was a wet shiny bubble
blown by a child whom I never knew,
who’s heart was as wild as pictures
I colored with crayons before I met you.
Now hard blow the northern winds
and heavy fall the western rains,
and the rocks and sand have barely changed,
yet I have not remained the same
while the clock struck the hours before death came.
C.M. Rivers
Read Poem: Forbidden Desire, by Irene Gowins-Sowells
Read Poem: Behind Closed Eyes by Cameron Miller
When skin crawls
on the inside, and thoughts flit branch to branch
a winter brown goldfinch pecking for seed
when the longest
deepest, exquisitely practiced yoga breath
exhales an inert sigh
when it is five a.m.
with stained memories frozen
on the black box stage of emptied cranium
it is time.
It is time to step into the deepest
darkest shadow,
and discover who or what
lives there.
“Hello, anybody home?”
You say it with innocence
in case they suspect something.
Enter, shake hands
or paws
with what lives within.
If it is fierce and smelly, nod then get the hell out.
If it is seductive and smirks, be guarded.
If it is deadbeat and depressed, listen.
Behind closed eyes, in shadows
wakefulness never reaches,
skulk citizens with a vote.
Winning LGBT TV PILOT Reading – THE DISAPPEARANCE, by Jess Harris DiStefano
Genre: LGBT, Drama
The Disappearance is an hour long drama about a charming young sports writer, whose secret past comes back to haunt him when he accidentally discovers the whereabouts of his long lost father and younger siblings.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hugh Ritchie
Ryan: Nick Wicht
Will: Michael Lake
Kate: Beck Lloyd
Casey: Julia Baldwin
Jamie: Alicia Payne
Fred: David Occhipinti
Get to know the writer:
What is your TV Pilot screenplay about?
The Disappearance is an hour long drama about a charming young sports writer, whose secret past comes back to haunt him when he accidentally stumbles upon the whereabouts of his long lost father and two younger siblings.
Why should this screenplay be made into a TV show?
Too many reasons to list off, but mainly because it’s a show I would (and most likely a whole host of other people) would want to watch.
What TV show…
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When Alex fell in love with Sandra.
This is a story of young guy named Alex. And his lady love Sandra.
He fell in love with her. She was a wonder woman, the kind that could make a guy fall in love at first sight. She was a beauty of sorts, the kind of woman, who had a way of making a target out of a guy, and leaving him half dead, and later disappearing into thin air. The perfect phrase would be “A black widow spider”. Alex was new in Bangalore a city in the state of Karnataka, in south of India. He was a new guy in Bangalore. A sixteen-year old, just arrived from Bombay to the city to finish his second year of pre-university in science. He finally flunked in the second year, in all subjects leaving Hindi and English. He was hell bent and determined to finish the second-year course.
Alex decided to…
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FEEDBACK FILM FESTIVAL Thursday – May 3, 2018. 7pm.
The FEEDBACK Monthly Film Festival coming to Los Angeles.. Our LA home is Regal L.A. LIVE Cinemas, located in the heart of downtown Los Angeles (beside the Staples Center) at 1000 W Olympic Blvd.. The event runs from 7pm to 9:10pm.Showcasing the best of short films from around the world, while maintaining our audience feedback format moderated by Shepsut Wilson.
Tickets are FREE or PAY WHAT YOU LIKE. Reserve your tickets online.
If you like to obtain seats in advance and pick them up on the day of the event (come for FREE, or make a donation), please email us at latickets@wildsoundfestival.com and we’ll reserve seats for you.
1st ACT PROGRAM – COMEDY & ANIMATION
| NAMCAR NIGHT RACE, 17min., USA, Comedy/Mockumentary Directed by Lance Khazei NAMCAR Night Race is a comedy depicting a league of adults who compete in an after hours, model… |
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Read Poem: Poetry of Mind, by Joy Genauer
Little glitters of sunshine
Little trickles of rain
Resonate in my thoughts
Like flashes of light
Tremble like joy
Breathe with fear
Words spoken
Like splinters of glass
Or feathers that lift
High above the earth
In a blink they emerge
Asking for essence
Asking for clarity
Making themselves known
POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film. 