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.

Dark Poetry Reading: The One eyed Child by Phil Boiarski

Poetry performed by Geoff Mays

Get to know the poet:

What is the theme of your poem?

The cruelty of children, the fragility of light.

What motivated you to write this poem?

An incident from my childhood. I witnessed the aftermath of the

How long have you been writing poetry?

For more than 50 years.

If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be?

Blue Collar Poet, Philip Levine

What influenced you to submit to have your poetry performed by a professional actor?

I thought this might be suitable for a dramatic reading

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

I have written and published fictions, essays, plays and performances.

What is your passion in life?

Travel.

Dark Poetry Reading: The Waiting Room by Richard Rensberry

Poetry performed by Geoff Mays

Get to know the poet:

What is the theme of your poem?

The theme is media propaganda and prejudice.

What motivated you to write this poem?

We live in dark times. I was sitting in my dentist’s waiting room and this obnoxious TV person was spewing vindictive political attacks as news. People were sitting there watching and listening as if this person’s biased opinions were somehow important. I found it absurd that anyone would take this guy seriously and wrote the poem.

How long have you been writing poetry?

I have been writing poetry for 52 years.

If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be?

If it was in the near future I’d have dinner with Donald Trump because I want to help him succeed. I have many valuable ideas.

What influenced you to submit to have your poetry performed by a professional actor?

Your preconceived came into my sphere of influence on that particular day so I sent the piece in.

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

I write all the time. I am a children’s book author. I have published several books including poetry.

What is your passion in life?

I live it. Everything I do is a passion.

Dark Poetry Reading: Whiskey Vagabond by Jeff Brugger

Poetry performed by Geoff Mays

Get to know the poet:

What is the theme of your poem?

Love/Addiction

What motivated you to write this poem?

Sadness from My Heart, I was Going through a very Rough Time.

How long have you been writing poetry?

Only 3 Years

If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be?

My Hero Jerry Garcia from The Grateful Dead. God Rest His Soul. His Spirit lives on & a Dinner with Him would be absolutely Incredible

What influenced you to submit to have your poetry performed by a professional actor?

The Experience to Hear My Words be Said by a Actor. It’s an Awesome thought.

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

I write Songs, I used to Write Short Stories in School. I I Just Write when I’m in the mood to

What is your passion in life?

Music Hands Down. Music is My First & Only Love.

Dark Poetry Reading: YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW by Eve Noel

Poetry performed by Geoff Mays

Get to know the poet:

What is the theme of your poem?

The evolvement of the spirit from hate through the belief in hope.

What motivated you to write this poem?

Stemmed from my own personal experiences in life and love.

How long have you been writing poetry?

I’m a screenwriter and have felt an urge to express myself through poetry. This is the third of many more to come.

If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be?

Certainly not my enemies. On a more serious note, I guess that would be my deceased Father that I never met. I understand that he was a great orator, lawyer, and writer, as I believe that I have received one of his gifts.

What influenced you to submit to have your poetry performed by a professional actor?

I had an award winning screenplay performed by Wildsound and there is nothing more exhilarating than to bring words to life through voice.

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

To date, I have been a quarterfinalist, finalist and winner from numerous screenplay competitions writing features and shorts.

What is your passion in life?

At this twilight of my years, my desire and passion are to bring life to my characters in whatever genre they are portrayed.

Grandma, Poetry by Emily Sneed

 
Genre: Family, Funeral, Death
 
One more year, one more day,
I wish I had one more chance to tell her the things I couldn’t say.
All the memories, all the laughs,
Now your life is remembered with photographs.
Only the good die young but he took you too soon,
I want one more night of us talking under the moon.
I know you’re in a better place,
I just wish it wasn’t this way.
 

 

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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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the Garden, Poetry by Johnny Solstice

 GENRE: POLITICS, ECOLOGY,

The garden’s overgrown now
The poppies gone to seed
The flowerbeds run over
And all is choked by weeds

No-ones done the pruning
And the pond is stagnant slime
The brambles are encroaching
Too late for weeding time

The fields have gone to fallow
The veg no longer food
The fruit has started rotting
And the bees have left for good

The birds no longer singing
The river has dried up
Nothing is worth eating
And nowt is safe to sup

There’s autumn leaves in springtime
Desolation all around
There is no milk and honey
Or beauty to be found

Outside the gates of Eden
Adam sits and weeps
An aching in his ribcage
An apple at his feet
BY JOHNNY SOLSTICE

 

 

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http://www.wildsound.ca/poetrycontest.html

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Sedona Noon, Poetry by Cliff Smith

 Genres: Death, Funeral, Hope, Inspirational, Life, Love, Motivational, Philosophical, Redemption, Relationships, Religion, Song.

 Life is so fine here on the line till you cross over.
Lose your mind cause you can’t find your four-leaf clover.

You’ll discover another lover and feel it inside.
Find your mother, love your brother, don’t run and hide.

Sedona noon, Sonoran moon, Saguaro Sunset.
Sing a tune, make love in June, and have no regret.

Feel your worth, measure its girth, trust your value.
From your birth here on this Earth, your spirit shines through.

Living right with all your might, you try to be true.
Turn off the night and seek the light until it blinds you.

Sedona noon, Sonoran moon, Saguaro Sunset.
Sing a tune, make love in June and have no regret.

The flowers bloom, there’s lots of room to reach the sky.
From the womb straight to the tomb, the clouds they pass by.

The mountains rise before our eyes
It’s what we seek to reach the peak.
When all is said, what’s done is done, the words we speak…

Sedona noon, Sonoran moon, Saguaro Sunset
Sing a tune, don’t leave too soon, and have no regret.

When it’s the end, feel it spin, it’s all behind you.
Take a leap, it’s yours to keep, now follow me through…

Sedona noon, Sonoran moon, Saguaro sunsets.
Sing a tune, make love in June and have no regrets.

Sedona noon, Sonoran moon, Saguaro sunset.
Sing a tune, make love in June, don’t leave too soon and have no regret.

Sedona noon, Sonoran moon, Saguaro sunsets.
I sang a tune, made love in June, I left too soon, but have no regrets.

 

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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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Richest Nation, Poetry by Donna Roberts

 
Genre: Political, Rhyme

Oh, A Nation of Assault
Whilst we’re all in default

Reminiscent of former cataclysm
Government locked the vault
how much longer shall we wait
as the grey haired fools debate
Listening to the tale of jobs they will avail

A generation of innovation is at hand
will they listen
So prosperity can expand
the families suffer
with little buffer

When healthcare is in despair
and college loans unfair
Senior citizens living on a prayer
Its hard to be aware
Do you Dare?
Do you Dare?

Corporate Greed is how they feed
starts as a seed, becomes a need
Dictate Dictate Dictate
Then they turn the table and
give the activist a label

They wont be happy till they are done
When no one can afford to have fun
There’s a lot pain
When your at the bottom of the food chain
In the richest nation in the world!
 

 

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A Psalm of exhortation written…, Poetry by Marc Libidinsky

 Genre: Spiritual, Religion Poetry

(Formal Acrostic with Feminine Endings)

…Before the New Year.

Call upon the LORD, dear saints,
Doing honor to His name;
Elevate the name of Jesus,
Finish your race without a stain.

God, the creator of us all,
Has called us to proclaim,
Imploring by the love He gives,
“Jesus Christ will save!”

Kiss the Son lest He be angry –
Lest He find you burning up;
More, the pity if you love sin –
Nothing will save a froward tongue!

Open up your door to Heaven,
Place your heart upon the sill;
Quiet all your rebel thinking,
Run to the door, He’s knocking still!

Say to Him, “Please forgive me?”,
Tell Him nothing – He’ll tell you;
Unless you’re found insincere, and
Vain is the word ‘Lord’ in His ear.

Welcome Him with trembling questions,
‘Xalt Him with this simple praise,
“You are the One we will wait for –
Zion rejoices in Your grace!”

 

 

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Deadline: FREE POETRY Festival – Get your poem made into a MOVIE and seen by 1000s. Three options to submit:
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The Angel of Neverland, Poetry by Jeffrey Brugger Jr

 genre: Love/Fantasy

I knew this beautiful girl when I was a lost boy. A beautiful girl like those you see in those paintings. My first love. My first feeling for a another person.

She was a pretty girl who stole my heart when I was a young boy. She wasn’t from Neverland. She flew here from some place far away. She showed me what love was.

That was years ago. A few nights after she left the angels took her away while she was asleep. Now she flies above the clouds & when the stars are shining bright some nights I see her face in the stars. One day I’ll join you above the clouds.

 

 

 

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