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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.

NEW Poetry from around the world. Read the best of….

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Deadline: FREE POETRY Festival – Get poem made into a MOVIE and seen by 1000s. Three options to submit:
http://www.wildsound.ca/poetrycontest.html

NEW Poetry from around the world. Read the best of….

INFATUATION, by Anna Sue Benson
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2015/11/09/infatuation-poetry-by-anna-sue-benson/

BABY COME HOME, by Jason Mews
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2015/11/09/baby-come-home-poetry-by-jason-mews/

LOVES REALITY, by Jonell Kirby Cash
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2015/11/09/loves-reality-poetry-by-jonell-kirby-cash/

DISAPPEARED, by Ravjit Singh
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2015/11/09/disappeared-poetry-by-ravjit-singh/

JASMINE NO MORE, by Daniel Hefty
http://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2015/11/10/jasmine-no-more-poetry-by-daniel-hefty/

HARMATTAN RESCUE, by Habib Akewusola
http://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2015/11/10/harmattan-rescue-poetry-by-habib-akewusola/

POETRY, by Derek Ray
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2015/11/12/poetry-by-derek-ray/

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Watch Chapter 3 of Follow in the Tigerman’s Footsteps by Colin Guest

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DEADLINE: 1st CHAPTER/FULL NOVEL Festival.
http://www.wildsound.ca/book_contest.html
Get your story performed at the Writing Festival. FULL FEEDBACK on all entries.

Novel performed by actress Val Cole

Watch Chapter 3: FOLLOW IN THE TIGERMAN’S FOOTSTEPS:

Get to know writer Colin Guest:

1. What is your novel about?

It covers my incredible life working as an expat worker in 15 countries spread through the Middle, Far East & North Africa

2. Why should this novel be read by people?

It is intended to show there is more to live than a boring 9-5 job and by being positive, when life is tough, you can climb back up again

3. How would you describe this novel in two words?

Adventure Story

4. What movie have you seen the most in your life?

The Guns of Navarone

5. How long have you been working on this novel?

21/2 years

6. Do you have an all-time…

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Watch the 5 November 2015 Novel Winners. Transcript readings performed.

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Watch the winning novel transcript readings for November 2015.

This month’s readings performed by actor Val Cole.

Chapter 1 NOVEL – Please Hold
November 2015 Reading
Written by Tricia Stewart Shiu

Chapter 7 NOVEL – From the Sky
November 2015 Reading
Written by J E Nicassio

Chapter 21 NOVEL – One Hot Summer
November 2015 Reading
Written by Ian Barker

Chapter 3 NOVEL – Follow in the Tigerman’s Footsteps
November 2015 Reading
Written by Colin Guest

Transcript NOVEL – A Life Singular
November 2015 Reading
Written by Lorraine Pestell

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DEADLINE: 1st CHAPTER/FULL NOVEL Festival.
http://www.wildsound.ca/book_contest.html

Get your story performed at the Writing Festival. FULL FEEDBACK on all entries.

WATCH the Recent Winning Short Story/1st Chapter Readings:
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/novel_and_short_story_readings.html

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His Red Rattle, Poetry by Chris Biscuiti

He tries so hard to grab his red rattle
Staring intently as his hands reach out
One day soon he will win this next battle
Previous victories leave me no doubt

Genre: Rhyme, Family, People

His Red Rattle
by Chris Biscuiti

He tries so hard to grab his red rattle
Staring intently as his hands reach out
One day soon he will win this next battle
Previous victories leave me no doubt

He might not be able to smash his cake
But he’ll definitely love the flavor
With all he’s accomplished make no mistake
It’s been a year we will truly savor

He’ll have birthdays where he blows out candles
and unwraps all of his shiny new toys
One of these years he’ll easily handle
all the goodies given to birthday boys

This year we get the best gift there can be:
Six months without spasms and seizure free

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Submit your POEM to the Poetry Festival: http://www.festivalforpoetry.com

WATCH POETRY READINGS (see what we can do when you submit):

WATCH POETRY MOVIES (see what we can do when you submit):

Poetry by Derek Ray

Do you embrace the place
where the trees grow untamed?

Genre: Inspirational

Poetry
by Derek Ray

Do you embrace the place
where the trees grow untamed?

They seem to know
what we want to hide;
the simple oneness that exists
between you and I.

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Submit your POEM to the Poetry Festival: http://www.festivalforpoetry.com

WATCH POETRY READINGS (see what we can do when you submit):

WATCH POETRY MOVIES (see what we can do when you submit):

JASMINE NO MORE, Poetry by Daniel Hefty

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Genre: War, Political, People, Society

JASMINE NO MORE
by Daniel Hefty

I wake up in the night thinking about children
not mine but yours
you broken mothers
snatched from security and comfort
thrust into a divide uncrossable
left at the bottom of the rubble
from a sectarian blanket bombing campaign for peace
and domination

You wanted something you had no right to request
democracy would never replace the Shahs and Kings
did you believe they cared about God more than power
as they hauled off your sons and husbands
in the springtime of their lives
the Arab spring
as fire and brimstone rained down from the sky

I see vast expanses of barren mountain desert
scattered with scant shrubs and giant boulders
hand planted by Allah
moonlight catches up to the shadows
traversing a border into the unknown
where pregnant mothers will give birth to offspring
who will never have…

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HARMATTAN RESCUE, Poetry by HABIB AKEWUSOLA

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Genre: War, People

HARMATTAN RESCUE
by HABIB AKEWUSOLA

Embrace impact,

Slower the thinker,

History is stigma.

Sleep not deeper

Join me in commissioning
‘Operation Boko_haram extinguisher’.

Over the night our girls

Might never return.

Courage beats fear,

Sweat for peace or

Bleed at war.

Call time a ghost,

Time to extinguish Boko_haram

Including her host.

Immediate cultivation of

Nationalistic seeds through the

North, Africa and beyond.

Improve dreams of me,

And fatherless playing naked

Underneath Sambisa’s leaves.

With equal sacrifice

Authority doesn’t involve guns,

Camouflage protects love, as

Civilisation and conscience

Seasonally evolve.

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Deadline: FREE POETRY Festival – Get poem made into a MOVIE and seen by 1000s. Three options to submit:
http://www.wildsound.ca/poetrycontest.html

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HAMMER – AUDIENCE FEEDBACK from the Oct. 2015 Film Festival

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Watch the Audience FEEDBACK for HAMMER:

Here’s what the audience had to say about HAMMER (moderated by Matthew Toffolo):

“I applaud it for its avant-garde nature. It’s kind of a cool film.”

“I appreciate this film in its tribute to old-style storytelling.”

“The visuals really brought out a lot of emotion and feeling.”

Explanation from the Poet Cassandra Swan:
http://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2015/04/15/hammer-poetry-movie-by-cassandra-swan/

Turn your poem into a movie: http://www.wildsound.ca/poetrycontest.html

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Disappeared, Poetry by Ravjit Singh

The nights were warm
And the wind howled quietly
In his head there was a storm
It crept up slowly but violently

Genre: Dark, Horror

Disappeared
by Ravjit Singh

The nights were warm
And the wind howled quietly
In his head there was a storm
It crept up slowly but violently

He went from smiles in the morning
To tears and anger in the night
One moment he felt as if he was soaring
Then his own heart he would fight

Full of light while the sun was out
Clouded with darkness when he saw the moon
Like his emotions were wandering about
Lost and ready to collapse soon

Tonight the moon was full
And the darkness was heavy
He would fight and pull
Until death asked if he was ready

He refused to cry
But the light wouldn’t appear
Made this his last goodbye
And finally he would disappear

Submit your POEM to the Poetry Festival: http://www.festivalforpoetry.com

WATCH POETRY READINGS (see what we can do when you submit):

WATCH POETRY MOVIES (see what we can do when you submit):

LOVE’S REALITY, Poetry by Jonell Kirby Cash

My Love wrote me a poem:

“I’ve had you in my life…

Five thousand days and more,

You’ve been a loving wife”

Genre: Love, Rhyme, Relationship

LOVE’S REALITY
by Jonell Kirby Cash

My Love wrote me a poem:

“I’ve had you in my life…

Five thousand days and more,

You’ve been a loving wife”

What more can I wish for…

Five thousand days with you;

“You made my life joyful;

The happy times I knew”

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Those days flew by—I didn’t know—

I’d be alone –I never knew;

Five thousand days –were not enough

“Our time was short…our days too few”

Submit your POEM to the Poetry Festival: http://www.festivalforpoetry.com

WATCH POETRY READINGS (see what we can do when you submit):

WATCH POETRY MOVIES (see what we can do when you submit):