Category: new poetry

Poetry Reading: JUNIOR (IN MEMORY OF), by James R Adams II

Performed by Becky Shrimpton

Get to know the poet:

What is the theme of your poem?

Initial reaction to unexpected tragedy and loss

What motivated you to write this poem?

Self-healing and processing/honoring a murdered friend who was in the wrong place at the wrong time- and I was trying to figure out “Why were you there? What were you involved in?” Goes from shock, pessimism and anger to hope and faith.

How long have you been writing poetry?

I do it from time to time as I write a novel. To warm up, or in this case, to express something I’d never dealt with.

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

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

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

I’d done it before. Usually my poems are contemplative. This one is much more raw, emotional and real-life

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

Yes

What is your passion in life?

Whatever is right in front of me.

Poetry Reading: The Fourth Month, by Gloria D. Gonsalves

Performed by Val Cole

Get to know the poet:

What is the theme of your poem?

The poem has two themes: nature and humour.

What motivated you to write this poem?

This poem was written in 2016 during NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo. The prompt was to write a poem in which one explores what they think is the cruelest month, and why.

How long have you been writing poetry?

Over 10 years and I’m still learning every day.

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

It would be Beatrix Potter, for her knowledge in mycology. We would chat about my picture book ‘Lamellia: The Kingdom of Mushrooms’. The story is about high advanced mushroom society, who found a human baby alone in the forest. Their king decides to adopt it and orders Lamellians to use their abilities to care for it.

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

I dislike public performance. So your platform is the right place for me to co-share the skill of writing and performing with someone else.

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

I have published books on fantasy/adventure/educational tales with moral lessons. In the published portfolio is also a novella and anthology of thoughts. For anyone interested to know more, I am giving free books to visitors on my website.

What is your passion in life?

Inspire and invoke positive changes with my writing.

Read the best of MOTIVATIONAL/INSPIRATIONAL Poetry – Part 5

CLICK the link and read the best of poetry

IN THE STARS, by Marcus G. Taylor
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2017/04/22/poem-in-the-stars-by-marcus-g-taylor/

SEDONA NOON, by Cliff Smith
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2017/02/23/sedona-noon-poetry-by-cliff-smith/

THE RESTORATION OF A BROKEN LADY
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2017/02/23/the-restoration-of-a-broken-lady-poetry-by/

GONE, by Minusthecynic
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/12/29/gone-poetry-by-minusthecynic/

LITTLE GIRL LOST, Patricia Poulos
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/12/29/little-girl-lost-poetry-by-patricia-poulos/

THE SEMPITERNAL SAPPHIRE, Sohinee Day
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/12/14/the-sempiternal-sapphire-poetry-by-sohinee-dey/

THE VOICE, Tabithashley
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/12/14/the-voice-poetry-by-tabithashley/

A POEM TO A CHILD, Kriz Rogers
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/11/05/a-poem-to-a-child-poetry-by-kriz-rogers/

THE RED THREAD, Jodyboots
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/11/05/the-red-thread-poetry-by-jodyboots/

THE TRILOGY, Shannon Griffiths
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/10/02/the-trilogy-of-poetry-poetry-by-shannon-griffiths/

SEX AT ITS FINEST, HonestlyFrank
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/09/17/sex-at-its-finest-poetry-by-honestlyfrank/

SUNDAY NIGHT SERVICE, Carla Fox
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/09/17/sunday-night-service-poetry-by-carla-fox/

DREAMS AND REALITY, Natalia Gorbunova Spain
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/09/17/dreams-and-reality-poetry-by-natalia-gorbunova-spain/

I AM, Allyson Olivia
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/09/17/i-am-poetry-by-allyson-olivia/

I’VE GOT TO WIN, Sonya Marshall
I’ve got to win, Poetry by Sonya Marshall

WALLS OF FLESH, Shannon Rohn
Walls of Flesh, Poetry by Shannon Rohn

FROM WITHIN HER RIB CAGES, J. Liethers
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/07/23/from-within-her-rib-cages-poetry-by-j-liethers/

FLICKERING LIGHTS, Silfath Pinto
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/07/04/flickering-lights-poetry-by-silfath-pinto/

LOVE, Krishna Singh
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/07/04/love-poetry-by-ram-krishna-singh/

Read the best of MOTIVATIONAL/INSPIRATIONAL Poetry – Part 3

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C POEM, Natalie Henderson
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/03/13/c-poem-by-natalie-henderson/

MY COMPASS, Esmeralda Hernandez
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/02/23/my-compass-poetry-by-esmeralda-hernandez/

BE THE LIGHT, Yusef Vance
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/02/22/be-the-light-poetry-by-yusef-vance/

OCEANS BOTTOM, Antonia Giordano
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/02/19/oceans-bottom-poetry-by-antonia-giordano/

HE AND SHE, Chirayu
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/02/08/he-and-she-poetry-by-chirayu/

DON’T, Spyridoula Antoniou
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/01/30/dont-poetry-by-eirini-spyridoula-antoniou/

ALONE, Anderson Gomes
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/01/29/alone-poetry-by-anderson-gomes/

HEART SHAPED BUBBLES, Hillary Bryan
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/01/24/heart-shaped-bubbles-poetry-by-hillary-bryan/

SIMPLICITY, C. Denyce Ward
SIMPLICITY, Poetry by C.Denyce (Ward)

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

CRAZY BOY, R. Shanelle
Crazy Boy, Poetry by R.Shanelle

A MENTION OF MINCHIN, Allison Welborn
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2015/11/03/a-mention-of-minchin-poetry-by-allison-welborn/

NO MONEY NO PROBLEM, Kathy Figueroa
No Money? No Problem!, Poetry by Kathy Figueroa

MY BEAUTIFUL CIRCUMSTANCES, Takudzwa Mudiwa
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2015/10/18/my-beautiful-circumstances-poetry-by-takudzwa-mudiwa/

M-E JUST CUT AND PASTE, Bill Clayton
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2015/10/17/m-e-just-cut-and-paste-by-bill-clayton/

STRONGER, Dawn M. Simpson
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2015/10/14/stronger-poetry-by-dawn-m-simpson/

DEFS, DEF P The MC
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2015/10/04/defs-poetry-pt-1-poetry-by-def-p-the-mc/

INNOVATION, Trahsa Nicole Hickman
Innovation, Poetry by Trasha Nicole Hickman

A POEM, Domeen Raad
A poem, Poetry by Domeem Raad

WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE THE PEN CAN ACHIEVE, Mac McGovern
What The Mind Can Conceive, The Pen Can Achieve, Poetry by Mac McGovern

Watch the April 2017 Poetry Readings

Performed by Amaka Umeh

Poetry Reading: What is Love, by Colin Guest

Poetry Reading: The Second Cup by Michael Westcombe

Poetry Reading: THE ALMOST HOLY QUATERNITY by Gloria D Gonsalves

Poetry Reading: Plica, by Ewan Lawrie

Poetry Reading: ON THE WATER by Tammi Croteau

Poetry Reading: FIVE by Tammi Croteau

Poetry Reading: DREAM by Mary Freericks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poetry Reading: DREAM by Mary Freericks

Performed by Omaka Umeh

7 questions:

What is the theme of your poem?

The theme of my poem is regaining youth.

What motivated you to write this poem?

Sleeping in my granddaughter’s bed.

How long have you been writing poetry?

Perhaps thirty years. I attended Columbia University Graduate School of the Arts with a major in poetry.

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

I want to say God. But God is not a person.

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

Your invitation.

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

I have a published book, Creative Puppetry in the Classroom published by New Plays and some published educational articles and as well as memory articles about my childhood in Iran I also wrote a piece on Alice Hulyer Ramsey, the first woman to drive across the United States for an Encyclopedia on women’s accomplishments. but mostly I write poetry.

What is your passion in life?

I am an artist as well as poet and I love to paint. I also enjoy walking along the ocean and my family and friends.

Poetry Reading: The Second Cup by Michael Westcombe

Performed by Amaka Umeh

POETRY 7 questions:

What is the theme of your poem?

the relationship between husband and wife, within the family

What motivated you to write this poem?

I found the image, and the structure, to express my perceptions and thoughts correctly.

How long have you been writing poetry?

For about fifty years

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

E. M. Forster, or G. F. Handel

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

Nothing. It was a condition of your competition. In my experience, actors are terrible at this

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

Sometimes

What is your passion in life?

Music, and political philosophy.

I AM FROM THE 20 CENTURY, Poetry by Miriam Beza

Genre: Society

 I am from the wars and destruction
I am from learning and creation
I am from reading and writing,
research and application
I am from neon white light,
from telephone, television and cinema delight
I am from the thick brush of Impressionists
the dreamy fine brush of Expressionists
I am from Cubists and Post War realists
The conceptual art and contraceptive pill
from rock & roll and punk in the mix
From tower blocks that look like a prison
from airy glass towers and steel
that pierce the sky, lit by neon
I am from laser, the beam that cures or kills
I am from uranium that kills or cures
I am from gluttonous self indulgence
I am from famine and war
I am from all of those and more

Miriam Beza

 

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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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Soul Forsaken, Poetry by M. Arundel

Category/Genre – Death / Vampire

 
To tread death, eternal ages, forever lost the path of life,
Untouched by Heavens Angels, unscathed by Death’s dark scythe.
No welcome at the Gates of Hell, to walk alone, all hope forsaken,
No mercy given, a lifeless shell, suspended by damnation.
Complexion pale like driven snow, frozen touch as cold as ice,
Soulless wanderer full of woe, eyes fixed, in search of sacrifice.
Upon the lips a crimson stain, redder than the flowering rose,
A desolate heart filled with pain, where silence now forever flows.
Denied the new dawns rising sun, compelled to quench the burning thirst,
What’s done may never be undone, to walk the night forever cursed.
In solitude, fallen from grace, in death for century’s untold,
No comfort found, no resting place, no forgiveness to behold,
Powers of darkness diminish light, in a trance like state, no thought,
Damned into twilight by a curse bestowed, but rarely ever sought.
No escape, the soul is taken, no resistance, no redeem,
Never to awaken; ever trapped within this nightmare dream.
 

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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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Legendary, Poetry by Clara Pohlman

 Genre: Family, Love

 For my Brother Zachary

There he is
Mr president
Sitting in a wood stained chair with a coffee mug
From his trip to Colorado.
The tie he wears
Erupts with ivory, it is ironed
He too has ironed his thoughts into emails,
And the responses from philosophers
Cascade from the inbox of an envelope.

Aspiring to God’s plan he thinks,
His thoughts always turn
Into an examination of
Courage to stand up for his beliefs.

No feat
Is too scary for a legend.
Speed bumps are not
In his vocabulary.
New questions squirt answers
Into his K-cups
Every morning.

A girl he admires
Creeps her way
Into every loving gesture.
He puts faith
Into love and stocks love
In siblings and God.
Somehow God is always
Mentioned.

His prayers are sincere and words crunch of authenticity.

I want
To be my brother.
Someone who loves
Carelessly and acts
With humility
Winning is his
Hobby and losing
Is his strength.
To the future
President

This poem
Is dedicated.
Happy
Birthday Zachary,
I love
You!

 

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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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