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Poetry #1 by Xzaviar Allen

Poetry performed by Geoff Mays

Poetry #1 by Xzaviar Allen

Get to know the poet:

1) What is the theme of your poetry collection?

The theme of my poems was sexual intercourse. A vulgar/inappropriate subject maybe, but the inspiration behind the pieces drove me to write in such a way.

2) How would you like people to respond when they read or watch your poetry reading?

I’m not sure how people will react to these particular poems; people usually like them, but it depends on who’s reading.

3) How long have you been writing poetry?

I wrote my first poem in the fifth grade. Ive been hooked ever since.

4) Do you have a favorite poet?

My favorite poets are modern-age poets. J Cole, Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Jay Z, Kanye West, etc. Hip Hop is a form of poetry; I write my “poems” as though they were song lyrics.

5) What influenced you to submit to WILDsound and have your poetry performed by a professional actor?

I found out about WILDsound kind of randomly; I thought it couldn’t hurt to submit my work to somebody. Maybe they’ll like it!

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

I wrote a short story in college for a class project; I wouldn’t mind writing a script though. I guess it depends on what mood I’m in and what inspiration I have at the moment.

7) What is your passion in life?

My true passions in life are poetry and music; even so, I am skilled in other areas. I currently serve my country as a soldier in the United States Army.

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Casting: Sean Ballantyne

At Night, Poetry by Anton M. Rojkov

Genre: Nocturnal, Atmospheric, Night Shift

At Night
by Anton M. Rojkov

At night

When most bright colors retreat,

Stillness regains control

Over moving parts of the world.

Eyes miss details,

Hearing catches ghosts talking,

And I watch my skin

With more attention,

Finding myself fascinated

With blood streaming steadily

With bones cracking.

I wonder of grass breathing,

Springs running toward eternity,

Of a warm cup of tea

In a quite shop.

Peering into the dark,

Listening to the air moving

In no hurry, with no care,

As it always does,

But only now I notice.

At night

I want serene things,

Just like shadows swim

Through the streets

And rocks whisper by the bushes.

Working night shift shows so much beauty

In the non-human world

That I rarely witness.

At night

There are so many things

I think of doing during the day.

Then it arrives,

First lights break through.

Those who slept are awake

Stillness seems to be

Progressively beaten into pulp,

While movement

Is the only way to go, once again.

Colors creep in

But small details I cherished

Somehow fade away

Into the war walls of sound

That mash in,

Proclaiming silence an anathema.

Attention and speed

Are now object of worship

And constant reinvention.

Then endless hours

Of rush and rock and roll

Come to slowing down.

The sun is out to shine elsewhere

And stillness is back to amaze me.

I’ve been waiting

To hear rocks whisper by the bushes

In the calm of the air

Breathing on my shoulder.

I’m thinking of so many

Quiet and slow things to do,

Lost in the calm and dark of the night.

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Watch the July 2016 Poetry Readings

Watch the poetry readings from July 2016.

These Shoes – Poetry Reading by Latonia Sears

Vntitlxd – Poetry Reading by Xzaviar Allen

SUBLIME LOVE – Poetry Reading by Bindu Midha

MONET – Poetry Reading by Caroline Clemens

Tooth and Nail – Poetry Reading by Dudley Clarence Sturgis IV

My Life Tumbled and I Fell – Poetry Reading by A Goomer

9 VERSUS LOVE – Poetry Reading by Karoline Lehner

The Eternal Dance – Poetry Reading by Michelle B Assor

Poem For Tranquility – Poetry Reading by JoyAnne O’Donnell

North of Tombstone, 3 A M – Poetry Reading by Doug Stanfield

MONET – Poetry Reading by Caroline Clemens

Watch the Poetry Reading of MONET. Performed by Val Cole:

Get to know poet Caroline Clemens:

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Dear Brother, Poetry by Rani Powell

Everyday, when I tell you to be careful,
I’m not saying it just to say it
I’m saying it because this world doesn’t love you, no
Because you are only 8 now but soon you will be older
And then baby boy, the world will be much colder
They will not see you as I do,
with your warm eyes and caramel skin,
with your blue-rimmed glasses and unfunny jokes,
the curls in your hair and easy smile, no.
They see you as a Black Man.

Genre: Family, Love

Dear Brother by Rani Powell

To my brother

Everyday, when I tell you to be careful
I’m not saying it just to say it
I’m saying it because God help me,
you will not be the next news story
My heart would break to see your name up there with
Anthony, Eric, Freddie, Jordan, Kendrec, Kimani,
Michael, Tamir, Tony, Trayvon, Tyree, Wendell.
You are seen as a threat before you are seen as a person.
Your Blackness scares them.
They have already decided that you are nothing but a hood-rat,
nothing but a child-support baby, nothing but a tagging truant,
sagging pants, gang signs getting thrown up, two gun-shots in the air,
Crips and Blood running in the streets of a people who have already
breathed life and soul into this country.

Everyday, when I tell you to be careful,
I’m not saying it just to say it.
I’m saying it because your skin makes you a target.
And all it takes is ignorance, a bullet and a badge
to take you away from me.

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Hijo pródigo de la desgracia, Poetry by Francisco Fernández

No he vivido una guerra,
no he notado en mis manos el peso de la carne
y nada más.
No he respirado la ceniza,
ni los gritos me asaltan por las noches;
no he sentido la vulnerabilidad de la trinchera
ni el temblor del rifle ante mi enemigo.

Genre: Spanish Civil War, philosophical, social, motivational.

Hijo pródigo de la desgracia by Francisco Fernández

Sin embargo, eso no impide
que me sienta como un ángel
con el culo lleno de metralla.
Los libros me han susurrado la desgracia
de ser esclavo de esta historia,
de la Historia de España,
de la Gran Historia Universal.

No he sentido el frío del exilio
ni la orfandad de la infancia robada.
No merezco cartas ni medallas.
Sin embargo, no creo que mi lucha no tenga sentido
por estar lejos de las balas,
por ser mi espejo el campo de batalla.
La guerra a la que me enfrento cada día
es controlar al animal que habita mi estómago,
y prepararme para, llegado el momento,
impedir que la Historia se repita.

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The Eternal Dance – Poetry Reading by Michelle B. Assor

Watch the poetry reading performed by Val Cole.

The Eternal Dance by Michelle B. Assor

1) What is the theme of your poem?

THE ETERNAL DANCE

2) How would you like people to respond when they read or watch your poetry reading?

This poem is a satire on life. I think people may respond with feelings of humor and pathos. I wrote this poem at the age of fifteen. Although I had not yet experienced a full life back then, I felt brazen enough to express my deepest, satirical feelings on how I envisaged the cycle of life. ‘The Eternal Dance’ expresses both the eternal highs and lows of the different stages of life.

3) How long have you been writing poetry?

I started writing poetry at the age of eleven when I was diagnosed with scoliosis. I was confined to a Milwaukee brace (from neck to hips) for four years. I was permitted to remove it only one hour a day. I was a also a ballet and spanish dancer at the time and so I removed the brace sometimes for two hours a day but slept with it at night. It was a traumatic period in my life and writing poetry enabled me to best express the emotions I felt at the time.

4) Do you have a favorite poet?

Favorite classical poets:

William Shakespeare
D.H. Lawrence
Victor Hugo
Geoffrrey Chaucer
Sylvia Plath
Emily Dickinson
13th century mystic poet Rumi.

Favorite contemporary poets:

Kenyan poet Chris Mukasa
Russian poet Vera Pavlova
American poet Shel Silverstein

5) What influenced you to submit to WILDsound and have your poetry performed by a professional actor?

I have written many poems and feel its time to expose my poetry. ‘The Eternal Dance’ is one of my favorites and I chose to submit it to Wildsound. I hope viewers enjoy it.

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

I have written a whimsical, classical fantasy novel where the setting is a reptile-driven kingdom and the characters are serpents. I am busy with the sequel and the series will be a trilogy, ‘The Snaygill Trilogies’.

Writing this series is challenging but such fun and it allows me to transport my imagination to the highest places. I am so excited to see the outcome of the series.

I write short stories and poetry and enjoy exploring different genres. I have not embarked in script writing training but endeavor to teach myself.

7) What is your passion in life?

IMy passions are my children, my family and my friends. I enjoy solitude but I also love to socialize and have fun. Creativity is immensely important to me. I love art, music, reading, fashion, decorating, gardening and simply musing. I love the ocean, nature and animals. I dream of peace on earth and how we desperately need to make this world a better place and a better environment for all, quoting John Lennon’s eternal words ‘Imagine’.

Director/Producer: Matthew Toffolo
Casting: Sean Ballantyne
Editor: John Johnson

Poem For Tranquility – Poetry Reading by JoyAnne O’Donnell

Watch the poetry reading performed by Val Cole.

Poem For Tranquility by JoyAnne O’Donnell

Get to know the poet:

1) What is the theme of your poem?

My theme is tranquility.

2) How would you like people to respond when they read or watch your poetry reading?

With happiness or something that relates to them.

3) How long have you been writing poetry?

For a longtime since i’m young.

4) Do you have a favorite poet?

Elizabeth Bishop

5) What influenced you to submit to WILDsound and have your poetry performed by a professional actor?

To reach an audience to spread good throughout the world peace and tranquil moments.

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

Yes, I’ve also written some movie scripts.

7) What is your passion in life?

To be a great writer.

Director/Producer: Matthew Toffolo
Casting: Sean Ballantyne
Editor: John Johnson

Watch the June 2016 Poetry Readings

Watch the poetry readings from June 2016.

THE HEARTLESS AND THE HOMELESS by Carlyn Soulei Thomas

9 VERSUS LOVE by Karoline Lehner

Pillar of the Community by Monica Helene Thomas

If I Was President by Molimau Fatu

To Lead Well, Poetry by Bob Vanourek

I’ll start within,

Cultivating quality character,

Acting with integrity,

Listening with my heart,

Composed amid chaos,

A soul flooding forth with love.

Genre: Inspirational, Society

To Lead Well by Bob Vanourek

I’ll start within,

Cultivating quality character,

Acting with integrity,

Listening with my heart,

Composed amid chaos,

A soul flooding forth with love.

I’ll reach out,

Caring and connecting,

Serving,

Engendering trust,

Building relationships,

Unleashing others who soar.

I’ll step up,

Saying “Yes,”

Choosing wisely,

Embracing change,

Striving for what’s right,

Pursuing our dreams.

I’ll leave a legacy,

A team of partners,

Companions with courage and character,

Leading and following,

Creators of worthy deeds,

Together undaunted.

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