Watch the poetry readings from May 2016.
Watch the poetry readings from May 2016.
Wonder Woman – Poetry Reading by Angela Cohan
Disgrace – Poetry Reading by Jasmine Fredericks. Performed by Becky Shrimpton
My First Love Letter – Poetry by Madathil Rajendran Nair. Read by Dan Cristofori
Journey from Hell to Eden – Poetry by Colin Guest. Read by Dan Cristofori
Bullied, Poetry Reading by Angela Cohan. Performed by Dan Cristofori
Watch Wonder Woman Poetry Reading:
Performed by Becky Shrimpton
Get to know poet Angela Cohan:
1) What is the theme of your poem?
My poem is titled “Wonder Woman.”
2) How would you like people to respond when they read or watch your poetry reading?
I want people to feel empowered after reading and watching my poetry.
3) How long have you been writing poetry?
I have been writing poetry for eleven years.
4) Do you have a favorite poet?
One of my favorite poets is Robert Frost.
5) What influenced you to submit to WILDsound and have your poetry performed by a professional actor?
I had previously submitted my work to WILDsound.
6) Do you write other works? scripts? Short Stories? Etc..?
I mainly write non-fiction. I have written short stories and articles as well.
7) What is your passion in life?
Watch the poetry readings from April 2016.
Watch the poetry readings from April 2016.
Journey from Hell to Eden – Poetry by Colin Guest. Read by Dan Cristofori
Bullied, Poetry Reading by Angela Cohan. Performed by Dan Cristofori
RIVER’S LIFE – Poetry Reading by MATJAZ TRCEK. Performed by Danielle Nicole
FACTORY OF DREAMS – Poetry Reading by Katarina Jovcevska. Performed by Danielle Nicole
Assignations of the Heart – Poetry Reading by Fayton Hollington. Performed by Danielle Nicole
You’re Not the Boss of Me! – Poetry Reading By Cindi Walton
On the Wallaby with you – Poetry Reading by David J Delaney
I Want to Cry – Poetry Reading by Garfield A A Whyte
DIGNIFIED PERSON = DISABLED PERSON – Poetry Reading by Donna De Guglielmo
Watch BULLIED Poetry Reading:
Get to know poet Angela Cohan:
1) What is the theme of your poem?
The theme of my poem is bringing awareness to the plight of children as well as the adults who have been bullied.
2) How would you like people to respond when they read or watch your poetry reading?
I’d like the message of the poem to resonate for the audience – for them to empathize and to understand that bullying is demeaning and wrong.
3) How long have you been writing poetry?
I have been writing poetry for ten years.
4) Do you have a favorite poet?
I love the poetry of Robert Frost and Ralph W. Emerson, among many others.
5) What influenced you to submit to WILDsound and have your poetry performed by a professional actor?
Emails from the WILDsound festival inviting me to submit my work and to have it performed by a professional actor.
6) Do you write other works? scripts? Short Stories? Etc..?
I have written both fiction and non-fiction as well as several short stories.
7) What is your passion in life?
I’m passionate about writing, dancing and appreciating the beauty of nature.
Watch Journey from Hell to Eden
Get to know poet Colin Guest:
1) What is the theme of your poem?
The theme is about love arising from a desperate situation.
2) How would you like people to respond when they read or watch your poetry reading?
I would like them to realise that everyone is not as lucky as they are, but life is full of surprises
3) How long have you been writing poetry?
I started writing poems back in 1985 while feeling loney working overseas.
4) Do you have a favorite poet?
No, sorry to say.
5) What influenced you to submit to WILDsound and have your poetry performed by a professional actor?
I have submitted other works to Wildsound with part of a chapter from my memoir, Follow in the Tigerman’s Footsteps read out last year.
6) Do you write other works? scripts? Short Stories? Etc..?
Yes, apart from my memoir I have had An Expat’s Experiences of Living in Turkey published as an ebook. I have also had over 12 articles of mine published in online magazines. One of my poems ended in the last five of a competion, with several published in FanStory.
7) What is your passion in life?
My passion at present is to have my memoir used as the basis for a television series. Voyage media company have made an adaptation of it, with my assisting in getting a Treatment prepared ready to be offered to producers to see if they are interested in making an offer to use it for a television series.
Watch My First Love Letter:
Get to know poet Madathil Rajendran Nair:
What is the theme of your poem?
CHILDHOOD INFATUATION
How would you like people to respond when they read or watch your poetry reading?
I WOULD LIKE THEM TO DISSOLVE IN SWEET NOSTALGIA AND RELIVE THERE OWN CHILDHOOD MISADVENTURES.
How long have you been writing poetry?
I BELIEVE I HAD A POETIC BEND RIGHT FROM CHILDHOOD. BUT I AM VERY VERY LAZY AND USED TO KEEP POETRY IN MIND AND DAY-DREAM. IT WAS ONLY VERY LATE IN LATE, THAT IS AT ABOUT THE AGE OF 60, I BEGAN POURING POESY ON TO PAPER MAINLY BECAUSE MY BOSS AT WORK THOUGHT AND CONVINCED ME THAT I WAS GOOD AT IT.
Do you have a favorite poet?
I SEE WORDSWORTH AND SHELLEY COMPETING HERE WITH BROWNING CLOSE BY. BUT I WOULD NAME SHELLEY.
What influenced you to submit to WILDsound and have your poetry performed by a professional actor ?
I HAVE A FEELING OF GRIEVANCE THAT MY POETRY HASN’T MET WITH THE ACCEPTANCE IT SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED AT THE SITES WHERE I HAVE PUBLISHED IT. A FRIEND RECOMMENDED TRYING POETRYFESTIVAL AND I SENT IN MY POEM IN THE HOPE OF GETTING THE MUCH-NEEDED RECOGNITION. VERY SELFISH INDEED!
Do you write other works? scripts? Short Stories? Etc..?
I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT THE INDIAN PHILOSOPHY OF VEDANTA. I HAVE SOME PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAYS PUBLISHED IN THE WEB. I HAVE ALSO BEEN A PROLIFIC CONTRIBUTOR TO DISCUSSIONS ON VEDANTA AT SEVERAL WEBSITES. I AM SERIOUSLY INTERESTED IN INDIAN ASTROLOGY TOO, INTO WHICH I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCHES. A ENGLISH NOVEL IS ON THE ANVIL. BUT IT IS MOVING VERY SLOW. ALSO PLANNED IS A SHORT BOOK ON VEDANTA THAT THE COMMON MAN CAN EASILY UNDERSTAND.
I WRITE POETRY IN MY NATIVE MALAYALAM TOO. MY MALAYALAM POEMS HAVE BEEN APPRECIATED.
MOST OF MY POETRY IN ENGLISH AND MALAYALAM TOTALLING ABOUT 138 CAN BE READ HERE:
http://www.poemhunter.com/madathil-rajendran-nair/poems/?a=a&search=&l=2&y=1
What is your passion in life?
TOTAL ENLIGHTENMENT WHICH ECKHART TOLLE HAS EXTOLED.
Immense thanks for asking me these questions. Hope my answers are helpful.
The theme of my poem is “Factory of dreams” and it is a love poem written and inspired by the love.I write when I am in love,the love inspires me because the light of love is unique ray which never fade and it is the music in the hearts of the people,pure spark in the unlimited time to live in the present time until forever.
Watch FACTORY OF DREAMS:
Get to know poet Katarina Jovcevska:
1) What is the theme of your poem?
The theme of my poem is “Factory of dreams” and it is a love poem written and inspired by the love.I write when I am in love,the love inspires me because the light of love is unique ray which never fade and it is the music in the hearts of the people,pure spark in the unlimited time to live in the present time until forever.
2)How would you like people to respond when they read or watch your poetry reading?
I would like my poem to reach into the people’s hearts and to leave a trail with strong and beautiful emotions and to inspire them to enjoy the life and love which is worth to live.For some comments of my poem the people can write me on my e-mail:
kate.jovcevska@gmail.com
kjovcevska@yahoo.com
How long have you been writing poetry?
When I was 12 years old I wrote my first poem “Through the field the beautiful walks,on the sky swallow fly”…for the literary magazine “Spark”in my primary school in Kumanovo ,Macedonia.That was my first try to write a poem and maybe the hardest in my whole life ,that was the smallest and simplest poem of all those beautiful poems written for the patronage of our school”Miladinovci Brothers” and complex essays skillfully written by children from 11 to 14 years of age.
I was delighted of the poems and essays from the children at that time and dreamed all the time to be like them,to write better and one day to be the best in my town.My dreams comes trues and I live my dreams now and compete in the world because I believed in my impossible dream to this day one day to become world’s poets.
Do you have a favorite poet?
My favorite poet is Emily Dickinson one of the best american poets which poems are very touching and beautiful.
What influenced you to submit to WILDsound and have your poetry performed by a professional actor?
I was delighted by the opportunity my poem to be read by many people on Wildsound festival and the unique chance to be performed by a professional actor,the second I liked more and that influenced my poetry to be heard of many people and to be inspired with beautiful thoughts written from the heart.
Do you write other works? scripts? Short Stories? Etc…?
Except poetry I write every kind of lyrics for music on Macedonian, Serbian and English language, messages for greeting cards for every occasion,some haiku and essays.In the past I was a journalist for some magazines for literature and entertainment in Macedonia.I was doing interviews with some known singers,writers and artists in Macedonia.
What is your passion in life?
My passion in life is writing and reading poetry and lyrics,reading positive books,to explore the life with so much interest and new horizons and ideas,listening the music,working and spreading positive energy and messages around the world.
Watch the Poetry Reading I WANT TO CRY
Get to know poet Garfield A.A. Whyte
1) What is the theme of your poem?
A nostalgic feeling
2) How would you like people to respond when they read or watch your poetry reading?
I need them to make a connection
3) How long have you been writing poetry?
I started at 15 years old, I am now 50 years
4) Do you have a favorite poet?
Robert Burns
5) What influenced you to submit to WILDsound and have your poetry performed by a professional actor?
I wanted the exposure
6) Do you write other works? scripts? Short Stories? Etc..?
Oh yes! I have a memoir entitled: Nostalgia from: A City Set upon a Hill and a novel; TJ’s Last Summer in Cape Cod
7) What is your passion in life?
To have movie made form my novel
My passion is my family. especially my two grandchildren Kaleigh and William. I am also passionate about spreading kindness. I have a kindness/anti-bullying site @ sockmonkeynation.com
Watch the Poetry Reading YOU’RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME!
Poetry performed by actor Erynn Brook
Get to know poet Cindi Walton:
1) What is the theme of your poem?
Theme: growing up
2) How would you like people to respond when they read or watch your poetry reading?
yes responses would be nice
3) How long have you been writing poetry?
I have been writing poetry since I was a child..at 59 that’s a long time
4) Do you have a favorite poet?
I love Shel Silverstein and Mark Twain and Edgar Allen Poe
5) What influenced you to submit to WILDsound and have your poetry performed by a professional actor?
I thing hearing someone else read your poem out loud lets you hear it from a different perspective
6) Do you write other works? scripts? Short Stories? Etc..?
I have published several childrens books including an anti bullying book that I have turned into a local school presentation. I’ve also published romance, comedy and poetry….I am presently working on a screenplay from my book The Granny Monologue
7) What is your passion in life?
My passion is my family. especially my two grandchildren Kaleigh and William. I am also passionate about spreading kindness. I have a kindness/anti-bullying site @ sockmonkeynation.com
Watch the Poetry Reading DIGNIFIED PERSON = DISABLED PERSON:
Watch the Poetry Reading DIGNIFIED PERSON = DISABLED PERSON:
Poetry performed by actor Erynn Brook
Get to know poet Donna De Guglielmo:
1) What is the theme of your poem?
Dignity
3) How long have you been writing poetry?
After my 6th stroke …but have had about 30 (not counting though) so i am living to talk about it… i got this gift. 2010 or 2011.
4) Do you have a favorite poet?
Rudyard Kipling Is My Fav
5) What influenced you to submit to WILDsound and have your poetry performed by a professional actor?
the nerve
sounds silly but true my spirit did … i have no idea how i got your name
6) Do you write other works? scripts? Short Stories? Etc..?
I am currently writing my memoir. but i also write creative fiction but more non-fiction
7) What is your passion in life?
My faith is my passion. Perserverance writings and reading good lit. going forward upward and onward no looking back as St Paul said 🙂
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