Category: performance reading

Planting Seeds – Poetry Reading by Abu B Rafique

There are multiple themes that I try to touch on in my poem, love, wanderlust, youth, memory, but the biggest one is how people affect others. Everyone leaves some sort of an imprint on someone else, I like trying to look at how that can influence where people go from there and how they are as people afterwards.

Watch the Poetry Reading – PLANTING SEEDS

Poetry performed by actor Amaka Umeh

Get to know Abu B. Rafique

1) What is the theme of your poem?

There are multiple themes that I try to touch on in my poem, love, wanderlust, youth, memory, but the biggest one is how people affect others. Everyone leaves some sort of an imprint on someone else, I like trying to look at how that can influence where people go from there and how they are as people afterwards.

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

Preferably in a good way, I’d be a little put off if someone absolutely hated me or something. But the fact that they react is the most important thing no reaction would just make me feel like I did nothing with my words.

3) How long have you been writing poetry?

Since I was six years old. The first one I remember writing was about chicks. It’s the definitive work of a generation honestly.

4) Do you have a favorite poet?

That’s a hard one. If you threw together William Carlos Williams, Sylvia Plath, Rumi, and Allen Ginsberg, that’d probably be my favorite poet.

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

The chance to have another platform to share my work with people.

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

Yes. I’ve got four books out actually, “Leave the Rice on the Windowsill (short story collection),” “Let’s Go Wandering (poetry collection),” “The Other Side of it All (more short stories),” and “The Chaotic Caffeine Fueled Collection (short stories and poetry).”

7) What is your passion in life?

Trying to connect through my writing.

Watch the 2015 Poetry Festival winner.

The 2015 Poetry Festival winner.

Poetry by Jane Gill-Wilson

Narrated by Steve Rizzo

Editing and Visual Design by Yujin Song

Produced by Matthew Toffolo

Paris – The Atrocity 13th November 2015 by Jane Gill-Wilson

The 2015 Poetry Festival winner.

Poetry by Jane Gill-Wilson

Narrated by Steve Rizzo

Editing and Visual Design by Yujin Song

Produced by Matthew Toffolo

WATCH FEBRUARY 2016 Poetry Readings

Best of Poetry performance readings in February 2016. Performed by Kaleb Alexander and Maya Wolosyzn

Best of Poetry performance readings in February 2016. Performed by Kaleb Alexander and Maya Wolosyzn

Stranger In Love� – Poetry Reading by Poetess Chantelle Cherie

Marvelous Universe Poetry Reading By Karina Pinella

Dear Lie – Poetry Reading by Stephanie Crosby

Call me guilty – Poetry Reading by Stephanie Crosby

Assumptions – Poetry Reading by Denise P Isaac

#1 fan Poetry Reading by Stephanie Crosby

Paris � The Atrocity 13th November 2015

FRAGMENTS Poetry Reading by Melissa R Mendelson

Forgiveness Poetry Reading by Sherille Williams

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Call me guilty – Poetry Reading by Stephanie Crosby, Performed by Kaleb Alexander

My passion in life is writing. Being able to get all of my emotions out on paper is great and to have people to relate is amazing.

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Get to know poet Stephanie Crosby:

1) How long have you been writing poetry?

For roughly 3 years.

2) Do you have a favorite poet?

Eargar Allen Poe

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

I wanted my work to be read and to be seen by the public.

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

I am also a novelist. Which brings out my plug for my novel ‘The Last Virgin Alive’  which is available on Amazon at this press time. It is about a young girl’s girl struggle to keep her virginity.

5) What is your passion in life?

My passion in life is writing. Being able to get all of my emotions out on paper is great and to have people to relate is amazing.

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Poetry performed by Maya Wolosyzn

Produced/Directed by Matthew Toffolo

Editor/Shot by John Johnson

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Dear Lie – Poetry Reading by Stephanie Crosby, Performed by Kaleb Alexander

I am also a novelist. Which brings out my plug for my novel ‘The Last Virgin Alive’ which is available on Amazon at this press time. It is about a young girl’s girl struggle to keep her virginity.

Watch the Poetry Reading of DEAR LIE:

Get to know poet Stephanie Crosby:

1) How long have you been writing poetry?

For roughly 3 years.

2) Do you have a favorite poet?

Eargar Allen Poe

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

I wanted my work to be read and to be seen by the public.

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

I am also a novelist. Which brings out my plug for my novel ‘The Last Virgin Alive’  which is available on Amazon at this press time. It is about a young girl’s girl struggle to keep her virginity.

5) What is your passion in life?

My passion in life is writing. Being able to get all of my emotions out on paper is great and to have people to relate is amazing.

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Poetry performed by Maya Wolosyzn

Produced/Directed by Matthew Toffolo

Editor/Shot by John Johnson

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Marvelous Universe Poetry Reading By Karina Pinella, Performed by Kaleb Alexander

The theme is the humanity, the vulnerable side of superheroes.

Marvelous Universe By Karina Pinella

Get to know poet Karina Pinella:

1) What is the theme of your poem?

The theme is the humanity, the vulnerable side of superheroes.

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

Empathy and appreciation

3) How long have you been writing poetry?

Writing for over 20 years, poetry specifically about a year or so.

4) Do you have a favorite poet?

Not one favorite, although I appreciate those written by a number of poets, such as e.e. cummings, Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poem, Walt Whitman, Yeats, Oscar Wilde.

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

It looked like a good venue to further reach my blog.

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

Short stories, novel in progress, an eBook that I am looking to publish soon.

7) What is your passion in life?

To be a widely published fiction writer. I’ve had stuff published, but they are business articles and news story stuff. Not what I want to do though.

Assumptions – Poetry Reading by Denise P Isaac. Performed by Kaleb Alexander

ASSUMING, Anyone who assumes about someone without really getting to know them. A stereotypical mindset.

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Get to know poet Denise P  Isaac:

1) What is the theme of your poem?

ASSUMING, Anyone who assumes about someone without really getting to know them. A stereotypical mindset.

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

People should respond with awe because of its rhythm and the flow that expresses a heartfelt emotion.

3) How long have you been writing poetry?

Since childhood. I won second place in a poetry contest in Elementary School.

4) Do you have a favorite poet?

No

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

It was presented and I accepted because I believe that it is a great opportunity for any poet especially an unrecognized one as myself.

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

Yes, I am the author of ‘SHOW ME A FAMILY”, listed on Amazon, Barnes and Nobles and various sites.

7) What is your passion in life?

Serving God, who is the ONE that graces me with all of my other passions and gifts which poetry being one of them.

Stranger In Love… – Poetry Reading by Poetess Chantelle Cherie, Performed by Kaleb Alexander

I would like people to respond to my poem or reading in Awed ; Earnest ; Flirty Anticipation ; A feeling of Relate.

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Get to know Poetess Chantelle Cherie:

1) What is the theme of your poem?

The theme of my poem is Love and Attachment (Internal Rhyme)

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

I would like people to respond to my poem or reading in Awed ; Earnest ; Flirty Anticipation ; A feeling of Relate.

3) How long have you been writing poetry?

I have been writing poetry for 5 years

4) Do you have a favorite poet?

Hands down No questions asked

E.E. Cummings is my All time Favorite Poet. Brilliant he is!!! He bent the Grammar rules punctuation in poetry!!! Made it his wasn’t afraid to think outside the box.

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

I was Influenced by Poetry Festival in the reasoning of this brilliant and blessed opportunity they have given Me without any doubt without them I would still be sitting on my couch writing but now I get to leave my handprint on the world

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

Yes I do write more then just poetry I write Short stories and Quotes.

7) What is your passion in life?

My passion in life is Writing Writing Writing And Helping the World the Broken the Drifters maybe miracles could still happen Maybe we can all learn to love passionately become our own poems. that is what makes life passionate Kindness Love Writing

2015 Poetry Winner – Jane Gill Wilson

The Poetry Festival is proud to announce its 2015 Poetry Winner.

They will now have their poem made into a film.

Paris – The Atrocity 13th November 2015 by Jane Gill Wilson

The Poetry Festival is proud to announce its 2015 Poetry Winner.

They will now have their poem made into a film.

Paris – The Atrocity 13th November 2015 by Jane Gill-Wilson

Gunfire out of nowhere
Bullets ricochet,
Blood shed in the city
On another Parisian day.
Eyes closed in anguish
As the shocking events unfold,
There is no rhyme or reason
As evil takes control.

Armed with Kalashnikov’s
On their killing spree,
Intent on ending life
As victims start to flee.
Mayhem in the city
Bodies on the ground,
Echoing explosion
Causing carnage all around.

The unfolding horror
An onslaught of war,
Is a crime against humanity
One the world abhors.
A nation now in mourning
Struggles to comprehend,
How lives were extinguished
Brought callously to an end.

Holding hands together
United we must stand,
To eradicate the evil
Infiltrating our land.
Drastic measures needed
As time is running out,
The future of our children
Should not be left in doubt.

©Jane Gill-Wilson 2015

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T H E I N T E R N M E N T – Poetry Reading by Melodic Rose. Performed by Reetu Bambrah

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Get to know poet Melodic Rose:

1) What is the theme of your poem?

Political descent and a historical narrative. The Internment was my attempt to understand how our society is structured and what it truly means to belong to a democratic civilization. someone once said that “Propaganda works best when those who are being manipulated are confident that they are acting on their free will” I think this is a powerful statement and quite reflective of the society we live in. We function based on our belief system, creating our decisions and ultimately our experiences on this planet through the scope of what we believe. As people are we simply guided by our hearts, that internal manifestation of our truest self, or is it possible that our choices are largely shaped by the influences about us. Religion, politics, education, health, justice, each is an integral pillar and the media is it’s mouth piece. While I do believe that we belong to incredibly blessed nation, I realize that there is a sort of complacency in our conquest for truth. To evolve one must be willing to explore the that which is uncomfortable, to consider life from every angle. After all it is possible that what we consider “The Truth” may just be a fabricated, if not a one sided version of it.

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

It would hope that “The Internment” will not only challenge the reader’s perception of the world around them but cause them to ask the tough questions. To consider both sides of the fence.

3) How long have you been writing poetry?

It has been 15 years since I wrote my first poem. I am began when I was 10 years old.

4) Do you have a favorite poet?

It really depends on how the word “poet” Is defined. It is true that I love poets such as Sylvia Plath ( Her poem Lady Lazarus is a favorite ) Edna St. Vincent Millay, Joshua Bennett and Alicia Harris. Poetry is simply anything that moves my soul and for that reason I would also consider “India Arie” and “Lauryn Hill” to also be my  “Poet” of choice. They conves the truth effortlessly. In fact it was Lauryn Hill’s album “Unplugged” that inspired this poem “the internment” I am also incredibly fond of Audra McDonald. (Might not be a writer, but she certainly knows how to express the emotion of music, much like that of a writer.) It leaves you with a deep sentiment and profound gratitude for the little moments of life.

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

I am also a spoken word artist. The reverb of the written word against your eardrum, is a completely different experience, than simply reading it on the page. I felt that having someone perform the interment, would add to the power behind these words.

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

I am a writer in every sense of the word. Verse novels, music scores, song lyrics, fiction, theatrical scripts, Essays. these are some of the things that I enjoy putting down on Paper. My poetry chapbook “Ephemorphosis” was just published by Prolific Press this year.

7) What is your passion in life?

       I believe that true poetry comes from artistic and emotional vulnerability, and at the heart   of it, should reflect the distinct voices and nuances of the human experience. my passion is to simply reflect this philosophy through my work by producing art that is unbound by the confines of race, gender, or political affiliation