Performed by Geoff Mays
Category: poet
Poetry Reading: Encounter in Santa Chiara by LindaAnn Lo Schiavo
Performed by Val Cole
POETRY 7 questions:
What is the theme of your poem?
The theme is temptation.
What motivated you to write this poem?
I was writing a suite of poems set in Italy, which included some on Italian saints, and then I felt one poem should take the reader inside a famous church.
How long have you been writing poetry?
My first poem was published when I was nine years old. My first play for the stage was written at 9, too.
If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be?
Geoffrey Chaucer — because I wrote my Masters thesis on his narrative poems.
What influenced you to submit to have your poetry performed by a professional actor?
I am a produced playwright so I work with actors all the time.
Do you write other works? scripts? Short Stories? Etc..?
Yes, I am a journalist and a dramatist. Additionally, I’ve written short stories, radio dramas, and I’m working on a screenplay.
What is your passion in life?
Picking up a pen and applying the nib to a blank page.
Ordinary Time – Poetry Reading by Robert Drusetta
Performed by Val Cole
POETRY 7 questions:
What is the theme of your poem?
A worker’s perspective on their ordinary, non motivating job
What motivated you to write this poem?
My observation of staff at work.
How long have you been writing poetry?
On and off, over 30 years
If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be?
Friedrich Nietzsche, the philosopher
What influenced you to submit to have your poetry performed by a professional actor?
I have had two other poems done. Hopefully this one will be delivered with the passion and character I envisaged, because the other two (“Coffee”, “Free Entry No Return”) did not quite hit the mark.
Do you write other works? scripts? Short Stories? Etc..?
I have written several screenplays, and have published two e-books.
What is your passion in life?
To make a difference in whatever I do.
Paralysis – Poetry Reading by Mara Prose
Poetry performed by Geoff Mays
Get to know the poet:
What is the theme of your poem?
The theme of my poem is inspiration during difficult times.
What motivated you to write this poem?
I am always second guessing and questioning my decisions, and this poem reflects how I feel about it.
How long have you been writing poetry?
I have been writing poetry for 6 years now.
If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be?
Jesus
What influenced you to submit to have your poetry performed by a professional actor?
This poem really resonated with a lot of people and I loved the idea of an actor bringing out the emotions in the poem.
Do you write other works? scripts? Short Stories? Etc..?
Yes, I am working on my first novel. I also manage a global blog, http://www.maraprose.com and freelance for various magazines.
What is your passion in life?
My children and my writing are my great passions in life!
Dark Poetry Reading: Gasoline Tears by Gina Walker III
Poetry performed by Geoff Mays
Dark Poetry Reading: The One eyed Child by Phil Boiarski
Poetry performed by Geoff Mays
Get to know the poet:
What is the theme of your poem?
The cruelty of children, the fragility of light.
What motivated you to write this poem?
An incident from my childhood. I witnessed the aftermath of the
How long have you been writing poetry?
For more than 50 years.
If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be?
Blue Collar Poet, Philip Levine
What influenced you to submit to have your poetry performed by a professional actor?
I thought this might be suitable for a dramatic reading
Do you write other works? scripts? Short Stories? Etc..?
I have written and published fictions, essays, plays and performances.
What is your passion in life?
Travel.
Dark Poetry Reading: The Waiting Room by Richard Rensberry
Poetry performed by Geoff Mays
Get to know the poet:
What is the theme of your poem?
The theme is media propaganda and prejudice.
What motivated you to write this poem?
We live in dark times. I was sitting in my dentist’s waiting room and this obnoxious TV person was spewing vindictive political attacks as news. People were sitting there watching and listening as if this person’s biased opinions were somehow important. I found it absurd that anyone would take this guy seriously and wrote the poem.
How long have you been writing poetry?
I have been writing poetry for 52 years.
If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be?
If it was in the near future I’d have dinner with Donald Trump because I want to help him succeed. I have many valuable ideas.
What influenced you to submit to have your poetry performed by a professional actor?
Your preconceived came into my sphere of influence on that particular day so I sent the piece in.
Do you write other works? scripts? Short Stories? Etc..?
I write all the time. I am a children’s book author. I have published several books including poetry.
What is your passion in life?
I live it. Everything I do is a passion.
Dark Poetry Reading: Whiskey Vagabond by Jeff Brugger
Poetry performed by Geoff Mays
Get to know the poet:
What is the theme of your poem?
Love/Addiction
What motivated you to write this poem?
Sadness from My Heart, I was Going through a very Rough Time.
How long have you been writing poetry?
Only 3 Years
If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be?
My Hero Jerry Garcia from The Grateful Dead. God Rest His Soul. His Spirit lives on & a Dinner with Him would be absolutely Incredible
What influenced you to submit to have your poetry performed by a professional actor?
The Experience to Hear My Words be Said by a Actor. It’s an Awesome thought.
Do you write other works? scripts? Short Stories? Etc..?
I write Songs, I used to Write Short Stories in School. I I Just Write when I’m in the mood to
What is your passion in life?
Music Hands Down. Music is My First & Only Love.
Grandma, Poetry by Emily Sneed
Genre: Family, Funeral, Death
One more year, one more day,
I wish I had one more chance to tell her the things I couldn’t say.
All the memories, all the laughs,
Now your life is remembered with photographs.
Only the good die young but he took you too soon,
I want one more night of us talking under the moon.
I know you’re in a better place,
I just wish it wasn’t this way.
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the Garden, Poetry by Johnny Solstice
GENRE: POLITICS, ECOLOGY,
The garden’s overgrown now
The poppies gone to seed
The flowerbeds run over
And all is choked by weeds
No-ones done the pruning
And the pond is stagnant slime
The brambles are encroaching
Too late for weeding time
The fields have gone to fallow
The veg no longer food
The fruit has started rotting
And the bees have left for good
The birds no longer singing
The river has dried up
Nothing is worth eating
And nowt is safe to sup
There’s autumn leaves in springtime
Desolation all around
There is no milk and honey
Or beauty to be found
Outside the gates of Eden
Adam sits and weeps
An aching in his ribcage
An apple at his feet
BY JOHNNY SOLSTICE
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