Category: poetry reading

Poetry Reading: If I Was President by Molimau Fatu

The theme of my poem is to show how this country has fallen so low that all the candidates that they throw at us aren’t even worth voting for; despite people now waking up to this corrupt fallen system. I just wanted to put my stamp on that with imaging myself as president.

Watch the June 2016 Poetry Reading.

If I Was President by Molimau Fatu

Performed by Geoff Mays

Get to know the poet:

7 questions with the poet:

1) What is the theme of your poem?

The theme of my poem is to show how this country has fallen so low that all the candidates that they throw at us aren’t even worth voting for; despite people now waking up to this corrupt fallen system. I just wanted to put my stamp on that with imaging myself as president.

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

I just want the people to experience my poetry as they watch me perform it and read it. I just want to inspire the people with my poetry.

3) How long have you been writing poetry?

I have been writing poetry since the 6th grade. I used it to flirt with girls while I was in middle school.

4) Do you have a favorite poet?

My favorite poet is Langston Hughes. He was one of my influences of me becoming a poet.

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

What influenced me to submit my poetry to Wildsound is because I wanted more people to read and listen to my poetry.

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

I write poems. I am also trying to write my first novel and to get my poetry book published.

7) What is your passion in life?

My passion in life is to be a great person within the Heavenly Father to guide and inspire the youth to be great and humble.

Watch the May 2016 Poetry Readings

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

 

 

Wonder Woman – Poetry Reading by Angela Cohan

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?

My passion in life is my creativity.

Watch the April 2016 Poetry Readings

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

My First Love Letter – Poetry by Madathil Rajendran Nair. Read 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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bullied, Poetry Reading by Angela Cohan. Performed by Dan Cristofori

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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.

Journey from Hell to Eden – Poetry by Colin Guest. Read by Dan Cristofori

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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.

My First Love Letter – Poetry by Madathil Rajendran Nair. Read by Dan Cristofori

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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.

RIVER’S LIFE – Poetry Reading by MATJAZ TRCEK. Performed by Danielle Nicole

Theme of the poem is life of a river, if river is a living entity and it’s perspective on the world through which it flows.

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Get to know poet Matjaz Trcek:

What is the theme of your poem?

Theme of the poem is life of a river, if river is a living entity and it’s perspective on the world through which it flows.

How long have you been writing poetry?

I have been writing poetry for on and off for several years.

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

Inspiration and especially suggestion by a dear friend of mine

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

I also write blogs (You can check some of my other works on https://codeandunicorns.com/ ), poems, short stories, technical tutorials.

What is your passion in life?

My passion is to learn and be creative to enjoy in what I like such as poetry, writing, building new things innovating in a sense and improve myself.

FACTORY OF DREAMS – Poetry Reading by Katarina Jovcevska. Performed by Danielle Nicole

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.

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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.

I Want to Cry – Poetry Reading by Garfield A.A. Whyte

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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