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Paris – The Atrocity 13th November 2015 – Poetry Reading by Jane Gill Wilson, Read by Maya Wolosyzn

I was given the opportunity to submit to Wildsound following the publication of ‘Paris – The Atrocity’ on the poetry festival website. After reviewing some poetry performances I thought it would be beneficial to promote my work to a wider audience via Wildsound.

Watch the Poetry Reading: PARIS – THE ATROCITY 13th November 2015:

Get to know poet Jane Gill-Wilson:

1) What is the theme of your poem?

The theme of ‘Paris – The Atrocity’ is Human Interest, Emotive, Rhyme.

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

My aim is to draw the reader/listener into the heart of the subject matter. In the case of ‘Paris – The Atrocity’ I hope the poem will allow people to explore their own thoughts surrounding the tragic events, and raise an awareness of the secondary consequences of such atrocities.

3) How long have you been writing poetry?

I began writing poetry as a cathartic process during some troubled times in 2010.

4) Do you have a favorite poet?

No, I don’t really have a favorite poet. I am very much inspired by life events and write inspirational, biographical poetry. My style is always rhyming verse. However, I have been influenced by Pam Ayres who is an English poet, comedian and songwriter. My next book due to be published by Pegasus Eliot Mackenzie in 2016 is a humorous collection of dating stories told in rhyme.

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

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

Yes, I am a songwriter and regularly co write with other artists. I am also writing my debut novel.

Some of my songs and those of my co writers can be heard at:www.reverbnation.com/janegillwilson

7) What is your passion in life?

My passion in life is my creativity through words. I am never happier than when I’m writing, be it a poem or a song.

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Poetry performed by Maya Wolosyzn

Produced/Directed by Matthew Toffolo

Editor/Shot by John Johnson

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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

Flame – Poetry Reading by Carolyn Hucker, Poetry performed by Jason Martorino

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Get to know poet Carolyn Hucker:

1) What is the theme of your poem?

Desire and being taken out of reality by that desire. Being utterly at one your lover.

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

I would like them to have for a moment that feeling of being completely lost in someone else – that feeling where two souls become one, out of time and place.

3) How long have you been writing poetry?

A few years

4) Do you have a favorite poet?

Not specifically, but I love Wilfred Owen, Hugh McDiarmid, W.B.Yeats, Coleridge and a wonderful local poet, Liz Berry who writes evocative, beautiful poetry about the Black Country, where I live at the moment.

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

I have been writing bits of poetry for a few years but only for my own pleasure (or maybe as therapy). I have never had anything published. I thought it would be nice to see what other people thought of some of the things I do, positive or negative – it’s all feedback.

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

Sometimes – I am an inveterate scribbler. Bits of poems and stories pop up all the time and just tend to get scribbled down.

7) What is your passion in life?

Generally being creative – I write, sing, make jewellery, paint a little and play ukulele.

Star Attraction – Poetry Reading by Agata Zema. Performed by Reetu Bambrah

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Get to know poet Agata Zema:

1) What is the theme of your poem?

Romance – potential adventure

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

Connect with people’s sense of adventure, whether good or not so good, in regards to love and life. To see and interrupt the humorous side of reaching and attaining goals when in being single offers all sorts of opportunities in finding partners, soul mates, company etc.

3) How long have you been writing poetry?

I have been actively writing poetry for 30 years. Started when I was 12 years old.

4) Do you have a favorite poet?

No favourite poet or writer. There is just too much talent out there!

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

WILDsound is a hub for attracting a wealth of talent, creative pieces and people with solid know how for the ‘what’s next’ procedure. Generally a great showcase of quality work from dedicated creative people.

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

I write just about everything, although my writing time is allocated to poetry, screenplays and my freelance writing projects.

7) What is your passion in life?

My passion is writing without any doubt.

I love transporting readers and/or viewers to other levels. Screenwriting pushes all the buttons for me as a writer and a viewer of tidy, exceptionally, well-written scripts. Poetry is a close second.

Who are we – Poetry Reading by Patsy Jawo. Performed by Reetu Bambrah

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Poetry about Judgments.

My Joseph, My JAM – Poetry Reading by Poet Adrienne Miranda. Performed by Reetu Bambrah

MY QUEST FOR JUSTICE FOR JOSEPH AND FOR FOLKS EVERYWHERE TO HEAR AND BE INSPIRED WITH A DEEPER MEANING OF THE HORRIFIC INJUSTICE THAT OCCURRED AND THE TRUTH AND JUSTICE THAT GOD WILL BRING.

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Get to know poet Adrienne Miranda:

1) What is the theme of your poem?

FAITH, A MOTHER’S LOVE, AND TRUTH AND JUSTICE MUST PREVAIL

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

WITH COMPASSION, UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWING THAT JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED FOR JOSEPH.

3) How long have you been writing poetry?

ABOUT 40 YEARS NOW AND THEN.

4) Do you have a favorite poet?

I HAVE SEVERAL AND LOVE MAYA ANGELOU

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

MY QUEST FOR JUSTICE FOR JOSEPH AND FOR FOLKS EVERYWHERE TO HEAR AND BE INSPIRED WITH A DEEPER MEANING OF THE HORRIFIC INJUSTICE THAT OCCURRED AND THE TRUTH AND JUSTICE THAT GOD WILL BRING.

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

MY BOOK, THE SCENT OF MY SON, IN GOD WE TRUST.

7) What is your passion in life?

T0 BRING GOD’S TRUTH, HOPE AND LOVE TO ALL AND TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR A GREATER GOOD.

2015, Poetry by Dawdu M.Amantanah

Genres: politics,love,inspiration,revolution,science,society,death,rhyme and popular culture

2015
by Dawdu M.Amantanah

{Poetic Culmination}

We all slid into 2015
On the tremulous wave of last year
Surfing past years
In Jeremy Clarkson built time machines
Mercury chats to the stars in the dim light of retrograde moonwalking super moons
Awakened by the force of stars
Women walk below them embracing the sparkle like diamonds
Wearing dresses we can’t quite determine the color
Was blue the hue?
Most say glistening gold
No it must be purple
We all need to hold hands
Singing hymn’s praying in circle’s
Cause the mass shootings and police brutality
Birthed looting and revolution
And the pain of the slain
Drips like sewage in the ghetto’s all across the world
with no one sticking around long enough to pay attention
Hilary Clinton’s personal emails got more attention
While rockets are launched into orbit chewed on like gum by the atmosphere
And salvaged like precious metal
What a 2015 we had
Closer to Mars we are
Rest in Peace
Tamir Rice
Sandra Bland
Laquan Mcdonald
And the hundreds
Unnamed that were slain
I pray the cease of 54 years of limited cargo
Breaks the embargo between American and Cuba
I got 8 quarters in my pocket
Gas is under two bucks
What luck!
The blizzard of 2015 broke records even the abominable snowman gave up
This is just a poem
As the world jot’s down
Two thousand and fifteen ways to evolve
Yet each year we have more to solve

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Morning’s Music Never Dark – Poetry Reading by Dr Todd Harris

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Performed by actor Jason Martorino

Get to know poet Todd Harris:

1) What is the theme of your poem?

The poem touches on the multiple dimensions of nature affecting human senses upon awakening.

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

I want the reader to recognize the broader role nature plays in humanity’s awareness of time and space and the emotional dynamism of our interconnected reactivity sphere.

3) How long have you been writing poetry?

I have been writing poetry for almost 40 years.

4) Do you have a favorite poet?

Robert Frost, William Carlos Williams

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

The desire to share my words.

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

My poetry and music garnered a grant from the Irvine Foundation In 2008 – the resultant project can be found at:
ToddHarrisSubitoGrant2008.com. My latest book, “The Lyric Flutist” was commissioned by and published in 2015 by Wingert-Jones.
As a physicist, poet and composer I explore fresh approaches to thought and functionality, uncovering fundamental lyricism, and discovering what founds, surrounds and impassions sensory space-time.

Deadline: FREE POETRY Festival – Get poem made into a MOVIE and seen by 1000s. Three options to submit:
http://www.wildsound.ca/poetrycontest.html

Schrodinger’s Cat’s Bird – Poetry Reading by Gina Williams

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Performed by actor Jason Martorino

Get to know poet Gina Williams:

1) What is the theme of your poem?

The theme of my poem is dark humor and the idea that every day in this fragile is a thought experiment, especially when cats are involved.

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

I hope I can make people laugh, as well as think about the philosophy of life — the philosophy of their life.

3) How long have you been writing poetry?

I started writing poetry and stories in grade school.

4) Do you have a favorite poet?

My favorite poets (couldn’t pick one) are Raymond Carver, Pablo Neruda, and Alice Walker.

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

There are no other opportunities like this that I have seen — I really love the unique nature of the project and appreciate the work you are doing on behalf of art and artists.

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

In addition to poetry, I write essays and short stories. I’m also a visual artist.

7) What is your passion in life?

My passion in life is to share a unique view of the human condition and the miraculous nature of life on earth via my art, to live big, and in the words of Emile Zola, “Live life out loud.”

Deadline: FREE POETRY Festival – Get poem made into a MOVIE and seen by 1000s. Three options to submit:
http://www.wildsound.ca/poetrycontest.html

Category: poetry reading

Paris – The Atrocity 13th November 2015 – Poetry Reading by Jane Gill Wilson, Read by Maya Wolosyzn

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

Flame – Poetry Reading by Carolyn Hucker, Poetry performed by Jason Martorino

Star Attraction – Poetry Reading by Agata Zema. Performed by Reetu Bambrah

Who are we – Poetry Reading by Patsy Jawo. Performed by Reetu Bambrah

My Joseph, My JAM – Poetry Reading by Poet Adrienne Miranda. Performed by Reetu Bambrah

2015, Poetry by Dawdu M.Amantanah

Morning’s Music Never Dark – Poetry Reading by Dr Todd Harris

Schrodinger’s Cat’s Bird – Poetry Reading by Gina Williams

Solutions, Poetry by Julius Wells