Performed by Kat Smiley — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, Ryan Haines, John Johnson Festival Directors: Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy Camera Operators: Ryan Haines, Temitope Akinterinwa, Efren Zapata, Zack Arch
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Poetry Reading: GENERATION, by A. Brown — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.
Performed by Carina Cojeen Generation, by A. Brown To have Strength to persevere in a time filled with: peer pressure, envy and hate, is a modern-day miracle. I’ve come to realise, that the greater the blessing, the greater the obstacle. There was a glass ceiling, until it was broken by my, desire not to be, […]
Poetry Reading: Under One Sky, by La Gina O. Gross — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.
POETRY MOVIE: The Bombing of Tabriz, by Mary Freericks — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.
Narration by Val Cole Visual Design and Editor: Kimberly Villarruel Produced by Matthew Toffolo
“The purpose of poetry is to remind us / how difficult it is to remain just one person.” — Art of Quotation
The purpose of poetry is to remind us / how difficult it is to remain just one person. Czeslaw Milosz, poet, “Selected and Last Poems 1931-2004”, p.127, Penguin UK
“ …moral courage. Without it, no constitution can save us, but with it, no hardship can overcome us.” — Art of Quotation
“ …moral courage. Without it, no constitution can save us, but with it, no hardship can overcome us.” By denying the American people a fair trial, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) also deprived the president of something that he desperately sought — exoneration. There can be no exoneration without a legitimate trial. Out of […]
“When you travel your first discovery is that you do not exist.” — Art of Quotation
When you travel your first discovery is that you do not exist. Elizabeth Hardwick, writer, from “Sleepless Nights” Image: Atik Sulianami
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“A woodman came into a forest to ask the trees to give him a handle for his axe… No sooner had the woodman fitted the wood to his purpose, than he began felling the noblest trees in the wood.” — Art of Quotation
A woodman came into a forest to ask the trees to give him a handle for his axe. It seemed so modest a request that the principal trees at once agreed to it, and it was settled among them that a plain, homely ash tree should furnish what was wanted. No sooner had the woodman […]
“Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous ‘I don’t know’.” — Art of Quotation
Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I don’t know. Wislawa Szymborska, writer, poet, “Poems, New and Collected, 1957-1997”, p.15, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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“Maybe, said his brain and his upbringing, if you make enough tea and small talk, time reverses and all bad things are undone.” — Art of Quotation
“Maybe, said his brain and his upbringing, if you make enough tea and small talk, time reverses and all bad things are undone.” Louise Penny, Canadian, from Still Life Photo: Chi Chen
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