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Will’s House – Poetry Reading by Martha C Wallace

Poem performed by Val Cole

 
Get to know the poet:

What is the theme of your poem?

The theme of my poem is family memories, based on my life as a young child visiting my grandparents.

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

I want people to recall warm wonderful memories in their childhood as they mentally are transported to my grandparents porch, hearing the crackle of the old transistor radio ( and incidentally Grandpa’s Cleveland Indians were in the World Series) to imaging pulling and tasting the sweet Concord grapes and mulberries.

How long have you been writing poetry?

I have been waiting poetry for around 5years while taking a creative writing workshop in college

Do you have a favorite poet?

I have many that I admire: Emily Dickinson, Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes, Pablo Neruda, Rita Dove, but maya Angelo tops my list.

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

My friend and editor Jen ran across your contest and encouraged me to enter. I value her judgement so I agreed to submit it.

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

I have written a food memoir ( nonfiction)and a few short stories which are fiction.

What is your passion in life?

To write, travel, and learn as much as I can about other places and people. To spread smiles through my words and cooking.To always be a compassionate advocate for the underhand and underserved.

 

Aylan lies face down – Poetry Reading by Angelina Llongueras

Poem performed by Val Cole

Get to know the poet:

What is the theme of your poem?

The effects of the NATO war on Syria on children, and on planet earth. Refugees, heartbreak, death, exploitation of resources, the death of the sea

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

I would like them to feel saddened, and appalled at the people who engineer these wars that are destroying humanity and our planet for the benefit of a few oil companies. I would like them to commit to world peace by any means necessary.

How long have you been writing poetry?

For a looong time.

Do you have a favorite poet?

I have several favourite poets…in English, Blake, Shelley…in Spanish Lorca, Machado…in Catalan Miquel Martí Pol, Vicent Andrés Estellès…

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

I am a professional actor and a poet. Everyone I have read this poem I have seen people have become quite emotional, I am curious it sounds in another person’s lips…

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

I write and have published plays, essays and journalistic articles.

What is your passion in life?

My passion is theatre, as an actor, a voice actor, a playwright, a director, a professor, and a researcher…My other passion is travelling, never as a tourist, always to contribute something, usually something artistic.

Part 1: Best of NEW Poetry – November 2016

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Read the best of NEW Poetry from around the world: 

INTERTIA LIGHTNING ROD, by James R. Adams II
https://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2016/11/12/inertia-lightning-rod-poetry-by-james-r-adams-ii/

DEATH, by Dwain F. Hill
https://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2016/11/12/death-poetry-by-dwain-f-hill/

POEM BY, by Rahi Swati Patel
https://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2016/11/12/poem-by-rahi-swati-patel/

DESPERATE LOVE, by Fazia Tahir
https://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2016/11/12/desperate-love-poetry-by-fazia-tahir/

AMNESIA, by Mariam Akewusola
https://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2016/11/12/amnesia-poetry-by-mariam-akewusola/

MAKE ME FORGET, by Forrest Jamie
https://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2016/11/12/make-me-forget-poetry-by-forrest-jamie/

EVERY MOMENT, by Shannon Lee Rohn
https://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2016/11/12/every-moment-poetry-by-shannon-lee-rohn/

A SHIP LOG, by Hilde Susan Jaegtnes
https://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2016/11/12/a-ship-log-poetry-by-hilde-susan-jaegtnes/

UNFORGETTABLE, by Prateek Pappee Pandya
https://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2016/11/12/unforgettable-poetry-by-prateek-pappee-pandya/

FREEBIRD, by Lisa Atkinson
https://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2016/11/12/freebird-poetry-by-lisa-atkinson/

MY FIRST LOVE, by Lisa Atkinson
https://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2016/11/12/my-first-love-poetry-by-lisa-atkinson/

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Tom Cat – Poetry Reading by Barbara Anderson

Poem performed by Val Cole

Get to know the poet:

What is the theme of your poem?

Love.

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

I would like people to respond by posting their comments to the poetry reading by telling the viewers the things they loved or loved doing as children.

How long have you been writing poetry?

Less than a year.

Do you have a favorite poet?

No.

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

I was influenced to have my poetry performed by a professional actor so as to achieve visability with the viewers of wildsound and to promote my poetry.

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

Yes. Movie scripts, short stories, fairy tales, poetry.

What is your passion in life?

To be successful as a writer.

Part 2: Best of NEW Poetry – November 2016

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Read the best of NEW Poetry from around the world: 

STRETCHES OF SILENCE, by Ivina Emmanuel
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/11/12/stretches-of-silence-poetry-by-ivina-emmanuel/

ROGUE WAVE, by Joanne Van Leerdam
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/11/12/rogue-wave-poetry-by-joanne-van-leerdam/

THE CAVEMAN, by Simon Widdop
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/11/12/the-caveman-poetry-by-simon-widdop/

UNSAID FAILURES, by Patricia Mae Estenoso
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/11/12/unsaid-failures-poetry-by-patricia-mae-estenoso/

CAN WE, by Diankp
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/11/12/can-we-poetry-by-diankp/

POETRY BY, by Patrick Hill
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/11/12/poetry-by-patrick-hill/

THE NEW ESTABLISHMENT, by Cary Ryan
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/11/13/the-new-establishment-poetry-by-cary-ryan/

HOLD ME WHILE I SAY GOOD-BYE, by Wendy
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/11/13/hold-me-while-i-say-good-bye-poetry-by-wendy/

BE MY MUSE, by Maria Mastrangelo
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/11/13/be-my-muse-poetry-by-vincenza-maria-mastrangelo/

SIXTEEN WEEKS, by Elizabeth Adeka
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/11/13/sixteen-weeks-poetry-by-ene-elizabeth-adeka/

I’D WRITE YOU, by Nubi Vagant
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/11/13/id-write-you-poetry-by-nubi-vagant/

SENSE OF TIME, by James Williamson
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/11/13/sense-of-time-poetry-by-james-williamson/

HER CATASTROPHE, by Rachel O.
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2016/11/13/her-catastrophe-poetry-by-rachel-o/

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Be my Muse, Poetry by Vincenza Maria Mastrangelo

Genre: love

“Be my Muse,
Let me poetize about you.

Rivers and oceans of words are flowing from my heart and you’re a masterpiece of nature.

Be my Muse,
Let me lose myself in you essence.

My heart,body and soul are like an orchestra playing a concert for you.

Be my Muse,
Let me die writing about your beauty

 

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

Watch Poetry performance readings:

Watch Poetry made into Movies:

Can We?, Poetry by diankp

 Genre: equality, diversity, life, society, hope, friendship, coffee.

 
Can We?

By : diankp

Why coffee has different taste?
Because they grown in different place,
Grow in different soil, air temperature, drainage, et cetera
That’s why, we will get the different in taste.

Just like humans, just like us,
We are born and grow up with different belief, parents, friends,
We have a different situation and condition.

And we never choose the choises,
The choices that would make us different,
We will never be the same.

That’s why we can’t compare about taste of coffee,
We can’t compare about our friends,
Since born we are absolutely different,
Just coffee, just human, just people.

But,

Why society wants everyone to be same as other,
Why society made everything worse,
Hard to breathe, hard to face it.

So many hates,
So many violence,
Can we just spread the love?

Just like fragrance of coffee,
That made everyone’s happy,
Give peacefulness and felicity.

Can we?

 

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

Watch Poetry performance readings:

Watch Poetry made into Movies:

The Caveman, Poetry by Simon Widdop

Genre: Relationship

The Caveman

We had an argument
not a big all guns blazin’ my mother was right about you argument
just a silly one
that made me regress
retreat to my cave
where I consulted with the great oracle YouTube
he slid over his recommendations
topping the bill

John Lennon and Yoko Ono on love | Blank On Blank | PBS Digital Studios

Five and half minutes later
I realised the Universe itself had channelled Lennon to me
to sit in front of me
slap me across the chops and say

‘ere lad you’re better than this, get out of this grump, go show that
beautiful
feisty
sassy
quick witted
Venus Incarnate
woman
that you absolutely adore her
you daft sod

So I did
but there’s a catch
a twist

I don’t want to love you like John loved Yoko or how Sid loved Nancy or how Johnny loved June or even how my own Dad loves my Mum.
I’ll love you how you deserve to be loved
not some fairytale “and they lived happily ever after”

I want the grit, the drunk calls when you’re out with the girls (and the obligatory holding of your hair whilst you’re in deep conversation with the toilet bowl with a glass of water on hand), the crack of dawn work day starts, that road trip down Route 66 we always talk about, to be finally able to kick your ass on Mortal Kombat, the “babe you’re too warm move over, wait come back I want a cuddle, ugh move over I’m too warm, wait come back and cuddle me”, I want to be able to reach a compromise on the choice of the Saturday night takeaway, I want that slight awkwardness when I think that you’ve sussed me trying to slyly inquire about your ring size. I want to be able to spend time in a random vegan cafe that we find just down that slightly dodgy looking alley but it does really nice lemon drizzle cake and serves that cat poop coffee that’s all the rage in San Francisco (allegedly)

I am going to give you the world over
I do love you
just let me show the caveman
how to water the bonsai tree

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

Watch Poetry performance readings:

Watch Poetry made into Movies:

ROGUE WAVE, Poetry by Joanne Van Leerdam

 Genre: Rhyme, Society

 
ROGUE WAVE

The surging wave builds and heaves,
Gathering its watery force,
And in that crucial moment, I believe
I can ride it all the way to shore
Just like I’ve done successfully
So many other times before.
Before I know it, I’m out of my depth
Chaos in blue and green and white,
Fighting for sunlight, for my next breath,
Turning to grey and black and fright,
Afraid of drowning, preparing for death,
Exhausted from trying to swim to the light.
Physical, spiritual underwater erosion
Sand in my eyes, my ears, my pants,
Churning debris mimics seething emotion;
At the height of the whirly-burly dance
The whirling dervish of the ocean
Chooses to give me another chance.
Raw and bleeding from abrasion,
Thrown aloft, then falling free,
In a final gesture of degradation,
Vomited unceremoniously,
Headfirst into humiliation
A piece of human ambergris.

2016 Joanne Van Leerdam
http://www.jvlpoet.com
 

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

Watch Poetry performance readings:

Watch Poetry made into Movies:

My first Love, Poetry by Lisa Atkinson

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 Genre: Hurt

 He knew he had the upper hand, because I was in love, and he was a man. Being the weakest link, no self worth, every time he would lie and cheat. Not feeling like my life was complete. My wounds was opened and inflamed, soaking up pain and sorrow, wishing that there was no tommorw.

We were growing happy together, happy heart’s, happy minds our souls were entwined. But something new appeared, or was she already there. Your first love, your bitch, your musical affair.

Go ahead ask her when the light’s are down and the camera’s are off, with your melody “She did it” playing very soft.

Will she give you love that drives you insane, or can she ease your pain. I doubt it, your heart, your love thang, your boo, the one you think is holding it down for you.

She’s offering you money, fame…

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