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FAIRY STORIES FOR REAL, Poetry Reading by Ginnie Siena Bivona

Poetry performed by actress VAL COLE

Matthew Toffolo interview Ginnie Siena Bivona:

Matthew: What is the theme of your poem?

Ginnie: The basic idea, I suppose, is the age old classic concept of finding the perfect lover and living happily ever after. And sometimes (I’m told) that happens…and sometimes not.

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

Ginnie: Well, I hope they like it! And I hope it gives them a giggle or two.

Matthew: How long have you been writing poetry?

Ginnie: Since I was 42. One Sunday afternoon I wrote the first poem I’d ever written, it just spilled out onto the page. Now…next month I’ll be celebrating my 84th birthday…so I guess I could honestly say it’s been a long damn time.

Matthew: Do you have a favorite…

FREEDOM – Poetry Reading by Tess Rosa

Poetry performed by actress VAL COLE

Matthew Toffolo interviews Tess Rosa:

Matthew: What is the theme of your poem?

Tess: About being molded into the confines of an image of what society expects of one.

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

Tess: I would like them to be able to identify with the poet and his/her expression of being an individual.

Matthew: How long have you been writing poetry?

Tess: Since I was 13

Matthew: Do you have a favorite poet?

Tess: Charles Bukowski, Henry Miller, Sylvia Plath

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

Tess: Being heard

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

Tess: I write short stories, poetry

Matthew: What is your passion in life?

Tess: To…

Watch the Poetry Reading of SO UNHAPPY, by Steven Paul

Poem performed by actress VAL COLE

Matthew Toffolo interviews poet Steven Paul:

Matthew: What is the theme of your poem?

Steven: The theme is a hurting heart

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

Steven: With sincere feelings I hope

Matthew: How long have you been writing poetry?

Steven: Since I was able to write

Matthew: Do you have a favorite poet?

Steven: Robert Frost

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

Steven: My friend Henry Moy raved about Wildsound

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

Steven: I have submitted scripts also to WILDsound in the past.

Matthew: What is your passion in life?

Steven: To make people laugh and be happy.

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Watch the Poetry Reading: NOTHING CHANGED ME:

Poet read by actress Val Cole

Get to know poet Miriam Beza:

1) What is the theme of your poem?

The theme of my poem is resilience; the strength of women when faced with hardship.

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

I would like people who read it to feel positive and empowered.

3) How long have you been writing poetry?

I started to write when I was in school as I had found poetry a strong way to express my feelings.

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

Later on, life has taken over and writing was neglected but never forgotten.

5) What is your passion in life?

I am retired now and poems surfaced and started to come out

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Genre: Rhyme, Love, Relationship

Without a Trace
by Natasha Turner

Years have gone by
But still can’t forget
Can’t get rid of this beating sound
Ticking in my head.

I know the reason
Can’t deceive no more
I have killed a body
In a silent war.

Screams left unheard
Echoing in my soul
For I dared not to take
An imposed mother role

Please help,
Can’t stand this pain no more,
My baby’s heart is still trapped
In a spirit so sore.

The guilt is killing me,
It’s tearing me apart
I need to start anew
Everything around me is so shut

Help me find my forgiveness, my place
Of a body I killed without a trace

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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

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Genre: Love, Rhyme

Patience
by R.D. Preston

My patience is a virtue
I give myself to thee
My kindness is about our love
Forever I promise it will be

I will give you all my love
As I cherish you each day
You have fulfilled my empty heart
As we begin our life this way

I will honor you with my life
From the beginning to the end
In sickness and in health
You will always be my best friend

And with this promise
I will always give to you
A life of never ending love
And a soul that is forever true

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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

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GENRE: LIFE.

THE MARKET PLACE
by Frances Sheehan

Swirling, twirling spirals of colour invade our eyes with

Insistence;

That we share in the carnival displayed at The Market Place.

Vendors call out and children laugh joyfully at goods displayed…

Deliciously;

Determined to tempt the desire of

Wanting, for its own sake and promise of sweet reward.

The Market Place, where happy smiling cheerful faces

Wander through its illustrious corridors,

Sampling here, looking there and passing on or buying!

Myriad smells and sounds mingle with alacrity

As Gypsy band plays ancient song……

And black-eyed Beauty pivots and turns

Gracefully; all eyes watching her dance!

The Market Place,

A refuge from maddened freeways, incessant city traffic

and noisy grey dull streets.

The Market Place, where for just a precious while

The Old and New in blessed harmonious empathy

Come to meet

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Watch Poetry Reading of THE THINGS WE DO TO FISH:

Poetry performed by actor Val Cole

Get to know poet Paul Tapp:

1) What is the theme of your poem?

I guess its how unthinkingly cruel we are to animals.

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

Do some hard thinking on us and them. To perhaps at least show some compassion when we haul a fish from its world as we might like an alien to be kind should we be abducted, processed and eaten.

3) How long have you been writing poetry?

Been writing and burning poetry since I was a kid. Maybe 60 years.

4) Do you have a favorite poet?

Alfred Lord Tennyson

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

Its presence. Poetry is a private…

Watch INNOVATION:

Poetry read by actress Val Cole

Get to know poet Trasha Nicole Hickman:

1. What is the theme of your poem?

Creation

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

I want people to respond by going to my website http://www.trashahickman.com and leave a comment on the Express Yourself Page or Contact Page.

3. How long have you been writing poetry?

I started writing poetry at the age of five. I wrote my first poem in kindergarten.

4. Do you have a favorite poet?

My favorite poet is Edgar A. Guest.

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

I wanted to share my work with others so that it could be enjoyed.

6. Do you write other works? Scripts? Short Stories, Etc.?

I write self improvement articles.

7. What is…