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The Eternal Dance – Poetry Reading by Michelle B. Assor

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The Eternal Dance by Michelle B. Assor

1) What is the theme of your poem?

THE ETERNAL DANCE

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

This poem is a satire on life. I think people may respond with feelings of humor and pathos. I wrote this poem at the age of fifteen. Although I had not yet experienced a full life back then, I felt brazen enough to express my deepest, satirical feelings on how I envisaged the cycle of life. ‘The Eternal Dance’ expresses both the eternal highs and lows of the different stages of life.

3) How long have you been writing poetry?

I started writing poetry at the age of eleven when I was diagnosed with scoliosis. I was confined to a Milwaukee brace (from neck to hips) for four years. I was permitted to remove it only one hour a day. I was a also a ballet and spanish dancer at the time and so I removed the brace sometimes for two hours a day but slept with it at night. It was a traumatic period in my life and writing poetry enabled me to best express the emotions I felt at the time.

4) Do you have a favorite poet?

Favorite classical poets:

William Shakespeare
D.H. Lawrence
Victor Hugo
Geoffrrey Chaucer
Sylvia Plath
Emily Dickinson
13th century mystic poet Rumi.

Favorite contemporary poets:

Kenyan poet Chris Mukasa
Russian poet Vera Pavlova
American poet Shel Silverstein

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

I have written many poems and feel its time to expose my poetry. ‘The Eternal Dance’ is one of my favorites and I chose to submit it to Wildsound. I hope viewers enjoy it.

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

I have written a whimsical, classical fantasy novel where the setting is a reptile-driven kingdom and the characters are serpents. I am busy with the sequel and the series will be a trilogy, ‘The Snaygill Trilogies’.

Writing this series is challenging but such fun and it allows me to transport my imagination to the highest places. I am so excited to see the outcome of the series.

I write short stories and poetry and enjoy exploring different genres. I have not embarked in script writing training but endeavor to teach myself.

7) What is your passion in life?

IMy passions are my children, my family and my friends. I enjoy solitude but I also love to socialize and have fun. Creativity is immensely important to me. I love art, music, reading, fashion, decorating, gardening and simply musing. I love the ocean, nature and animals. I dream of peace on earth and how we desperately need to make this world a better place and a better environment for all, quoting John Lennon’s eternal words ‘Imagine’.

Director/Producer: Matthew Toffolo
Casting: Sean Ballantyne
Editor: John Johnson

Poem For Tranquility – Poetry Reading by JoyAnne O’Donnell

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Poem For Tranquility by JoyAnne O’Donnell

Get to know the poet:

1) What is the theme of your poem?

My theme is tranquility.

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

With happiness or something that relates to them.

3) How long have you been writing poetry?

For a longtime since i’m young.

4) Do you have a favorite poet?

Elizabeth Bishop

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

To reach an audience to spread good throughout the world peace and tranquil moments.

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

Yes, I’ve also written some movie scripts.

7) What is your passion in life?

To be a great writer.

Director/Producer: Matthew Toffolo
Casting: Sean Ballantyne
Editor: John Johnson

North of Tombstone, 3 A M – Poetry Reading by Doug Stanfield

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NORTH OF TOMBSTONE, 3AM by Doug Stanfield:

Get to know the poet:

1) What is the theme of your poem?

How a harsh land shapes the people who survive its challenges. In this case, it is the desert along the Mexican border in Arizona.

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

I would hope the reader will get a feeling for how life at the margins might be for ordinary people, and for the law of unintended consequences. I hope this piece will allow for some empathy for those who know how to survive.

3) How long have you been writing poetry?

For a little over two years. I had a career as a writer for about 35 years, mostly in journalism (newspapers)

4) Do you have a favorite poet?

I have two or three favorites, actually. My first is Carl Sandburg but lately I’ve been reading the excellent work of Jim Harrison and the North Carolina writer named Sheri Smith. I think my favorites tend to be for those who write more in the narrative style, almost prose, but not quite. And I like those who have a basic affection for our common humanity, rather than those who moan about things too much.

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

You mean besides the ego trip? ?

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

I’m working on a novel, mystery, with lots of sex.

7) What is your passion in life?

At my, age waking up every day is all the passion I need. I figure if I wake up then everything else is irrelevant, and I try to have the best time I can.

Director/Producer: Matthew Toffolo
Casting: Sean Ballantyne
Editor: John Johnson

Watch the June 2016 Poetry Readings

Watch the poetry readings from June 2016.

THE HEARTLESS AND THE HOMELESS by Carlyn Soulei Thomas

9 VERSUS LOVE by Karoline Lehner

Pillar of the Community by Monica Helene Thomas

If I Was President by Molimau Fatu

THE HEARTLESS AND THE HOMELESS – Poetry Reading by Carlyn Soulei Thomas

Watch a June 2016 Poetry Performance Reading.

THE HEARTLESS AND THE HOMELESS by Carlyn Soulei Thomas

Performed by Marsha Mason

7 questions with the poet:

1) What is the theme of your poem?

The theme of my poem is the lack of compassion people have one for another.

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

When people read my poem or watch my poetry reading, I’d like for them to honestly survey themselves, and ask the question, “Am I compassionate?”. As Mahatma Gandhi said, “We must be the change we wish to see in the world.” Kindness is contagious and humility will take you a long way in life.

3) How long have you been writing poetry?

I’ve been writing poems since 2001. Writing poems became another way for me to express my feelings.

4) Do you have a favorite poet?

My favorite poet and author is Maya Angelou. I call myself “Young Maya” at times, because her works has truly inspires and encourages me to keep reaching for the stars, which without a doubt makes her a mother to many daughters, though she birthed none. Each line of one of my personal favorites, “Letter To My Daughter”, felt as though they were written just for me. She was phenomenal and I only wish to be as inspiring as she was, even if just a little bit.

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

There’s so much going wrong in the world, and so many, including children are suffering, but most of us are busy with our own lives to care. I jumped at the opportunity to submit my poem in hopes that it would make others think about it too, just as I have thought about it. And prayerfully, it would change someone’s mind for the betterment of this world and everyone living in it.

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

I am also a Singer-Songwriter and Designer. I write short stories and I am currently working on a poetry book and novel.

7) What is your passion in life?

Apart from music and art, my passion is helping others, especially those less fortunate than myself.

9 VERSUS LOVE – Poetry Reading by Karoline Lehner

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9 VERSUS LOVE by Karoline Lehner

Poetry performed by Marsha Mason

7 questions with the poet:

1) What is the theme of your poem?

Answer: The poem is about finding the love of my life after having learned to love and be at peace with myself.

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

Answer: People who have been on this journey may see the beauty, that lies in the pain. For others, who are still searching, it may be a candle in the dark.

3) How long have you been writing poetry?

Answer: I have been writing poetry all my life.

4) Do you have a favorite poet?

Answer: I love the works of Goethe, Hafiz, Shakespeare and Byron.

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

Answer: I found it to be interesting to have my work being published to a wider audience and see it being interpreted by a stranger.

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

Answer: Yes, I write short stories, novels and theatre plays, mostly in german and some in english. I invite you to visit my blog http://www.womenagainstrules.org

7) What is your passion in life?

Answer: My passion in life is life itself.

Poetry Reading: Pillar of the Community by Monica Helene Thomas

Watch the June 2016 Poetry Performance Reading

Pillar of the Community by Monica Helene Thomas

Watch the June 2016 Poetry Performance Reading

Pillar of the Community by Monica Helene Thomas

Performed by Marsha Mason

7 questions with the poet:

1) What is the theme of your poem?

How society have judged its leaders over the years

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

leave comments and or likes or dislikes

3) How long have you been writing poetry?

About 3 years

4) Do you have a favorite poet?

Priestiam, love his poetry and self expression. He’s a brilliant and creative man!

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

Getting an invite from Wildsound to enter my poem into their poetry contest and also have it performed as a professional read! I’m so excited!!!

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

Yes, I’m a Book Author of six published books amongst several other writing adventures such as writing music etc.

7) What is your passion in life?

Unfortunately I have not found what my passion in life is quite yet. I’m currently an entrepreneur who is constantly dabbling into new things. I’m hoping one day I’ll stumble upon something that I’ll know for certain that it is my purpose in life.

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?

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.

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

Watch BULLIED Poetry Reading:

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.