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Watch the DECEMBER 2017 Poetry Readings

Poetry Reading: NEW WEBSiGHT, by Vihang A Naik

The Bane of Whitechapel – Poetry Reading by Lee A Forman

FRUSTRATION – Poetry Reading by Patricia Marvin

Escape – Poetry Reading by Farzleen F Khan

Beautiful Dead Dragonfly Why – Poetry Reading by James Gaynor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Escape – Poetry Reading by Farzleen F Khan

Performed by Val Cole

Get to know the poet: 
1) What is the theme of your poem?

Drama

2) What motivated you to write this poem?

Watching the documentary leading to Amy Whinehouses’ death

3) How long have you been writing poetry?

Since I was 12 after I received my first diary and got into it actively after signing up for a poetry writing class back when i was a sophomore in 1998 at Western Michigan Uni Kalamazoo

4) If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be?

It would be Sylvia Plath

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

Just the mere thought of having someone else read it for others to hear and hopefully relate to is we inspiring

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

Short stories and copywriting

7) What is your passion in life?

Seeing and encouraging others esp young women to ultimately live their lives to the fullest (put aside their careers, family, issues etc) for themselves first and to experience some form of joy and contentedness going through a journey of creativity whilst witnessing a sense of fulfillment it brings.

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Producer: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com

Director: Kierston Drier
Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne
Editor: John Johnson

Camera Operator: Mary Cox

INDIAN SUMMER – Poetry Reading by Vihang A Naik

Performed by Val Cole

Get to know the poet: 

FFP : Festival For Poetry

VaN : Vihang A. Naik

FFP ) What is the theme of your poem?

VaN ) I was exploring the theme of Summer with reference to India . As against to western poetry cannon of poetry. As you find summer related poetry more romantic which one would not find in India . In India and eastern countries one would find hot unbearable summer which would make you think of hell. The spiritual experience associated with Summer.

FFP ) What motivated you to write this poem?

VaN ) The impulse running underneath the is letting go of physical and realising the spritual.

FFP ) How long have you been writing poetry?

VaN ) I have now been writing poetry since more than three decades .

FFP ) If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be?

VaN ) Dinner reminds me of the last supper. I wish i was with nine Disciples of Christ.

FFP ) What influenced you to submit to have your poetry performed by a professional actor?

VaN ) To me poetry is performance as well along with reading it out aloud with certain specific rhythm.

And Festival for Poetry has come out with indescribable idea for performance reading my some one who

for other field of arts. An actor. It is always exciting to see how your poetry gets performed.

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

VaN ) I practice writing poetry in Gujarati language ( my mother tongue ) besides translations

I often translate Gujarati language poetry into English language besides my own Gujarati language poetry .

FFP ) What is your passion in life?

VaN ) The ultimate passion in life is to be human. I love this life where we are human beings.

Is it not true that when you wake up to see the world and switch on your television

and you see all nations torn apart and that centre cannot hold …

Vihang A. Naik : Indian poet writing in English. He also writes in poetry in Gujarati and translates from Gujarati into English language. He lives and works in Gujarat, India. He can be visited at http://www.vihang.org

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Producer: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com

Director: Kierston Drier
Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne
Editor: John Johnson

Camera Operator: Mary Cox

Read Poetry: Im Zweifel zur Wahrheit, by Erich Ruhl-Bady

Genres: Hope / Philosophical

Explanation/Interpretation:

 

You get closer to truth if you use your ability to doubt.

Doubt and truth are much closer to one another than you think.

The opposite of truth isn’t the lie but the indecisiveness.

 

 

Im Zweifel zur Wahrheit

 

Der Kompass geht im Überfluss

So lieblich gern verloren

Es bettet sich der Schnellverdruss

In manche kluge Foren

 

Der Wert des Menschen Endlichkeit

Schafft Auswahl im Dazwischen

Auf Grübeln folgt Entschlossenheit

Impulse woll’n sich mischen

 

Zur Wahrheit des Entscheidungswegs

Der Zweifel kennt die Maschen

Wer zweifelt braucht nicht aufzugeben

Er kann sich überraschen

 

Poetry Reading: A Single Atom, by Ivor Steven

Performed by Elizabeth Rose Morriss

Get to know the poet:

  What is the theme of your poem?

The poem is about my turmoil of thoughts and doubts, between my recently departed wife, and my starting up of a new relationship.

What motivated you to write this poem?

Lots of bad dreams and guilt.

How long have you been writing poetry?

I’ve been writing poetry for twenty-two years, although I’ve only been going public with my writings for the last eight years.

If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be?

I’d love to have dinner with Leonard Cohen.

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

The curiousity factor of listening to my words being articulated by some-one else, and to have my poem heard by the large audience of Poetry Festival’s readers.

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

Basically I only write poems, however I have written a few short stories.

What is your passion in life?

I’m an Australian, and my main passion is to travel to Canada and America, and visit family/relatives

Poetry Reading: Precious Little Girl by Murna Safford

Performed by Elizabeth Rose Morriss

1) What is the theme of your poem?
Answer: Spirituality
Why? Because prayer can change things. It may not change things in the normal course of events, but I can assure you as having bared witness, that it can change the outcome!
2) What motivated you to write this poem?
Two Part Answer:
Part I Answer: The poem originally started out, and divinely inspired by GOD, to encourage someone who had otherwise given up on themselves, and GOD. Alas, thinking he did not love them.  That very day, I sat at the computer, feeling divinely inspired, and penned the poem in an hour! I know it was GOD’s Holy Spirit inspiring me as duly noted. Thereafter, I found that there is a Precious Little Girl in many girls that I came across in my progressive walk in life. More profoundly so, I found the Precious Little Girl in me!
Part II Answer: Extraordinarily difficult circumstances seemingly to difficult to overcome, yet I emerged triumphant. trying to lead by example of never giving up, never giving in, and encouraging others that they can do it too! Hence having endured betrayal, loss, mistreatment, acceptance, indifference, cruelty, neglect, heartache, heartbreak, setbacks, humiliation, perseverance, falling short, near devastation of one’s hopes & dreams, never giving up, standing up for what is right, not going along with what is wrong, and allowing GOD’s light to shine through me as I am vessel, a steward of all that he entrust me with. As to whom much is given, much is expected*
3) How long have you been writing poetry? 
Answer: 10+ years, and counting.
4) If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be? 
Answer: John Hughes, although my favorite writer is Charles Dickens. Most assuredly, it is a toss up…smile!
5) What influenced you to submit to have your poetry performed by a professional actor? 
Answer: In memory of my beloved Mother whom I lost just a year ago, thereafter losing my brother in the same week. It was far more than I could bear, but I found myself through prayer, and perseverance now comforting others by virtue of the comfort that I myself received by by nothing short of divine intervention. It is a near-culmination of one my greatest life’s work, one that I felt compelled to share with the world. 
6) Do you write other works? scripts? Short Stories? Etc..?
Answer: Yes, I do! I write scripts/screenplays for both television, and motion picture production. I also have written several children’s books, some of which are now available on Amazon. Other’s to be released in the near future. Writing is my creative niche, something that I am deeply impassioned about, and it is something that I feel I was blessed with.
7) What is your passion in life?
Answer: One of the highest attainments in life for me is to share my literary works (projects, charity, and writings) with the world! I tremendously enjoy writing, but I am very passionate about helping others, and have never deviated even to my detriment oftentimes in extending a helping hand to those in need. It is extremely, and personally gratifying for me to nurture one’s ideas, interests, and inspire them that they can accomplish whatever they put their minds to. To also be mindful to do unto others, as you would want it done unto you for what is from the heart, reaches the heart. For where you treasure is, your heart will be also*

Poetry Reading: The Painter, by Theresa Pio

Performed by Elizabeth Rose Morriss

Get to know the poet:

What is the theme of your poem?

My themes are Inspirational but also dark

What motivated you to write this poem?

I was watching a Christmas movie while cooking lunch last year in December and this movie had rhyming poems in it. I’m not a poetry fan believe it or not it’s not my writing style but for some reason I managed to pull together this poem that same night in one sitting.

How long have you been writing poetry?

This is my first attempt at Poetry really I call it poetry fluke.

If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be?

Paulo Coehlo

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

What influenced me to have it read was that the poem has been sitting in my laptop really for nearly a year. I felt the need to do something with it other than it gathering cyber cobwebs lol

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

I’m more of a scriptwriter. I have written a musical and had produced it along with my sister. Since writing this piece I found myself liking poetry more and writing pieces more for children.

What is your passion in life?

Writing, and spending time with my son : )

Read Poetry: Surrender, by Sujoy Bhattacharya

Fearlessness was instigating me to dip into the
 den of devil’s dungeons . I slapped my indolence
 to get up from the cozy lap of procrastination
and yawning out lethargic worms , I got ready to
 step my reluctant strides forward beyond the
fortified threshold . Two spiders stopped webbing
 to give a derisive look aglow with mockery .
 A blind bat thanked me with a floppy flap of its wings .
 The flowers in in the roadside park were dangling
dizzily to foster me in my stupendous expedition .
 I was going to steal for the first time in my life .
It was a heinous offer from my ladylove to steal her
virginity before marriage .  I was a bit hesitant to nod
to her proposal . She  cleated my mind with infallible
logic and I consented . My trembling legs were cursing
my body . The wind was patting me on my libido to
inspire me to make my effort victorious. Before long I
 dragged my jubilant mind to her vicinity .
 She welcomed me with warm aroma of
scintillating love and I tasted the palate of stealing her most
 valuable wealth that was poignantly happy to be plundered .

 

 

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