Tag: poetry reading

Poetry Reading: not me by Jose Carlos Peliano

Performed by Michelle Alexander

Get to know the poet:

What is the theme of your poem?

The theme of my poem is compassion: I looked at a children photo that taught the camera was a weapon and stood up her arms! (the photo is attached below)

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

Well, they’ll respond better if the photo comes with the poem print, but anyway the poem expresses a feeling of the way a person really wants to show itself to someone else!

How long have you been writing poetry?

I’ve been writing poems since my teen age

Do you have a favorite poet?

In the english literature Yeats and Eliot, in Spain Espanca and Lorca, in Chile Neruda, in Brazil Drummond and Moraes

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

I saw tweets of the festival, I’ve read some poems published and decided to submit

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

Yes, I write also shot stories, chronicles and novels

What is your passion in life?

My passion in life is to live in passion

Watch the November 2016 Poetry Readings

AYLAN LIES FACE DOWN by Angelina Llongueras

DELIRIOUS by L.T. Garvin

TOM CAT by Barbara Anderson

WILL’S HOUSE by Martha C. Wallace

Delirious – Poetry Reading by L T Garvin

Poem performed by Val Cole

Get to know the poet:

What is the theme of your poem?

Unrequited love.

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

Remembrance of young love and burning passion that was not meant to be.

How long have you been writing poetry?

I actually wrote poetry as a child, but have just really concentrated on it within the past three years.

Do you have a favorite poet?

Many, but if I had to pick just one, it would be William Butler Yeats.

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

I would like to find an audience for my poetry, and I discovered the site via WordPress and enjoyed listening to some of the poems that were performed on the site.

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

Yes, I currently have a children’s book out entitled, Confessions of a 4th Grade Athlete with Crystal Publishing, LLC. I also write short stories, some have previously appeared in Texas Writers Journal.

What is your passion in life?

Writing, family, my pets, and finding ways within my power to help others.

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.

 

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.

Farewells of Mt Auburn – Poetry Reading by Mark Curtis Dunn

Poetry performed by Michelle Alexander

Get to know the winning poet:

POETRY 7 questions:

What is the theme of your poem?

The main theme of “Farewells of Mt. Auburn” is honoring the lives of the departed. A major subtheme is eternal life.

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

When people read the poem or watch the reading, I would like them to be transported with visual, emotional, and tactile experience.

How long have you been writing poetry?

I have been writing poetry for about fifty years.

Do you have a favorite poet?

If I have to choose a favorite – there are many – at this time in my life I would choose Robert Frost.

What influenced you to submit to the Poetry Festival and have your poetry performed by a professional actor?

I have submitted other material to Wildsound (at least one screenplay) and I had noticed that you had a poetry section as well. So I decided to share this poem.

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

I have written several screenplays across genres. Some short stories. I have recently completed a one-act stage play which I submitted to a local theater for reading.

What is your passion in life?

I have a passion for many things in life which include: asserting individual freedom against tyranny, savoring artistic free expression in aesthetic terms, and a desire to resonate a literary work with an audience, with the highest preference aimed at creating a work that contributes an archetype that finds its way into everyday life. Commercial rewards help, but I realize I might not see that in my lifetime. That’s another story.

Ground Zero – Poetry Reading by Melissa R Mendelson

Poetry performed by Michelle Alexander

Get to know the winning poet:

POETRY 7 questions:

What is the theme of your poem?

The theme is to not forget because as more time passes, we do forget, sometimes even the worst moments of our life.

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

To remember. We need to remember especially in the world that we are living in.

How long have you been writing poetry?

I’ve been writing poetry since high school. I even won a Reflections Award for one of my poems, which might have actually been in the eighth grade. I recently found this certificate buried among other items in the basement.

Do you have a favorite poet?

My favorite author is Stephen King, but as for a poet, I have found a multitude of talent on a website called, HitRecord. The poets there among the many other dozens of artists are amazing and brilliant.

What influenced you to submit to the Poetry Festival and have your poetry performed by a professional actor?

I have written many, many poems over the years. The older ones… Well, some shouldn’t see daylight, but I have seen how my poetry has progressed over the years. And the ones that I have written such as “Ground Zero” have their own voice, which needs to be heard.

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

Yes. I have actually just finished writing my fist novel, Lizardian, and I’ve had a lot of short stories published in the past. Some can still be found on Gadfly Online and others on HitRecord.

What is your passion in life?

Writing.