2) How would you like people to respond when they read or watch your poetry reading?
Connect with people’s sense of adventure, whether good or not so good, in regards to love and life. To see and interrupt the humorous side of reaching and attaining goals when in being single offers all sorts of opportunities in finding partners, soul mates, company etc.
3) How long have you been writing poetry?
I have been actively writing poetry for 30 years. Started when I was 12 years old.
4) Do you have a favorite poet?
No favourite poet or writer. There is just too much talent out there!
5) What influenced you to submit to WILDsound and have your poetry performed by a professional actor?
WILDsound is a hub for attracting a wealth of talent, creative pieces and people with solid know how for the ‘what’s next’ procedure. Generally a great showcase of quality work from dedicated creative people.
6) Do you write other works? scripts? Short Stories? Etc..?
I write just about everything, although my writing time is allocated to poetry, screenplays and my freelance writing projects.
7) What is your passion in life?
My passion is writing without any doubt.
I love transporting readers and/or viewers to other levels. Screenwriting pushes all the buttons for me as a writer and a viewer of tidy, exceptionally, well-written scripts. Poetry is a close second.
MY QUEST FOR JUSTICE FOR JOSEPH AND FOR FOLKS EVERYWHERE TO HEAR AND BE INSPIRED WITH A DEEPER MEANING OF THE HORRIFIC INJUSTICE THAT OCCURRED AND THE TRUTH AND JUSTICE THAT GOD WILL BRING.
Watch MY JOSEPH, MY JAM:
Get to know poet Adrienne Miranda:
1) What is the theme of your poem?
FAITH, A MOTHER’S LOVE, AND TRUTH AND JUSTICE MUST PREVAIL
2) How would you like people to respond when they read or watch your poetry reading?
WITH COMPASSION, UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWING THAT JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED FOR JOSEPH.
3) How long have you been writing poetry?
ABOUT 40 YEARS NOW AND THEN.
4) Do you have a favorite poet?
I HAVE SEVERAL AND LOVE MAYA ANGELOU
5) What influenced you to submit to WILDsound and have your poetry performed by a professional actor?
MY QUEST FOR JUSTICE FOR JOSEPH AND FOR FOLKS EVERYWHERE TO HEAR AND BE INSPIRED WITH A DEEPER MEANING OF THE HORRIFIC INJUSTICE THAT OCCURRED AND THE TRUTH AND JUSTICE THAT GOD WILL BRING.
6) Do you write other works? scripts? Short Stories? Etc..?
MY BOOK, THE SCENT OF MY SON, IN GOD WE TRUST.
7) What is your passion in life?
T0 BRING GOD’S TRUTH, HOPE AND LOVE TO ALL AND TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR A GREATER GOOD.
The Kansas City Royals won this year.
The Warriors also won their game this time.
Chicago Blackhawks captured on the sphere.
The movie Birdman conquered summertime.
New England thwarted football, tops this day.
Musicians Grande, Swift, Adele, are stars
With Gomez, Bieber, Carey here today.
The Martian hits the screen; the planet Mars
Has water, Pluto photographed up close.
Much trouble in Paris, Ukraine, San B,
And Isis strikes. It was a year of gross
Events, but acute hope and bravery
Can bring success. It never works to make
The happenings become a bellyache.
Watch the Poetry Reading: MORNING’S MUSIC NEVER DARK
Performed by actor Jason Martorino
Get to know poet Todd Harris:
1) What is the theme of your poem?
The poem touches on the multiple dimensions of nature affecting human senses upon awakening.
2) How would you like people to respond when they read or watch your poetry reading?
I want the reader to recognize the broader role nature plays in humanity’s awareness of time and space and the emotional dynamism of our interconnected reactivity sphere.
3) How long have you been writing poetry?
I have been writing poetry for almost 40 years.
4) Do you have a favorite poet?
Robert Frost, William Carlos Williams
5) What influenced you to submit to WILDsound and have your poetry performed by a professional actor?
The desire to share my words.
6) Do you write other works? scripts? Short Stories? Etc..?
My poetry and music garnered a grant from the Irvine Foundation In 2008 – the resultant project can be found at:
ToddHarrisSubitoGrant2008.com. My latest book, “The Lyric Flutist” was commissioned by and published in 2015 by Wingert-Jones.
As a physicist, poet and composer I explore fresh approaches to thought and functionality, uncovering fundamental lyricism, and discovering what founds, surrounds and impassions sensory space-time.
Watch the Poetry Reading: SCHRODINGER’S CAT’S BIRD
Performed by actor Jason Martorino
Get to know poet Gina Williams:
1) What is the theme of your poem?
The theme of my poem is dark humor and the idea that every day in this fragile is a thought experiment, especially when cats are involved.
2) How would you like people to respond when they read or watch your poetry reading?
I hope I can make people laugh, as well as think about the philosophy of life — the philosophy of their life.
3) How long have you been writing poetry?
I started writing poetry and stories in grade school.
4) Do you have a favorite poet?
My favorite poets (couldn’t pick one) are Raymond Carver, Pablo Neruda, and Alice Walker.
5) What influenced you to submit to WILDsound and have your poetry performed by a professional actor?
There are no other opportunities like this that I have seen — I really love the unique nature of the project and appreciate the work you are doing on behalf of art and artists.
6) Do you write other works? scripts? Short Stories? Etc..?
In addition to poetry, I write essays and short stories. I’m also a visual artist.
7) What is your passion in life?
My passion in life is to share a unique view of the human condition and the miraculous nature of life on earth via my art, to live big, and in the words of Emile Zola, “Live life out loud.”