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Cool, calm, and collected like the ocean on a sunny day he smiles, happy and amused he eyes shine bright he reminds me of a flower lovely and strong He moves like a panther fierce like one too he looks at me like he loves me maybe I love him too. Home

via Read Poem: He, by Missy Jones — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.

Winter is coming. Another summer surrenders to the fall There is a melody I’m softly humming How many losses can I recall. In the somber sullen wake of my disgrace I seek redemption to save face. There is a gnawing underneath the skin A haunting howl amidst the din The storm winds settle and blow […]

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I knew I had dozed I heard echoes of the voices from an instant dream. So many voices, a cacophony in my head. He didn’t know I had dozed No one did although it happened several times that day. He was still beside me, we were on the ship. The speaker was still speaking (I […]

via Read Poem: AN INSTANT DREAM, by Katharine Lovejoy Berman — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.

Peformed by Kat Smiley — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, Ryan Haines, John Johnson Festival Directors: Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy Camera Operators: Ryan Haines, Temitope Akinterinwa, Efren Zapata, Zack Arch

via POETRY Reading: The Old Man and the Tree, by Andrew Smith — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.

Performed by Kat Smiley — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, Ryan Haines, John Johnson Festival Directors: Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy Camera Operators: Ryan Haines, Temitope Akinterinwa, Efren Zapata, Zack Arch

via POETRY Reading: THE DEVIL’S CLUTCH, by Kevin Parish — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.

Performed by Kat Smiley — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, Ryan Haines, John Johnson Festival Directors: Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy Camera Operators: Ryan Haines, Temitope Akinterinwa, Efren Zapata, Zack Arch

via POETRY Reading: End, by Christine Bolton — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.

Dedicated to my friend Raghuvendra Sweet memories, that will always shine, Shimmering of them will do remind Of Someone who is very special. To some he’s a chattering box… For some a pain in the neck. This is what others perceive him as; Who fail to see a beautiful mind, a caring heart and a […]

via Read Poem: Genere is Friendship, by Mallika Kumar — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.

I am not a usual thing; I am not the standard spirited young adult, still brimming with teenage angst and aged wisdom passed down from the withered hand that put me too sleep many years ago. I am not the oh-so-common, die-in-your-mid-twenties young adult that fought, screaming at their own reflection every day in both […]

via Read Poem: UNDERSTAND ME, by by Natie Jay Tembe — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.

Cookie cutter black person What does it mean to be like you? What do I need to do? How do I say what I need to say to sound more like you? “Be more black, act your race” is what they all say What does that even mean?! I refuse to be a cookie cutter […]

via Read Poem: Black Person, Should I Be More Like You?, by Sway Writes — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.

This love was never meant to make history, Darling, we were never meant to move the stars and caress fate. This mere distraction turned into a spell-bounding affair Of two hearts stuck on each other. With the red string closing in at their throats, We are simply two souls, trapped in a fragile state of […]

via Read Poem: A Beautiful Death, by Kristen Corbisiero — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.