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Poetry Set-List for a River Side Reading in Sunbury
Originally posted on Melanie Simms, Poet: Hello WordPressers! Excitement builds as we near the morning of poetry at the Sunbury Poetry Fest! I hope all that read this will join us. Some interesting tidbits– Aug. 14th, at the crack of dawn Dave Bauman, myself and Marjorie Maddox wll join hosts Mark Lawrence and Mark Giesen…
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Snow White and the Spokenverse
My son, the Monkey Prodigy has made a dig at his father regarding the lack of recent action at Dad Poet. Subtle, cheeky monkey he is. But he’s right, aside from the recent upload from the Priestly Chapel reading last month, I haven’t done much online recently except deleting my Facebook account. I did start…
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Crossroad Song, a Quiet Interlude
This is a very simple, straightforward poem in memory of my dear old friend Dennis. He was a mentor of mine during a very difficult time over a decade ago. His example of integrity and compassion was of inestimable value to me. This reading was recorded at Northumberland’s Priestly Chapel on July 1st of this year.…
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Andrea Gibson, DeVotchka and “How it Ends”
So I said that I was going to bring you a couple of Slam/Spoken Word pieces. Here is the second. There were mixed reviews on Eric Darby’s piece, particularly because of the differences between his style and the traditional way that poems are read out loud. But one of my themes here of late has…
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“Scratch and Dent Dreams,” Slam Poetry with Eric Darby
I promised I’d post a favorite Slam poem or two, and since I’m pressed for time this morning I’ll bring you one of my favorites performed at the 2005 National Poetry Slam Individual Semifinals, by poet Eric Darby. Understand, this performance isn’t my style, but I get caught up in not only his presentation, but…
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Smarty Cat
Milton, the cat was getting into the book shelves again. Damn, I knew his meow was starting to sound smugly philosophical. And to think I named him after a great poet.
