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River and Moon, Two Poems by Me from River Fest 2012
If you’ve followed my last couple of posts you know that a few friends and I have been furiously promoting the power and playfulness of poetry in these hills and valleys of Pennsylvania. Please click back the last few posts to read more about it, so that I don’t labor on too much for the…
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Marjorie Maddox, Little League, and the Susquehanna
Alright, I’ve been busily helping to promote this event on radio, print and Facebook for a couple of weeks now. You, my patient reader, have not given up on me, and for that I am grateful. Here is the first video from the readings that I’ve been talking so much about. This is not the…
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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…
