Tag: Poetry

  • Friday’s Poem

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    Back in LA Hanging out at the Light House Mixing with the black cats — All attention and aggression Arms lightly resting On the backs of worn wooden chairs, Fingers casually brushing Against the light fabric of a dress Tan bare legs tapping to the beat Eyes locking, smiling Two drink minimum loosens up the…

  • Anis Mojgani performs Shake the Dust at HEAVY AND LIGHT.

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    Anis Mojgani, the two-time National Slam Poetry Champion, stole the show reminding everyone of the power of words and the value in their stories. Here, he performs “Shake the Dust.”

  • Tuesday’s Poem

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    Easy Reader News profiles RD Armstrong, better known in the underworld of poetry as Raindog.  The well known  San Pedro poet started the Lummox Journal, “with the idea that I might be able to sell enough subscriptions that I’d be able to buy stamps for my own stuff, to send out submissions to other magazines.”…

  • I Step Into My Waking Life

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    I step into my waking life Inhabited still By the realm of dreams The world of spirit clings Gossamer-like To golden jeweled morning In the deep green shade Dappled with amber light White day Cleaves briefly To purple night Then spills onto The floor of my being

  • Wednesday’s Poem

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    A mum’s poem: Where Daisy Chains Lie Through the thronged streets. Applause rippled in waves As they strode along High St, Road and Avenue, Remembering other roads As familiar now as these. Wishtan, Nad e Ali Musa Qul’ah In whose parched soil, Strands of daisy chains Lay buried under the dirt To trip the unwary…

  • Malibu Meditations

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    The pale flat disc of a waning moon lies suspended just above the cliffs as I drive up the coast.  I turn right on Malibu Drive, speeding past Pepperdine and into the chill blackness of the canyon.  The rocky hillside on my left jumps into the beam of my headlights then recedes into shadow.  Gusts…

  • Contemporary Canadian Poets Revert to Traditional Forms

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    Toronto writer Barbara Gray reviews three new books of poetry that harken back to traditional forms: Toronto poet laureate George Elliott Clarke’s Illicit Sonnets is loosely modeled on Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnets from the Portuguese, her celebrated series of uber-romantic poems addressed to fellow poet (and eventual husband) Robert Browning. However, Clarke’s sensibilities are far from those of…

  • Guardian Poetry Podcast Series

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    The Guardian Book section has an ongoing series of podcasts for poetry lovers.  It features contemporary poets reading from their own favourite poets’ work.  You can find the series here.  Some of the featured poets are: Jackie Kay reads verses from Edwin Morgan’s Love and a Life. David Harsent reads three short poems by the Greek…

  • Cowboy Poet – Who Knew?

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    Keith Ward performing an original poem at The Pizza Shop and Dry County Brewing Company’s Open Mic Night in Spruce Pine, NC on January 19th, 2013. Ward has been writing poetry since childhood, and he attended his first open mic poetry gathering in 2008.  Since then, Ward has continued writing and performing.  “My only connection…

  • Haiku-Writing Suspected Killer Hunted by Japanese Police

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    The Telegraph reports on a  poetry-writing suspected killer who is being hunted by Japanese police after the bodies of five people were found in a tiny mountain village. The chief suspect is a 63-year-old villager at whose home police found a “haiku” poem stuck to the window. The haiku is a traditional Japanese form, a…