The video was uploaded to YouTube by tomasisms and is the work of Andrea Dorfman. The poem was written by Tanya Davis, poet, writer, and musician. Thank you to Michael Yost (Michael’s Lair) for sharing this one with us: beautiful work by both the filmmaker and the poet.
“Lonely is a freedom that is easy and weightless.
And lonely is healing if you make it.”
– Tanya Davis
and thus we begin a new week …
traffic jams
of undomesticated notions
simple or complex emotions
bones of story, depth of heart
imagination
the gust of words
from agile mind
to nimble fingers
to keyboard, so amenable
Poetjanstie, John Anstie, a poet from Brewood who now lives in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, has done a beautiful reading of my poem The View From My Place. You can hear it on John’s SoundCloud site along with many of his own, which are quite wonderful. My personal friends and local poet-colleagues will chuckle to hear my work sans Brooklyn twang. Lovely! Thank you, John.
For John’s readings: https://soundcloud.com/poetjanstie
and you can visit (recommended) John’s poetry blog here:
http://poetjanstie.wordpress.com
John also has a prose site, FortyTwo … of Life, the Universe and Everything (you have to appreciate someone who’s that enamoured of Douglas Adams‘ work). Link HERE to read about the upcoming anthology, Petrichor Rising, a collaboration of nine poets (including John) who met on Twitter. It’s an interesting and engaging story.
John Anstie’s work and ethic are a cut above. If you haven’t “met” him, now’s the time …
♦ At Into the Bardo, A Blogazine we are still celebrating moms with memoirs by Karen Fayeth (The Divining Trunk, a short piece about Karen’s paternal grandmother) and a piece I wrote (For the Record: Remembering Mom). Naomi Baltuck’s short reflection, posted last week, is one you will not soon forget.
♦ British poet, Myra Schneider, wrote to let me know about her new video. In it she reads her award winning poem, Goulash (HERE on YouTube). Though I’ve read Goulash a number of times before, I enjoyed hearing it in Myra’s own sweet voice and think you will too. I also happened on an interview of Myra, Becoming Something Deeper (HERE). In it she discusses her writing processes and her experience of writing poetry while undergoing chemotherapy
♦ Congratulations to kalabalu on her “Best Moment Award.” Her charming blog is a reliable source of joy.
© 2013, poem, Jamie Dedes, All rights reserved
Photo (keyboard) courtesy of morgueFile, John Anstie’s portrait is his own, All rights reserved
Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry poke fun at poetry and poets. The word-play is clever and light for a …
and thus we begin a new week …
Video uploaded to YouTube by lucylibbsu
Photo courtesy of morgueFile
“The symbolic language of the crucifixion is the death of the old paradigm; resurrection is a leap into a whole new way of thinking.” Deepak Chopra
HAPPY EASTER TO THOSE IN THE EASTERN CHURCHES
WHO ARE CELEBRATING TODAY!
“Respect for the rights of others means peace.” Benito Juarez
HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO
TO THOSE CELEBRATING IN THE U.S. AND MEXICO
Eat, drink and be merry with moderation for tomorrow is Monday 🙂
and thus we begin a new week…
Illustrations ~ the Easter Eggs are the work of Jan Kamenícek and generously released into the public domain; the Cinco de Mayo poster is of the Biblioteca del nino mexicano via the Southern Methodist Univerity, Central Univeristy Library, DeGolyer Library, details HERE.
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