Fiction and poetry writing, recapturing the muse.
20:126
The world is ending,
and people still won’t
help themselves.
They are too set in their ways.
They will complain,
resist, until they
choke and sink forever.
20:127
Releasing the kindness
encased within,
touching skin like a snowflake
and melting into hope.
Jacob Polley talks about working with a musician to prepare his poems for radio.
He also mentions theatrical productions of poetic works, which I want to research further in the future.
https://player.fm/series/the-poetry-society/jacob-polley-talks-to-kayo-chingonyi
https://player.fm/series/the-poetry-society/jacob-polley-reads-applejack-from-jackself
20:125
Would you go back
and change it, if you could,
that moment you
recall with embarrassment?
Would it change how you feel?
Would it change the core of you?
Who would you be?
Are you even you anymore,
without the mistakes and
lessons that shaped you.
No, I wouldn’t change it.
20:123
Nature creates
its smoke signals,
desperate for a
responding call.
20:124
Murdered flesh
cooked to create my
amusement on a
fork, a thoughtless
smile gazing at
your corpse.
Sabrina Mahfouz is another poet interviewed by The Poetry Society who talks about performing poetry with music.
https://player.fm/series/the-poetry-society/joelle-taylor-in-conversation-with-sabrina-mahfouz
20:122
Boots in bed,
armoured feet
ready to defend
their territory,
their sanity.
Kick out at
anything,
everything.
Friendly or an enemy?
Who knows,
who cares,
they’ve never
come close
enough
to know.
Salena Godden is a spoken word performer/poet who is dedicated to making poetry more well-known. In her interview with The Poetry Society Podcast she talks about LIVEwire, Out-Spoken and her experiences with collaborating with DJs to add music to her poetry performances.
These are more examples of Spoken Word poetry rather than poetry with music, but sometimes the poets are accompanied by musicians/music during the live performances. I still feel its worth mentioning them because its a clear step towards poetry with music.
Both LIVEwire and Out-spoken dedicate resources to live performances and events, as well as ‘albums’ of poetry/poets, making poetry more accessible through audio. It’s great to see in the UK, and I’ll be following them from now on to see what more they can accomplish to make poetry more mainstream.
http://www.outspokenldn.com/events
20:121
Five years of absence.
A week too late to notice.
Those meaningless little gestures
you never even considered
are suddenly gone,
and your days spiral
into chaos without
their comfort.
How to get them back?
Too late.
Appreciate, or feel
their absence.
You cannot claim
them back.
Based off The Princess and the Pea, with a twist.
20:120
A real princess indeed.
She can never sleep, never rest
with her pained back, sides, front.
Even a pea bruises her,
that’s what they say.
Her downcast look
was shyness, the
ideal female disposition.
It was fine.
Except…
Those bags under her
eyes would not do!
Her complexion ghastly,
her hair a mess.
So much as a glance
in her direction made
her flinch and back
away, a frightened mouse.
A real princess indeed?
Her attitude needs to
change first.
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