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
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
Poem idea
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
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.
LIVEwire and Out-Spoken
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
Poem idea
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.
Fairy tale poem idea
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.
Dissolving Into Crazy by Rose Swainston
A great example of a poetry reading/performance with music to add/heighten the experience. This is the type of effect I want to research more, and it seems spoken word/slam poetry is the best option for this.
Update
I know I haven’t posted in a while, but it isn’t from lack of content. I actually have quite a few poetry and music, poem ideas and reading as a writer posts drafted, I just haven’t had the chance to type them up yet. I’m hoping to start posting them in the next few days, so please look forward to it.
Poem idea
20:119
A way of coping
turns against you
as a wave of
pointlessness
engulfs you.
What is the point?
Will it make a difference?
Will anyone notice you,
notice your desperate
struggle to stop
the inevitable.
Scribbled Thoughts 