Get to know the poet:

1) What is the theme of your poem?

The theme of Towards The Storm is to move into uncertainty regardless of what change is to come. The only difference is choosing to face it

2) What motivated you to write this poem?

Most of my poems start with a feeli...

Performed by Val Cole

POEM:

I would let you eat me alive,
Devour me whole, and
Digest me completely.

I would let you set me ablaze-
Bright lights engulfing me;
I’d burn to a crisp.

You could carry me to sea,
Drag me down, drown me,
And I’d still thank you.

You took her first,
So far away…
I...

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Performed by Val Cole

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Performed by Val Cole.

POEM:

My beloved Great Aunt Ruth
Fed her children good gray truth.
Great Aunt Lisa, whom I prize,
Raised her brood on bright red lies.

Filthy cupboards, cockeyed doors,
Spotted carpets, sticky floors,
Rancid odors, saggy plaster. . .
Lisa’s...

Performed by Val Cole

POEM:

I met her on a Tuesday.
But it wasn’t an ordinary Tuesday.
Sort of lukewarm, but heavy.
One of those just get in the car,
cut the music on and drive
kind of Tuesdays.

She was at the gas station,
wearing Beats headphones.
Not the discreet ones that fit
in your ears,...

https://youtu.be/yeAP9yjmhUQ

Performed by Val Cole

https://youtu.be/Z0B3ZEiOzbQ

Performed by Val Cole

POEM:

Their moment had come where the truth was told…
From that point forward nothing was known.
All that remained is the constant flow
that stained their minds that had come to a close.
Their minds bestowed only what is allowed.
Allowed to b...

https://youtu.be/XFiMegBfrz4

Performed by Val Cole

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Directed by Travis Limoge
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Directed by Liz Smith
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Directed by Peter Schakl
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Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

First ...

Portrait of a Seaweed Farmer: Ana Borrero, PhD, 10min., USA
Directed by Jeff Siebert
Portrait of a Seaweed Farmer: Ana Borrero, PhD, follows a Spanish marine scientist who leaves behind a high-stress academic career to cultivate something far more sustainable—seaweed and a life in balance. Now wo...

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Directed by Justin Grubb
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