Narration by Val Cole

Get to know the poet:

1) What is the theme of your poem?

What my wife and I were experiencing when we got her diagnosis and later learned she would indeed die

2) What motivated you to write this poem?

It helped me to put into words a lot of what I was dealing with...fro...

Narration by Val Cole

POEM:

Grandma’s favorite hat is all flowers,
All sizes, all colors, full of beauty.

Her hat is so big,
It hides every
Inch of her head
Except the tip of her nose.

In our neighborhood park,
Grandma’s hat staves off the sun
Until a bright breeze comes along and
Lifts it i...

Narration by Val Cole

The Pillow: by Judi Beecher

I close my eyes to sleep
and hold you tight.

My body wraps around yours
as you gently stroke my hair.

Your gaze ignites a fire
deep within my soul.

A knowingness overcomes me,
I soar through the air
with newly grown wings.
Unstoppable ...

Narration by Val Cole

READING A MAP, by Joanne Leva

Fall River. Smith Mills. New Bedford. Freetown.
A slow drive into charcoal blue. Silver
Beach. Ethereal Grey Gables. Frozen
Creek. Flying Horses Carousel. The wind

was whipping along the coast and you were
West Chop bent at the hip. Your arms...

Narration by Val Cole

FLIGHT OF THE HEART, by Murray Blanchard

A gust of wind sets a lofty leaf,
black foreboding sky lends me to
grief.
Rivers collide, forceful oceans
swell, my thirsting lips, his to
quell.
Weary watered eyes break the spirit
free, reborn soul within allows me
to see.
Raindr...

Narrated by Val Cole

POEM:
Sweet gratitude because I can walk, talk, eat, drink, enjoy a beautiful sunset , have a home , carry a home within myself, share of myself with loving kindness to those who I meet, and inspiring others to do the same because love and compassion for me is a start of a ...

Performed by Val Cole

My God
Has not guaranteed me a reservation in Heaven
Nor has he threatened me with purgatory.
For he knows no purgatory-
Except mental
In the minds of the living.

I walk with God down the beach,
Lie back with him at night...

Performed by Val Cole

Intoxication

By Duane March

Ask me to describe my earnest fascination?

Ask me, might as well, pi's endless calculation,

Words do not suffice to offer explanation.

Her eyes gleam a golden brown,

Athena’s owls, soft as down,

Her hair is a mane of chesnut fire,

It t...

Voice Over by Val Cole

Get to know the poet:

1) What is the theme of your poem?
Fantasy, adventure, humanity, optimism, recovery, inspiration, motivational, entertainment, healing, sanity, utopia and kindness

2) What motivated you to write this poem?
I first wrote a short fake humorous advert...

https://youtu.be/vhZODR_ecOE

Performed by Val Cole

https://youtu.be/W7c4_wMFMbY

Performed by Val Cole

1) What is the theme of your poem?
Shame - acknowledging the impact of being shamed

2) What motivated you to write this poem?
A simple moment when I asked a question in a Q&A after a talk about what motivated her to do something she had discus...

https://youtu.be/Li-8sXlZdi4

Performed by Val Cole

Get to know the writer:

1) What is the theme of your poem?

The theme is the quest for existential belonging.

2) What motivated you to write this poem?

I have been writing poetry my whole life.

3) How long have you been writing poetry?

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Performed by Val Cole

Get to know the poet:

1) What is the theme of your poem?

THE LION is one of my favorite poems in my anthology. It is featured in Part Two, Wild Beasts, Inspired Tales, and other stories from my book Black Heart Words & Poems.

I identify as a romantic realist, navigating...

Performed by Val Cole

Performed by Val Cole

Performed by Val Cole

Performed by Val Cole

Performed by Val Cole

Poem:

The sun glistens upon us. Hawks fly. Angels sing. The dance of life moves to the beat of earth’s hum. Gaia awakens those asleep. They have slumbered far too long. The time is now. Let it flow through you. The child within is your first clue. As you listen to the sil...

Performed by Val Cole

Beauty Sleep

In a cold and murky water,

Upon a flowered, and blooming land.

Lays the bones,

and treasured objects,

Of a long lost and missing man.

Fish feed on the decayed remnants,

Pebbles collect the remaining scum.

His skin, devoured long ago,

The currents w...

Performed by Val Cole

https://festivalforpoetry.com/

Performed by Val Cole

https://festivalforpoetry.com/

Authors website: https://Engineerstories.com

Narrated by Steve Rizzo

Narration by Steve Rizzo

Performed by Steve Rizzo

Get to know the poet:

1) What is the theme of your poem?

My poem is about the passage from life to death. At this very moment, a legendary figure appears: the coachman of death. He is represented by a gruesome skeleton. He rides a noisy cart pulled by an old horse, i...