POETRY READINGS

POETRY READINGS

Poems performed by professional actors.

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POETRY READINGS
  • POETRY READING: All That Remains, by Louise Gallagher

    Performed by Val Cole

  • POETRY READING: Is It Because I'm Black, by Jermal Perkins

    Performed by Val Cole

    POEM:

    Is It Because I’m black, by Jermal Perkins

    Is it Because I am black
    Is it Because I am different from
    You seen me And I seen you
    We looked at each other
    I seen the anger in your eyes
    I continue walking down the street
    It was pretty dark outside
    I heard the Sirens ...

  • POETRY Reading: Big Lonely Doug by Ekaterina Karassev

    Performed by Steve Rizzo

    Big Lonely Doug by Ekaterina Karassev

    I walked down the path and touched Big Lonely Doug.

    He poked me in my chest and whispered in my ear,

    "Do you know why I am left here?

    Do you know why people keep approaching,

    Taking off their shoes, hugging me and crying?

    Do ...

  • POETRY Reading: The Face Of A Woman, by Chris Mills

    Reading by Val Cole

    The Face of a Woman
    By Chris Mills
    2020

    The face of a woman is where emotions stream live
    Revealing the beauty that within her resides.
    She rises to a challenge to make life better for just one
    And works ceaselessly until the deed is done.
    Her expression, as she sees the f...

  • Poetry Reading: Tiptoeing Elephants, by John Hansen

    Read Poem: Tiptoeing Elephants, by John Hansen

    Why do people take offence
    so easily these days?
    It seems that almost everything
    offends in certain ways.

    No matter what is said or done,
    written or expressed,
    someone somewhere, who knows why,
    will be visibly distressed.

    There once was something...