Welcome to the Town of Feeling

Happy, Sad, Mad and Glad, Moved in down the streetCautious watched them, from her window, Wondering, which one should I meet?Confused came in with overwhelmed and said, "The Panics have come to town"Then Hopeful called the carefulls, And said that Happy was a clown.Anxious came in with the news, Confident... Read More

A Case of The Fears

Chicken Soup is good for a coldSleep is good for the FluWhen I get a case of the FearsWhat is a person to do?It is not bacteriaAlthough it can eat away my soulIt is not a virusYet, it can keep me from feeling wholeI know what will do the trick,What... Read More

I Hate The Wait (Weight)

I get up in the morningAnd want to stay in bedOh, so nice and warmLike fresh from the oven bread.My day is oh so busyI wish that I could stayIn the quiet of my houseIf only I could play.Relax and play like Children doNo matter where they areNever worried about... Read More

Why I enjoy Writing?

During interviews and general conversations with the public,one of the most difficult questions for me to answer(timely and thoroughly) is,"Why do you enjoy writing"?So due to the challenge manifested in such a question,I pondered on creating an answer. Many reasons came to mind,but after digesting much"time for thought",I managed to... Read More

Growing

Growing hurts sometimes; saying goodbye to friends, to things you've known and done to things you wanted to do. Growing heals sometimes the shattered dreams and hopes of a life you once knew leading you to a new knowledge... Read More

Kens Poem

How wonderfully sweet to be a dweller dwelling on the road of goodbye. Bittersweet tears fall as I think of all the places I'll never see, all the faces I'll never know, all the joys I'll never share, as I head for the... Read More

Find the Magic

FIND the MAGICFind the Magic As you release old bondage Come out of hiding And see the starsFind the Magic As you expose the pain Let the tears flow And find beauty in your bodyFind the Magic As you scream from the beating Run from the threats And feel the... Read More

Ocean Heal Me

Ocean Heal MeOcean heal my wounds Let your waves curl and foam on my body Wash away blood, heal scarsOcean renew me with your power As unceasingly you roll Giving strength that's been drainedOcean keep me warm Wrap me in your brine Caress me with your tidesOcean disperse my tears... Read More

Bleed

now is not the time to open open that great door again not the time to be more tolerant not the time to play to winnow is not the time for justice evolution mercy choices not the time to pet the puppies yipping with pathetic voicesnow is not the time... Read More

Joined

JOINEDHeart beat of man pounding - yet unheard joined becomes the beat of a nation.Words of man written - yet unread joined becomes a proclamation.Sounds of man spoken - yet unheard joined becomes a production .Lines of man drawn - yet unrecognized joined becomes an illustration.Beings of man humming... Read More

In The News:


Los Angeles Times

Wislawa Szymborska, a Nobel Prize-winning Polish poet, dies at 88
Washington Post
Wislawa Szymborska, a Nobel Prize-winning poet who used the imagery of everyday objects and a mordant style to explore dramatic themes of human experience including love, war and death, died Feb. 1 at her home in Krakow, Poland. She was 88.
Wislawa Szymborska, Nobel-Winning Polish Poet, Dies at 88New York Times
The World Remembers Wislawa SzymborskaHuffington Post (blog)
Wislawa Szymborska dies at 88; Nobel-winning Polish poetLos Angeles Times
Philadelphia Inquirer -Hindustan Times -Wall Street Journal
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Flush Poets Society: Donnelly's 'Cloud Corporation' Wins Six-Figure Prize
NPR
by David Orr "Poetry" and "money" are rarely found in the same sentence, unless a practitioner of the former is lamenting his dearth of the latter. Most poets get by on odd jobs, occasional grants, adjunct teaching, snippets of journalism or — in the ...
Timothy Donnelly of Brooklyn wins Kingsley Tufts Poetry AwardNew York Daily News (blog)
Brooklyn man wins Kingsley Tufts Poetry AwardWall Street Journal
Claremont Graduate University Announces Winners of 2012 Tufts Poetry AwardsMarketWatch (press release)

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Wigan Today

Poetry night reads well
Wigan Today
WHILE it seems a quiet one this week for music, sample some poetry from local writers instead. Write Out Loud (WOL) will take place next Thursday at the Tudor House Hotel. The open mic nights, which are run by local poet John Togher, give Wigan writers ...


La. poet laureate to be in Leesville
Alexandria Town Talk
Louisiana Poet Laureate Julie Kane will make two stops in Leesville on Feb. 13 to offer presentations on humor in poetry and sign copies of her poetry volumes. Kane, a professor of English at Northwestern State University, makes public appearances and ...


Telegraph.co.uk

Scotland referendum: We need a poetry of the Union to defeat Salmond's freedom ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Not that Labour's role in the campaign won't be vital – I'll come back to this, because it's related to those shocking deprivation figures in Glasgow – but Tories are the natural romantics of the Union, and should develop and articulate a poetry about ...

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Poetry adding cheer to go with your beer
This is Kent
FOLLOWING last week's performances by Olympic poet Lemn Sissay in Thanet alongside Burns Night, Brown Ale takes a look at wordsmiths providing punters with purple prose to punctuate their pints. Spoken word has taken off in recent years with lyricists ...

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SGGP

HCMC to host 10th Vietnam Poetry Day
SGGP
The 10th Vietnam Poetry Day will be held at the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Ho Chi Minh City on February 5, organised by the Ho Chi Minh City Writers' Association and Sai Gon Giai Phong Newspaper. Members from poetry clubs from various Districts, ...

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Louder Than a Bomb Tulsa: Local teens' slam poetry resonates
Tulsa World
Heavy subjects for teenagers, who some think are too preoccupied with texting, video games, social networks and being cool to write such personal poetry, let alone perform their works in front of each other. Kent Martin, director and co-founder of ...


DNAinfo

Nepali Poets Share Love of Homeland at Jackson Heights Festival
DNAinfo
Noted Nepali poet Govinda Giri Prerana will read his works at the Nepali poem festival on Sun., Feb. 5, in Jackson Heights. (Govinda Giri Prerana) JACKSON HEIGHTS — When Anjali Roka came to the United States in 2003, she tried to fit in with ...


Chicagoist

Langston Hughes Poetry Reading Returns
TheDay.com
The MAC's fourth Langston Hughes Community Poetry Reading will feature poets, educators, artists, students and members of the community celebrating the legacy of the renowned African American poet with readings from Hughes' voluminous body of work.
Celebrating The Legacy Of Langston HughesNPR
Langston Hughes Comes AliveChicagoist
African American Studies Presents The Langston Hughes ProjectValdosta State University

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Africa - Wheres The Profit?

A poetic comment that just welled up inside my head... Read More

Storm Rising along the Lima Coast

Storm Rising along the Lima Coast [Summer of 2002]?wind was... Read More

Two Poems and an Analysis [?Witness,? & ?An Old Love?]

Two Poems and an Analysis ['Witness,' & 'An Old Love']WitnessMy... Read More

The Crusader: A Search for the Virtue Inside (an excerpt of an Epic Poem)

On through the darkness she searches the bones Seeking the... Read More

Ballade of an Inca King

Ah! Leave the gold, wealth and landSays the Inca King?;... Read More

Three Love Poems [all wicked]

Advance: Mr. Dennis Siluk's poetry can have its fire-hearted twists:... Read More

Writing Innovative Poetry

Writing innovative poetry, the kind of poetry that reputable literary... Read More

Lima, City with the Stretched out Wings [In English and Spanish]

Lima, City with the Stretched out WingsIt's an ink-black... Read More

The Lull of Twilight [Over Mantaro Valley] In English and Spanish

Twilight, was now beginning. As forthe sun, it was down-down... Read More

In The Midst Of All

In the midst of darkness, there is light. In... Read More

Two Poems: Black Poncho, and Spirits of de Copan [in English and Spanish]

English Version12) Black Poncho(of Saint Cosme Hill, by Lima, Peru)Lost... Read More

Burning Autumn Leaves [a poem in Spanish and English]

Burning Autumn Leaves [1950s in St. Paul, Minnesota]My long steel... Read More

An Old Wood Pile [a poem with notes]

Old skin, once held tight Against her skeleton- Rose no... Read More

Song of the Great Zimbabwe, and Silver and Inca Blood [Poems and notes]

"Song of the Great Zimbabwe"Across the African, winter's skyIn the... Read More

Hindu Poet - Kamalakanta

Kamalakanta was born in Burdwan India in the late 18th... Read More

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: A Discussion of How Do I Love Thee?

"How Do I Love Thee?" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning was... Read More

Two Poems and a Short Story

1)dying in the bar [sluggishly]yet, I would crawl too upto... Read More

The Valley Of Pain

We were exiled from the Garden of Eden. Its... Read More

The Goat and the Rope [a Poem: in Spanish and English]

The Goat and the Ropewhere there were devils I saw... Read More

Two Poems: Boyhood, and Old Age [with a note on style]

BoyhoodOh me! Thy glorious days have flown! I mealy noticed,... Read More

A Death in Cajamarca, Peru (Atahualpa, in Cajamarca ((in English and Spanish))

The Epic Poem:A Death in Cajamarca, Peru [Atahualpa, in Cajamarca]Advance:... Read More

Lifes Too Short

Time goes by to quickly to hold your feelings inside... Read More

Im Sorry Mom! A Mothers Day Poem

Mother's Day Poetry,I'm Sorry Mom!I'm sorry for the troubles ... Read More

Top 20 Poetry Quotations

Explore the meaning of poetry and the motivation of poets... Read More

Lucky...

You make me smile like I've seldom done before You... Read More