My colleague has encouraged me to read this poem at our library’s poetry slam tomorrow evening. I am very nervous. It is the first time I have shared my poetry in a public, real life, setting. I thought I would record myself reading it as a warm up.
Audios
Honeybees by Paul Fleischman
Books, Music, Art, MoviesMy colleague and I recorded this in preperation for our library’s poetry slam next week. This is from the book Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices.
National Poetry Writing Month
Books, Music, Art, Movies
You might already know: I love poetry. April is one of my favorite months because of National Poetry Month and I like to celebrate it on my blog every April. It’s a tradition.
I like to write one poem a day. It doesn’t always happen but I try. Most of the time what comes out is crap and not fit to see the light of day. But I will write it, get it out of me and then revisit it in a few months. Sometimes there will be a nugget of something there to work with.
NaPoWriMo encourages us to write a poem everyday in April. I will be doing that! I won’t publish a poem here everyday in April but I will post one or two or three. I think I will also read some of my favorites as well.
To kick things off here is a a recording of myself reading one of my favorites: Anne Sexton’s Music Swims Back To Me. I recorded it for National Poetry Month last year.
In honor of World Poetry Day…
Books, Music, Art, MoviesLast week I felt the kind of ache in my heart that can only be soothed by writing. I thought of Pablo Neruda and his beautiful, heart-breakingly sad poem and decided to record myself reading it. I learned a few minutes ago that today is World Poetry Day. I can’t think of a better thing to do than to post my recording from last week.
The Moth’s Serenade by Paul Fleischman
PoetryGoodness, I am in a very chatty mood this month. I am full of all sorts of blog posts. Here is a poem I recorded the day before yesterday with my colleague. We are performing this together at a poetry slam at the library I work at.
