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Performed by Hannah Ehman About You, by Joyce Villeta Crazy I still weep about you Cry myself to sleep about you Still I cannot be without you Thinking how I felt about you Thought that I could be without you Never can I be without you Everything I love about you My heart bled and […]… Continue reading Poetry Reading: ABOUT YOU, by Joyce Villeta — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.

Watch them tug along First her, then him Walking like looped stitches In the slanted evening light Watch her thread him On her spool Cast perfectly on the bobbin Of this orange sky So long together, they have Sewn, pulled apart, frayed And dropped the needle’s thread But now they rest and Gather up their […]… Continue reading Read Poem: LOVE’S NEEDLE, by Anne Leigh Parrish — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.

My masterpiece, complete, twice edited and printed out in pristine black and white, is taken up with reverence from the printer. I’ll scan once more to check that all is right, then send it off. Oops, there’s a missing s, conspicuous by its absence. What a pain! Where’s the red pen? Perhaps that longish sentence […]… Continue reading Read Poem: Study in Red, by Cathy Cade — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.

To my mother She is like no other Being the oldest of four I know lots more Growing up I can recall Things like asking for a ball You dressing Cathleen and I alike And dad teaching me to ride a bike You said things like “don’t throw me in the Gatter” And you made […]… Continue reading Read Poem: My Mother’s Birthday Poem, by Charleen Carothers — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.

Yeah you may think this another go round I mean I cant say it’s different We just can’t seem to shake the commitment No wonder the tree is trembling on shaky ground Would you walk away unphased if in these shoes Someone in the others’ place might create a spot in the empty hole So […]… Continue reading Read Poem: Flow!, by Laye Da Writer — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.

Have you ever gone walking on the beach? Shoes slipped off, sand covering your feet Just you walking, on a big empty space. The wind blowing in your face. You pull your coat around you tight; to brace against the cold. Arms across your body, you fold Waves crashing on the shore Yet you find […]… Continue reading Read Poem: WALKING ON THE BEACH, by Jacueline Mead — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.

One year without you and it feels like a year. I wish you were here preventing every tear from running down my face. Every time I send you a message you act like you’re mad at me. You don’t even know why. Too many questions with no reply. I’m trying to take a nap but […]… Continue reading Read Poem: Wet pillow, by Elena Colin — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.

Everybody knows I’m a bad sinner I can’t compete because I’m not a winner I have made bad decisions I’m not proud of it I have grown cruel of it Makes me feel devious Going after my ungrateful desires I became Eve eating a bad apple from the sinners’ tree Let the green snake slither […]… Continue reading Read Poem: BAD SINNER, by Gladys Muturi — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.

We’re at each others throats again, Bickering over the small things, I wish one of us would wave our flags, But we’re both so close to firing our kill shot, And our pride will drag this out until it dies, A product of how I learned to loved, Maybe it’s the only way I can […]… Continue reading Read Poem: Wars of Love, by Kristen Corbisiero — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.

http://www.shemademewrite.com Things are different now, roles are reversing Smiling to conceal the frown, accrued pains without healing So many fragile egos We’re walking on eggshells of emotions We’re too quick to pass judgements now and condemn Each party think they’re so righteous and clean We can persist to no good end But really, nobody wins […]… Continue reading Read Poem: Read Poem: Nobody Wins, by Imina F. Edebiri — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.