floating and leaving no trace
Well, I said I’d do another reading, and I have. Here is is:
You can find the words to this poem here.
Also check those brave souls with amazing voices who submitted their own auditory offerings this month. And see the older Open Mic readings right here.
everything moves in a circle
what i have breathed in
i will breathe out
my spine pushes its way out
through the back of my neck
hot skin, dry eyes
no pain, just pressure
like when the doctor says
you may feel a little discomfort
everything moves in a circle
what i have breathed out
i must breathe in
heavy, dark wings
emerge from my back
black snake fireworks
intumescent ash and billowing smoke
rings of fire carving new bones
where my shoulder blades once were
these wings beat
throw dust into the air
create tornadoes of choking, blinding sand
but they cannot lift me
and my arms hang now useless and free
everything moves in a circle
what i will breathe in
i have already breathed out
Time for the monthly Open Mic Invitation.
JUST DO IT!
I admit that I wasn’t great last month. I only added one reading. What kind of example am I making here?
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Here are the steps you need to take:
Also, if you can think of a way to improve the format, I’m all ears.
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Crow wings of ash (words and audio)
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Poet Rummager aka Rose Buried
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Graceful Press Poetry aka Jennifer Swans
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Crow the eternal hum (audio) and (words)
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So, I didn’t get a lot of people participating last month for the Open Mic invitation. And then it hit me. It was National Poetry Month and I was asking a bunch of poets who were tirelessly devoting themselves to making words stick to the page just so. What was I thinking? I should have known you’d be far too busy.
So, this is going to be a monthly thing. Each month, I will announce the opportunity for you to participate in the Open Mic. It is not a challenge. There are no rewards except getting to hear me sound ridiculous as I read my own poems (and maybe feel pretty good about how you nailed it.
Participate or I’ll have to post this every week. Every. Week.
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Here are the steps you need to take:
Also, if you can think of a way to improve the format, I’m all ears.
It’s an Elder Gods thing. I wish people wouldn’t stare.
**Hey, two NEW entries! Now we’re talking. Get it? Talking?
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Poet Rummager Counting Sheep
https://poetrummager.wordpress.com/2016/05/01/by-counting-sheep/
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BRH Car Park Blues – Open Mic
https://supazubablog.wordpress.com/2016/05/01/car-park-blues-open-mic/
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Crow on not ruining you–the words
on not ruining you (reading 20160509)
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Poet Rummager Three Haiku Poem: Suck the Poison
https://poetrummager.wordpress.com/2016/05/25/three-haiku-poem-suck-the-poison/
I’ve done it again. I am hear here to assault your ears with my reading of a poem I wrote earlier this week for NaPoWriMo. You know, using titles certainly makes it easier to refer to the poems, and to find them in my list of links.
I’d tell you to enjoy, but that might be asking too much.
Don’t forget, the Open Mic invitation is still, uh, open. SO… get busy. Record, post, drop a comment here, and I’ll add your link to the main sticky post. Let your voice live forever, just like mine will.
One of us. One of us.
Crow let us go (Poem 20160425)
As promised, I am posting me croaking out a poem. You can read the poem here, but really, let yourself be surprised.
I apologize for my voice. It is horrible.
Hey, can you believe it? National Poetry Month IS IN 4 DAYS NOW! I’ve already started stalking the NaPoWriMo web site. And I am ready to tackle the prompts. In addition, I’ve just submitted my first pamphlet/chap book to a contest and I’d like to do something special for everyone who comes to my site, whose poetry I read, and who takes the time to read my poems (sometimes through their fingers, I’m sure).
Open Mic
Yes, inspired by Rose at https://poetrummager.wordpress.com/ (but not officially endorsed by her), I’d like to do some audio recordings of my poems. And I’d like you to join in. During the month of April, record yourself reading one of your own poems (it has to be yours so I don’t go to jail). Post it to your site, and add the link in the comments below, do a pingback, both.
And before any of you say you can’t, or you don’t like how you sound, let me just say that I am pledging to do at least two poems, and I hate the sound of my own voice so much that when I hear myself recorded, I turn into The Hulk and beat myself senseless.
So let’s all push boundaries, read and listen to each, and embarrass the hell out of ourselves. And if you can’t be embarrassed, great–I’ll get some rye and Swiss to go with all the ham.
Simple steps.
Remember, just pop your link in the comments or email it to me using the contact form and I’ll add it to the post.
Ok, as the host, I am going first. If you didn’t see it already, here is the link:
Crow Reading 20160406
https://wordsandfeathers.com/2016/04/06/reading-20160406/
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Poet Rummager Celestial Stars
https://poetrummager.wordpress.com/2016/04/07/celestial-stars/
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Elusive Trope Zeitgeist
https://elusivetrope.com/2016/04/12/zeitgeist/
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Crow let us go 20160428
https://wordsandfeathers.com/2016/04/28/let-us-go-reading-20160428/
Words and Feathers 