The moonlight fails the thought prevails to live a lie and yet i spy through the keyhole of my being . Love lies there alone come out I say come out I pray and fill me so I may return your love to thee
art music poetry
Black Tie Poems | M. Earl Smith | Art by 3valynn
Painting by 3Valynn
Black Tie
Everything in the world
Was there for him to take
All around him, colors whirled
Crossed up by black tie fate
Old money, new money
A cross of different worlds
The differences stunned me
As I watched the drama unfurl
Worth more than your weight in gold
That color splatter onto gray
Your plan for love so bold
Love stretching to the end of the day
The circumstances were unique
Not normal, to say the least
Even when things were bleak
You sought to build a better beast
So when they compare you
You were worth the entire lot
And one fine day, true
The world will realize what is lost
Black Tie, Too!
Look at me!
Look at you!
It looks like you wore
Your black tie, too!
Party Time!
Yes, it’s true!
I’m dressed up
And so are you
A black tuxedo
And shiny shoes!
A gold silk shirt
And silver jewels!
We’ll have a good time
With friends, old and new
Who knows the things
That we’ll all do?
So let’s get ready
To bid adieu
To boring times
As we party, me and you
Each time I touch beauty | Poem by Joan Pond
Each time I touch beauty,
it is gone, good-bye, as nothing.
Snowdrifts sob through charred rock,
as we fade into crystal possibilities, jammed as one.
Be wise. Entertain no love, but love the flaws.
An athlete who weeps, is afloat in my bloodstream.
he is hidden as amen or adieu.
Some slide down the dipper
and drive their chins into the North Star,
or they set ten toes as a compass, round the Pole.
I march without movement,
recalling green beauty.
Janet Kuypers’ 25+ minute Half Price Books poetry reading 2/1/17
Below are writing links and video links from February 1st 2017 (20170201), where Janet Kuypers was performing in Austin a 25 minute poetry Half Price Books poetry reading 2/1/17.
In this reading she read not only poems from 3 of the last features from Janet Kuypers in Chicago (“Journey” in Hyde Park, “Farewell Chicago” at Poetry’s “Love Letter”, and “Like a Lamb to the Slaughter” at the Gallery Cabaret), but also all of the “Exalted Love” show poems (that would be a separate show 2/4/17 at the Bahá’í Faith Center).
Below are video links and poem writing links to the live performance of poetry reading at Half Price Book 2/1/17 at Half Price Books in Austin.
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Read the poems from the show:
“old school and high-tech monuments”
“extinct on planet earth”
“Other Souls”
“Open Book”
“Mapping the Way to True Love”
“Years, Centuries, Eons”
“Zenith of the Night Sky”
“just one book”
Janet Kuypers’ “Beginning Anew” 1/7/16 poetry feature/show with live music
Below are writing links, video links and images from a January 7th 2017 (1/7/17, or 20170107) poetry performance of Janet Kuypers’ Austin poetry feature through “New Year, New Poems” live in Austin Texas.
The theme of the night with other features was about poetry and messages that reflected coping with upcoming changes in the future, and Janet Kuypers covered this very explicitly in her show of all 2017 poems that talk about taking charge in your life and making YOUR future the way YOU want it to be. Her “Beginning Anew” show was also accompanied by acoustic guitar from John, and in her second poem.
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Before the show started she also released copies to most everyone there of a chapbook of the writings she was performing in her show (in the order they were performed), and all of the pieces from this reading were also released electronically in a “Beginning Anew” chapbook, which you can download as a PDF file for free any time.
Read the poems from the show:
“only choice is to build”
“our futures”
“Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”
“optimizing your odds”
Bonus videos include 3/4ths of this show being performed as one long piece at Kick Butt Poetry: Spoken and Heard the next day.
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