Month: April 2020

Please play our morning song; One in which, our nation is healthy, One in which, our people stand together, Stand together, equally & love each other. Please play that song, which promises a bright nation, Where no one questions our identity, And, we are free to live our life peacefully. Please play that song, Where […]… Continue reading Read Poem: SONG OF THAT NEW DAWN, by Dwivedi — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.

Old age, how will You treat me When we meet. With grey in my hair And more, with each Passing day susceptible To health weaknesses Lightly camouflaged By humour, while Making my way cautiously Through ignominies heaped. Reminiscences sad echo Awaken Mourning, with hindsight Lost youths garden passed When, love guided me To your door. […]… Continue reading Read Poem: IN TENDER MEMORY, by Karen Ryan — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.

With stinky feet you came; And, raised a rude panic, Indulging in your caprices, started a dirty game, Shallow is your heart and words arsenic. ‘Mine is the throne,’ you announce, ‘alpha now I am’ Soaking yourself in what is nothing but a sham. What have you to offer, anything new? Why Mr. Alpha, did […]… Continue reading Read Poem: Mr. Alpha’s Hackneyed Empire, by Seema Dwivedi — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.

In this surreal, quirky, and inventive poem, a young girl runs through a storm desserts, and she arrives at the confectionery where the proprietor offers her a selection of stormy sweets. Suzy was just seven, and when vegetables made her sickly She had to run and race to the confectionery quickly! Down came rain and […]… Continue reading Read Poem: Dessert Storm, by David Murphy — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.

One sad afternoon, I don’t have any rations to put in my spoon, I am one of those poor youth, Who is scared and destitute. I’m sitting in our living habitation, Musing about the disease that caused these hard situation, Today, the morning is over, Still God, My shield, my weapon and my power. It […]… Continue reading Read Poem: The Light Never Dies, by Marc Anthony S. Sison — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.

You asked me a question. What do I love? Love Love Love How can I answer this As if What I love exists outside of me Externally? Internally I feel a sunrise3 Every time I open my eyes Light grows through time Lids close and the sun sets Into many lands of the same name […]… Continue reading Read Poem: Answer meets question, by Carissa Putriziandra Finneren — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.

I had thought I’d be dead by now. That’s been hard to get used to. Now, don’t tempt me with a good time Lost enough relishing in this missed-pain you scratched on my back Because this isn’t like before, with a beginning, middle, and end. It’s perpetually the middle now. But to miss something is […]… Continue reading Read Poem by Bryce Kapono Smith — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.

The doorbell rings, I roll my eyes. “Send him in,” I say with a sigh. My housekeeper rushes to open the door And who could it be but Henry 4! He rushes in and clatters the coat rack, Bursts into my study and bellows, “Alack!” I raise both eyebrows and twirl around. “All right, sirrah, […]… Continue reading Read Poem: History, by Lemon D — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.

I can recognize his voice now. He left his odor on me. I still feel his hands caressing my body. His soft lips pressed against mine. Talking to him calms me. He has managed to do the one thing no one has ever done, he makes me feel safe. I can spend hours laying on […]… Continue reading Read Poem: Until We Meet Again, by Yurasil Canaan — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.