Performed by Val Cole

Performed by Val Cole

Performed by Val Cole

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POEM:

Loud crack, and a sting.
Tongue feels around,
chasing single, salty-sweet drop,
losing it under thick lower lip.
Hand grabs abdomen.
Grab: make a fist,
let go.

Performed by Val Cole

Performed by Val Cole

https://youtu.be/tMulykDPlZs

Poetry reading by Val Cole

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POEM:

Oh, The Baby Farted Under The Christmas Tree
(By Edgar Galeano)

In a cozy little living room, the lights are shining bright,
Presents piled underneath, what a lovely Christmas night.
But in the midst of all the cheer, somethi...

https://youtu.be/AksbJTrKD8E

Performed by Val Cole
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POEM:

On Solstice He Replaces Her Flowers with Cabbages

rain on gray pebbles
twinkle pinks and green spasms
autumn valentine

hands in the old dirt
on the roots – gentle pressure
deny my regrets

daylight saving dark
wake to haze-blurred s...

Performed by Val Cole

https://youtu.be/tSoM7sbowEM

Performed by Val Cole

Submit to the Story Pitches site today: https://storypitches.com/

Performed by Val Cole

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Performed by Val Cole

Submit to the Experimental/Dance/Music Festival today: https://experimentalfilmfestival.com/

Performed by Val Cole

Submit to the Fantasy/Sci-Fi Festival today: https://fantasyscififestival.com/

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Get to know the poet:

1. What is the theme of your poem?

The exploration of power residing in a worthy person with a worthy purpose in an era where humanity is able to value such things...

Poetry Performed by Val Cole
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Prelude to “Don Lost”

All maidens, far and fair—beware—
The sadist, Don John has appeared!
So, be woke, kids.
He approaches.

This pimp of prestige,
A truth-twisting tyrant,
The Baron of blackmail;
Democracy’s defilement.

Committer of incalculable
depravities....

Peformed by Val Cole

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the brushfire

if all the injuries were just words of smoke,
dawn could falter but still would come before
you’d have the timber from the fallen oak.

the sputter of the mourning land and folk
who cry and burn, lament and then deplore,
if all the injuries were just w...

Performed by Val Cole

Poetry reading performed by Val Cole

Performed by Val Cole

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POEM:

Not the first couple
for there is no guilt
but not the last
for there is no guilt
alone in the world
and there is no world
only two on this raft
riding the sea
with no sail
no continent
no destination
no direction
but each other
plumbing the depth
of being
look...

Performed by Val Cole

Performed by Val Cole

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Get to know the poem:

1) What is the theme of your poem?

At its core, My Storm in a Bottle is about loving someone who's unpredictable, expressive, human - someone who's been through things and not afraid to be themselves. It explores devotion from a different angle,...

Performed by Val Cole

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Bean Point Requiem

For Abhigyan Patel

I stand waist deep, bobbing in the undulation, half blinded by the sun.
Royal terns glide swiftly by – blurs of white against a background of lapis lazuli.

They shriek, as if possessed. Further out, a rescue boat returns, slowl...

Performed by Val Cole

Performed by Val Cole

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Get to know the poet:

1) What is the theme of your poem?

The theme of Footsteps is the exploration of humanity's deep connection to nature.

2) What motivated you to write this poem?

I was raised in the forests of Northern California, where my life was always int...