Poetics: Choose Joy
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Adaptations of the Color Purple
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A brief on adaptations of The Color Purple
Script by Nicole Dixon
Voiceover by Kassandra Timm
Whiteboard animation by Camela Sharp
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cul de sac
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lights flick on
first the nurse
a dialysis veteran
she greets her firefighter husband
coming off a long...and busy shift
one quick kitchen kiss
then away
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Jason Tandon
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Born in Hartford, CT in 1975, Jason Tandon is the author of four books of
poetry, including *The Actual World*, *Quality of Life*, and *Give Over the
Hec...
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This is the Country We Live In
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On Valentine’s Day, more than a dozen children attending a perfectly normal
day at a perfectly normal high school in a perfectly normal town in Florida
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hold me to this
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becoming softer after every compromise
brittled and self-destructive, we were charring
into sharper malicious states of being
compressing ourselves into mo...
Life happens...
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My baby boy is 12...
My baby girl almost 1...
Life happened so i did not post anything in forever.
Well Same moonlight for our Dreams is coming back.
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THE JEM MOVIE'S SHANA AND COLORISM
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from a decidedly brown-skinned black girl with a big bouncy purple fro to a
beige biracial "safely black" girl with straight hair
This strikes close to hom...
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Hey there, fighter
it will get brighter.
Take a breath, a little deeper
and bring your faith a little higher.
Remember, you are a leader
not a follower..
M...
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Inhale the yawning frost
let it gather and collect
beside your sleepy heart
drowsy from neglect.
Rest your ghostly frame,
hush her muddled drawl.
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wow quite a unique perspective, a new twist to 'if these walls could talk' :) the format is perfect for the scenario even if it is a little hard to read at the top. cool.
Very poignant and close to raw emotions. I specially liked the way you have used the picture and the words on the floor to highlight the story... in graphic way.. thanks
ॐ नमः शिवाय Om Namah Shivaya Twitter: @VerseEveryDay Blog: http://shadowdancingwithmind.blogspot.com
I love this and the last bit is awesome!
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Brilliant concept! I love how you do that. :-)
ReplyDeletethis is amazing flashback poem.
ReplyDeletewow,
u impress me!
I love this. The picture you laid the poem out on is perfect. It's so sad. What a talent!
ReplyDeleteWhat a delightfully funny look at crime, life and death from a completely different aspect.
ReplyDeleteBrilliantly done!!
ReplyDeleteUnique presentation! Loved it!
ReplyDeleteOh wow, I LOVE this. The format is great but I actually just really love the poem itself. You seriously outdid yourself this time :) Fantastic job
ReplyDeleteIf floors could talk...
ReplyDeleteisn't something you hear every day. :D
As always I appreciate the time you fellow poets take out to stop by my little corner of the net (^_^)...ONE::
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ReplyDeletewelcome to Rally week 30,
a most 3 poems are accepted within 7 days…
Happy Thursday!
wow quite a unique perspective, a new twist to 'if these walls could talk' :) the format is perfect for the scenario even if it is a little hard to read at the top. cool.
ReplyDeleteVery poignant and close to raw emotions. I specially liked the way you have used the picture and the words on the floor to highlight the story... in graphic way.. thanks
ReplyDeleteॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
Twitter: @VerseEveryDay
Blog: http://shadowdancingwithmind.blogspot.com
http://thursdaypoetsrallypoetry.wordpress.com/2010/10/08/the-perfect-poet-award-4-poets-rally-week-30/
ReplyDeleteI am honoring you an award,
thanks for the outstanding contribution!
The whole story in a poem ... a twist on the fly on the wall thing ... Excellent. Raw. Well done... A fine contribution to Poets Rally. Thank you.
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Wow, that was great. I love the picture along with the poem. Very creative.
ReplyDeleteSo creative - you are really talented.
ReplyDeleteThis was very creative and of coarse you alway write it out amazingly!!!
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