Dreams and/or Delusions of Poetry

With all the poetry, poets and poems in movie (Beat poets have been dominating the movie scene "Howl," "On the Road," and "Kill Your Darlings"), I dream of hosting an event that evolves around poetry and film. I was dreaming yesterday

First, I researched films about poet and poetry.

(Yes, I was not surprised to find several databases that show movies based on poems:

15 Movies Based On Poems - Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/24/poem-movies_n_3641770.html

10 Great Movies Based on Poems – Flavorwire

http://flavorwire.com/387561/10-great-movies-based-on-poems/)

Next, I narrowed the search to find movies released on or after 2012. The list was still promising. I read the synopsis and drafted a dream program for April (since it is National Poetry Month):

10:00 – 10:15 am           Opening Remarks

10:15                            Movie

Rita Dove: An American Poet

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3211016/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

10:55 am                       Harlem Voices: The Poetry Of Langston Hughes And Claude McKay

http://www.filmsmediagroup.com/ItemDetails.aspx?TitleId=24065

11:30 – 1 pm                 Poetry Reading in Courtyard & Lunch

1:00 pm                        A Poet in New York

(about poet Dylan Thomas)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2870668/

                        2:30 pm                        Lemon

(about poet Lemon Anderson)

www.lemonthemovie.com/lemon-the-movie/about.php‎

4:00 pm                        Tar

(inspired by CK Williams’ work with a lot of Hollywood biggies).

www.imdb.com/title/tt2133333/‎

Now that would be my program based on my research. Question is how much is it to get the rights of these films so I could show them? I could actually get a venue, possibly do some advertising and get some folks to attend. Is my dream reachable or am I delusional?

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poetry AROUND TOWN 

Poetry Club. South Regional/BC Library Multi-Purpose Room. Monthly, every 3^rd Tuesday at 6:30 pm.

Poetry & Spoken Word. Goddess Store n Studio. 2017 Harrison St, Hollywood, FL. Monthly, every 3rd Sunday. 6 pm.

Open mike (music, comedy, poetry). Gigi’s Music Café. 4385 NW 88 Ave. Sunrise, FL. Weekly on Wednesdays at 7 pm.

Some resources for poetry events include poetry.openmikes.org and meetup.com.

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my poem for the week 

 Since I day dreamed above, here's one to dreaming in my sleep:

All aboard...

You know they don't really say that. They might tell you not to hold the door and warn you that your fellow passengers might blame you for making the train late. Please stop holding the door so the train can go.
The words "next stop" I could hear clearly but the stop name I could barely make out the words throughout Miami-Dade (Tri-Rail announcer really spoke clearly).
Overall it was fun: driving up to the Tri-Rail station, figuring out how to use ticket machine, tap, get on train, tap, transfer to metrorail, broken "B" on ticket machine, join another queue to pay for Metrorail, tap, then go to Government Ctr stop, then tap and catch the Metromover then stop at Bayfront Park.

The art show was lovely: We actually saw a Picasso (called it from afar) and also a Monet (I recognized the impressionist strokes and I really surprised myself with that one. I guess the Art Appreciation class finally paid off). The prices were vastly more than outside my budget as they were original oil paintings (I'll have to make do with just the posters).

My friend called today "blind leading the blind" since neither one of us had ever ridden the rails in South Florida but we did make it to the art show in Bayfront Park and back without accidentally boarding any wrong trains (directional or otherwise like the Amtrak that shares the tracks), so Yay!

Poem of the Week

Here's to another time in another nation when I rode the rails:

Feeling Silly

I woke up this morning feeling real silly: My mother had called and my cell was ringing. I jumped out of sleep and answered her questions. Then looked on my phone and thought I’ll surely be late now. It’s 9:42 and I supposed to be there at 10 am. I’ll surely be late! I started feeling anxious but had to calm myself down to look at the schedule and found out I had plenty of time since I didn't start until 2 pm. Whew!

It’s nice to be able to do silly things at times and much better than:

 Have you ever woken up confused, anxious or just plain silly? Let it be your guide for some writing!

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poetry AROUND TOWN 

Poetry Club. South Regional/BC Library Multi-Purpose Room. Monthly, every 3^rd Tuesday at 6:30 pm.

Poetry & Spoken Word. Goddess Store n Studio. 2017 Harrison St, Hollywood, FL. Monthly, every 3rd Sunday. 6 pm.

Open mike (music, comedy, poetry). Gigi’s Music Café. 4385 NW 88 Ave. Sunrise, FL. Weekly on Wednesdays at 7 pm.

Some resources for poetry events include poetry.openmikes.org and meetup.com.

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Your state of mind

I am always curious why? What is the thought process? Is there a thought process? If no thought process, what triggered the behavior? I feel this way whenever I watch the news.

People say I over analyze things. Sometimes at work, I am trying to figure out something, looking intensely at the screen and some ass-wipe will stop at my cubicle and say to me,"smile." I don't get it. I'm focusing on what I'm doing, then I'm interrupted and told to smile. So where's the camera? Even worse is when I am told I look mad. Then I give the "annoyed" face.

When I walk by his or her desk, I don't see him or her grinning away while typing at his/her computer or talking on his/her phone and I definitely would not be commanding someone to smile as I am not in their head! So why do some people think it's ok to walk up to someone and tell her to smile.

Psychology interested me. In college, I even took one course as an elective. It did peek my interest but so did working. Now, I wished I did follow up with it.

My Poem for This Week

Poetry Around Town

Poetry Club. South Regional/BC Library Multi-Purpose Room. Monthly, every 3rd Tuesday. 6:30pm
Poetry & Spoken Word. Goddess Store n Studio. 2017 Harrison St, Hollywood, FL. Monthly, every 3rd Sunday. 6 pm.
Open mike (music, comedy, poetry). Gigi’s Music Café. 4385 NW 88 Ave. Sunrise, FL. Weekly on Wednesdays at 7 pm.

Some resources for poetry events include poetry.openmikes.org and meetup.com.

Cupcake Contest

oxymoron

—noun, plural ox·y·mo·ra [ok-si-mawr-uh, -mohr-uh] 

a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly.” dictionary.com

Who starts a cake decorating class and a low calorie diet around the same? Well, me because I am an oxymoron. No, I am not any ordinary moron. I've been wanting to learn to decorate cakes so I enrolled in cake decorating class for January (back in December). Then on January 1st, I received an email about a weight loss challenge so I joined it. I gained 5lbs the first week then I started researching lowfat/no sugar/no butter or oils/ no eggs cake recipe. 

I would bring the cookie, cake, cupcakes and cake to their respective class and decorate with icing. I also need to practice decorating so I would bake double the cookie, cake, cupcakes and cake needed. It seem such a waste to toss it after decorating so after class 1 (and practice), I had cookies for days, hence the weight gain. The 2nd class I fared better as I stopped by my mom and shared the cake. The practice one I tossed after realizing although it was low fat, it was still too tempting. After the cupcakes class, I dropped those off at my mom's. After the practice batch, I took those to work. Hah! I lost the 5lbs plus 2 more pounds. After the last class, I dropped off the cake

that I decorated in class. For practice making roses, I decorated some cupcakes. Then I held a cupcake contest for the prettiest decorations. I know that I have to give them away (or my mouth will devour them)

My original -->	Added some more leaves; isn't it more lovely? 6th place
5th place	Double Rose 4th place
3rd place	2nd place The rose on this one is perfect

The Winner:

The White Rose

(so I still need more practice with the roses!)

but I just want my eyes to feast on my feat.
I'm going to commemorate with a poem...later.

Brrr...

Winter in Florida = Jackets and shorts!
It was a chilly 40+ degrees when I woke up this morning. It started last Wednesday - a cold front moved in and stayed for a couple days (so it is still here). I spent a couple mornings bundled in bed (when I should be writing). It was chilly enough for me to wear a jacket around town (when I am out and about). Last Wednesday, I arrived late but caught the part where the workshop participants were reading their sea glass poetry and it was varied and beautiful. There are other venues where the workshop will be held, so if you want to go to the workshop

For details, go to http://www.anastasiaclark.com/ .

This week brings the Palm Beach Poetry Festival to town. Their workshops are a bit high for my budget but I plan to attend some of their other events. Are you going to the Palm Beach Poetry Festival? If yes, which events will you attend?

POETRY AROUND TOWN 

Poetry Club. South Regional/BC Library Multi-Purpose Room. Monthly, every 3^rd Tuesday at 6:30 pm.

Poetry & Spoken Word. Goddess Store n Studio. 2017 Harrison St, Hollywood, FL. Monthly, every 3rd Sunday. 6 pm.

Open mike (music, comedy, poetry). Gigi’s Music Café. 4385 NW 88 Ave. Sunrise, FL. Weekly on Wednesdays at 7 pm.

10th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival
When: January 20-25, 2014
http://www.palmbeachpoetryfestival.org/

Some resources for poetry events include poetry.openmikes.org and meetup.com.

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MY POEM FOR THE WEEK

Nothing like a chill to stir the ilk and reverberate: You are Alone!

New Year's Resolution

Resolutions? How many of you made a New Year’s Resolution?

I said I wasn't going to make a list, especially a list of things that eventually left me feeling overwhelmed. How many of us do that? Make a long list that we want to change about ourselves, year after year?

 Last year, my resolution was no more list! Also, since last year, if I wanted to make a change then I incorporated it into my continual self-improvement plan. Even with that concept, I still made one (1) New Year’s Resolution this year: Put it on a schedule.

I always have this idea that I am going to do this, this and this. Then it feels like nothing was done. So now, I put it on a schedule. Then I realize this, this and this can’t be done on the same day. Next I have to choose one. When it’s done, then mission is accomplished.

So did you make a list? Share below in comments your list.

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POETRY AROUND TOWN 

Poetry Club. South Regional/BC Library Multi-Purpose Room. Monthly, every 3^rd Tuesday at 6:30 pm.

Poetry & Spoken Word. Goddess Store n Studio. 2017 Harrison St, Hollywood, FL. Monthly, every 3rd Sunday. 6 pm.

Open mike (music, comedy, poetry). Gigi’s Music Café. 4385 NW 88 Ave. Sunrise, FL. Weekly on Wednesdays at 7 pm.

10th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival

When: January 20-25, 2014
http://www.palmbeachpoetryfestival.org/

Some resources for poetry events include poetry.openmikes.org and meetup.com.

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MY POEM FOR THE WEEK

New Year’s Resolution comes once a year

I always make myself pay so dear

But then my list got me down

Crying like tears from a clown

So the list becomes confetti tossed in the air.