Archive for the ‘Spoken Word’ Category
Being Now
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Haiku, NaPoMo 2009, Poetry, Spoken Word, love story, mystery, wisdom
NaPoMo poem #25
This is the twenty fifth of the poems I will write this April, in honor of National Poetry Month, as proclaimed by the Academy of American Poets.
This was inspired by a prompt at read write poem to write a “how to” about something difficult to do.
• NOTE: these poems will all essentially be [...]
Love & War (two poems)
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Haiku, Image, Poetry, Spoken Word, art, collage, dark drama, love story, mystery, photorendering, suspense, wisdom
Love & War
The Nightmare
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my eyes
crisp from the day’s cruel sun
burnt by devastation’s fires
scorched by images of relentless horror
take refuge
in this late-evening fog
settling heavy as a shroud
clinging
opaque
mercifully obscuring
I am sustained
by this damp pall
that descends cool upon me
wraps ‘round my pained countenance
fevered with fatigue
twisted with despair
drawn
by a faded memory of honor
a faint echo of duty
a frayed thread [...]
Nocturne - video-poem
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, NaPoMo 2009, Poetry, Spoken Word, art, music, mystery, photo, video poem
Nocturne
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…poem was written, and multimedia production was created by: rob kistner © 2008
NOTE: To read “Nocturne” CLICK HERE
…poem submitted in response to readwritepoem prompt #85
Swept Away - multimedia poem
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, Spoken Word, art, collage, music, video
Swept Away
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• NOTE: To insure quality, this video poem is presented as a QuickTime Movie™.
• To play, please CLICK the start arrow at the left in the bar on bottom of image.
Reaper Groom
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Poetry, Spoken Word, dark, horror, mystery, rhyme, suspense, tragedy
Reaper Groom
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a spoken word murder mystery in rhyme noir
To hear “Reaper Groom” read by the author, click below
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rob kistner © 2008
• image above entitled “Thief of Hearts” by: rob kistner © 2008
Reaper Groom - a murder mystery
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Image, Poetry, Short Story, Spoken Word, art, collage
I’ve always been fascinated by who-done-it’s and classic horror stories, so I was inspired to write this piece with a ‘retro’ gothic feel.
Keeping with the spirit of nostalgia; I also produced a spoken word reading of “Reaper Groom”, including a soundtrack, in the style of a 1930’s radio melodrama. I reprise the [...]
Morning Gold
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, Spoken Word
Morning Gold
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across the meadow
last night’s dew clings
fondly to the old-growth
wrapped in crystalline embrace
it adorns the stately cedars
as if diamonds
that sparkle in the morning sun
a splendor befitting their beauty
this Sprring day begins bright and crisp
bird songs lilt
carried on a breeze
I see you afar
approaching on the path
backlit by sunrise
your hair golden in dawn’s glow
lover beholding beloved
I sit
warmed [...]
Seasons
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Haiku, Image, Poetry, Spoken Word, collage
Author’s note: This is a suite of four haiku that reflect the seasons of the year.
Seasons
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Spring
(haiku)
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wings flutter gently
spring breeze bends full flowered stems
meadow dance begins
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Summer
(haiku)
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green leaf on blue pond
turns in golden summer sun
red bird softly sings
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Fall
(haiku)
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stalks lie down in fields
arbors burst with ripened grape
fall is on the land
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Winter
(haiku)
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coarse lands [...]
Swept Away
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, Spoken Word
A bluesman’s life and soul.
“Music gives me goose-bumps, especially when created by genuine human spirit…”
NOTE: If you would like to ‘hear’ this poem before you read it, I invite you to click on this button you see above the photorendering, and listen to my recorded “spoken word” version of this poem. I’ve mixed in [...]
Nocturne
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, Spoken Word, music, mystery, photo
A brooding full moon, in image, verse, and spoken word
Author’s note: this piece does not expose a secret, but instead, it deals with the weight and burden of keeping dark disturbing secrets buried away.
Nocturne
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hawk moon hangs heavy
in the damp night sky
bulbous moist pearl
rolling
in a cold chromium fog
wet slivers of cloud
smear themselves
across its face
irregular
like translucent sacks
of [...]
Reaper Groom (murder mystery)
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Spoken Word
To hear “Reaper Groom” read by author click below
Seeds
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Poetry, Spoken Word
To hear the poem “Seeds” read by the author, Rob Kistner — click here
Nocturne
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Poetry, Spoken Word
To hear poem read by author, click here
Swoon!
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Image, Poetry, Spoken Word
Rob Kistner © 2007
SWOON!
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Eyes glide luxurious flesh,
tracing the soft edge of dark and light
where the moon fondles your form,
folding itself upon you through the open window.
Eyes embrace full measure your lyrical essence,
lost in the silken tangles of your hair,
radiant in back-light,
fanning in soft wisps your graceful neck.
Eyes linger on eager bud of tender breast,
pause, entranced [...]
The Encounter
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Spoken Word
This is a recording of a reading by the author, presented by Visceral Voice, the “spoken word” podcast from Image & Verse.
