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
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…poem was written, and [...]
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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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 [...]
