Posts Tagged ‘recording’
NaPoWriMo #27
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, Tanka, acrostic, action, art, courage, dark, gratitude, homage, joy, love, music, mystery, philosophy, photo, prose, rant, satire, suspense, tragedy, video poem, whimsy, wisdom
This is my twenty-seventh post for National Poetry Month 2010
• one acrostic
• one tanka
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• inspired by Carolee Sherwood ’s day 27 prompt at read write poem to write an acrostic
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Evolution
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Even in chaos nature finds balance.
Violent floods beget fertile fields.
One thing ends, another begins.
Life is a cycle of birth and death.
Untamed wildfire creates forest [...]
NaPoWriMo #25 - part 3: The Circle Game
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Essay, Free Verse, Image, NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, courage, homage, joy, love, music, photo, wisdom
This is part 3 of my twenty fifth post for National Poetry Month 2010
…this poem was inspired by the April 25th prompt at Poetic Asides — write a poem inspired by a song…
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In considering today’s Day 25 prompt by Robert Lee Brewer at Poetic Aides, I was drawn to the taxing journey that is NaPoWriMo [...]
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 [...]
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
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wings flutter gently
spring breeze bends full flowered stems
meadow dance begins
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Summer
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green leaf on blue pond
turns in golden summer sun
red bird softly sings
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Fall
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stalks lie down in fields
arbors burst with ripened grape
fall is on the land
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Winter
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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 [...]
