WOWps #5
All week over on FaceBook I have been posting a few names each day of poets who helped to make my WOWps 2010 experience so memoriable. I wanted to post that full list here in one place.
This list is in no way inclusive or comprehensive. I simply would not have enough time to craft that list. But none-the-less, here it is...
-Syd Malicious, her poetry is a soft beautiful hand on your shoulder hiding a clenched fist.
-Christine O'Keefe Aptowicz makes it ok to pee your pants in public.
-Blaire Bommer knows what she wants but her poetry will make you doubt what you thought you knew.
-Sierra DeMulder, her poetry is a stolen glance across a room, you will still be thinking about it the next morning and the morning after that.
-Cynthia French is a stalker that YOU want to follow.
-Ariea ‘Dee’ Mathews, like her poetry, Dee is classy, in your face, animated, powerful and so beautiful that you don’t get a choice; she makes you fall in love with her.
-Barbara Fant’s voice, the timbre and tone, is simply the most beautiful voice I have heard. I always look forward to hearing her poetry but dread it at the same time because I KNOW she is going to make me cry.
-Kimberly Brazwell is the best kind of ‘hot mess’ that there is. Her poetry is a clown; the “laughing on the outside” kind. Be warned though, when you go to catch your breath you may just learn something. Ninja Clown!
-Rachel McKibbens’ poetry is a tattooed heart, eager and able to grab you by the shoulders, look you straight in the eyes, and say, “Look, these are MY scars! Show me your scars, feel how they sculpt who I am, who you are. Now accept them on your own terms and by the way, it’s ok to be angry at them.”
-Gypsee Yo’s poetry is an old growth forest; deep roots and the smell of historic loam that carries hundreds of footprints in its bosom and holds the hope of breaking buds high in its canopy.
This list is in no way inclusive or comprehensive. I simply would not have enough time to craft that list. But none-the-less, here it is...
-Syd Malicious, her poetry is a soft beautiful hand on your shoulder hiding a clenched fist.
-Christine O'Keefe Aptowicz makes it ok to pee your pants in public.
-Blaire Bommer knows what she wants but her poetry will make you doubt what you thought you knew.
-Sierra DeMulder, her poetry is a stolen glance across a room, you will still be thinking about it the next morning and the morning after that.
-Cynthia French is a stalker that YOU want to follow.
-Ariea ‘Dee’ Mathews, like her poetry, Dee is classy, in your face, animated, powerful and so beautiful that you don’t get a choice; she makes you fall in love with her.
-Barbara Fant’s voice, the timbre and tone, is simply the most beautiful voice I have heard. I always look forward to hearing her poetry but dread it at the same time because I KNOW she is going to make me cry.
-Kimberly Brazwell is the best kind of ‘hot mess’ that there is. Her poetry is a clown; the “laughing on the outside” kind. Be warned though, when you go to catch your breath you may just learn something. Ninja Clown!
-Rachel McKibbens’ poetry is a tattooed heart, eager and able to grab you by the shoulders, look you straight in the eyes, and say, “Look, these are MY scars! Show me your scars, feel how they sculpt who I am, who you are. Now accept them on your own terms and by the way, it’s ok to be angry at them.”
-Gypsee Yo’s poetry is an old growth forest; deep roots and the smell of historic loam that carries hundreds of footprints in its bosom and holds the hope of breaking buds high in its canopy.