Cols. Arts Festival audition pick-up
So I made it through the initial cut and have an audition with the Columbus Arts Festival as a poet for the first time.
I've always worked with this festival as an organizer so I never had a chance to try out. I always had the opportunity to feature but I wanted to go through the process like the rest of the poets so I never did. And I couldn't before now becuase I was typically a judge at either the auditions or the pre-judging part. This year I'm apparently not doing any of that and I get to be a poet. So we'll see how that goes. They ask that you submit 2 poems to make the cut. I sent "To The High School Thug That Broke Into His English Teacher's Car" and "Shaman". They ask that you perform at least one of your submission pieces in the audition. Naturally, I take this as a challenge to amplify the poem of choice a bit with a fresh edit/remix. Which one? Come on...I got too much competition in Journal Land to reveal THAT much. It is, after all, a contest.
Then there is the matter of the other poem. This will likely be something much newer. Haven't decided yet if I will do something ENTIRELY new. I know who I have to "beat" so I'll see what happens in a week or so.
Poetry is re-=inserting itself into my daily routine after a long hiatus of sorts. I've spent a lot of time organizing in the last few months but now March is coming, and April too. My schedule catches some simmer in March and some straight road-dawging heat in April, so my poetry metabolism is kicking in: new poems, showing up at other readings, doing shows, submitting, writing, editing, looking at a new CD of poetry.
Work is good.
I've always worked with this festival as an organizer so I never had a chance to try out. I always had the opportunity to feature but I wanted to go through the process like the rest of the poets so I never did. And I couldn't before now becuase I was typically a judge at either the auditions or the pre-judging part. This year I'm apparently not doing any of that and I get to be a poet. So we'll see how that goes. They ask that you submit 2 poems to make the cut. I sent "To The High School Thug That Broke Into His English Teacher's Car" and "Shaman". They ask that you perform at least one of your submission pieces in the audition. Naturally, I take this as a challenge to amplify the poem of choice a bit with a fresh edit/remix. Which one? Come on...I got too much competition in Journal Land to reveal THAT much. It is, after all, a contest.
Then there is the matter of the other poem. This will likely be something much newer. Haven't decided yet if I will do something ENTIRELY new. I know who I have to "beat" so I'll see what happens in a week or so.
Poetry is re-=inserting itself into my daily routine after a long hiatus of sorts. I've spent a lot of time organizing in the last few months but now March is coming, and April too. My schedule catches some simmer in March and some straight road-dawging heat in April, so my poetry metabolism is kicking in: new poems, showing up at other readings, doing shows, submitting, writing, editing, looking at a new CD of poetry.
Work is good.