Angelica Poversky

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"Why I Hate Poetry"
His name was Shakespeare, I wrote a play on words, it was a pun, because he shook spears and blades that bulged revelation words into our skulls like hurricanes. He debuted, he reattributed, he birthed, the idea of the idea. His name was Shakespeare because he shook spears- but the only thing camoflouging my news feed, the only warp speed widespread, were something beyond this revelation of shooken spares, they were Polaroid speared hips shaking and stirring over my head. Shakespeare wrote poetry, they called him income of a penny per play. Despite the lack of fame, he seized to rue the day. Every penny's purchased pursed the lips of a handbag from a thrift shop to stir hips and spear poetry-
I hate poetry because you can make a punny connection between sonnets and mainstreams and it still makes a bit of sense, maybe to you but nobody else.
Borderline of brilliance beyond the beams of every comparison and every simile to complete trash of mistaken words that came from the garbage dump of resonation from the golden world- aching for every explosion of vocal chords to be heard.
It's all of us going through the same thing merging our dictionaries in unique combinations of 26 letters to get us all to sing- we feel so much, we feel everything.
I hate poetry because it's all of us going through the same thing, writing about our pains in this expressive way, poetry is written to overcome and I hate that despite every poem. Every day brings something new to learn from.
It felt hopeless it felt meaningless- why do we keep writing, why do we keep fighting, why are we only connecting subject to how many views and how many reblogs, the more general the statement the more it lingers on-
We twist every connotation, every alliteration to meet our needs to feel like someone else wrote a poem describing- what we all believe
So subjective to like or dislike, thumbs up, give me a ten, put a price tag on my art and tell me it's not personal even if came from the heart.
Poetry comes to life on a stage, I hate poetry because the real life we disengage. I hate poetry because it's these real life ideas that we dry like flattened porcupine in a cage, and then we rejuvenate them in front of these faces and we connect through snaps our fingers bleed and then we clap, and then we're alone again and again and again.
I hate poetry because it stabs a simulation spear in you again and again, and then it shakes out like plastic hovering on your tongue, and the poison of poetry spreads from your heart to your lung. And you exhale rhyme and inhale an "inlook" on life.
I love poetry because when the true spear stabs through your chest, you feel stronger with the power to take it out, laugh out and breath in, I watched a girl crumble a rose, without washing away the petals. No matter how mundane the metaphor, no matter if the idea has been revolted before, every surfaced image of what to do, every hip bones tattoo, every caption, every tear-stricken reaction, every lyric and every scowl, frown, every time you feel, the poetry is more or the same as a pale faced snowflake,
it's real.

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video:
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Angelica Poversky- Why I Hate Poetry

PoetryTrain.com is humbled to announce it's first 'Poet Gratitude Award', an up and coming monthly award to a Poet on the site. This month's award goes to Dominic Albanese for his poem 'Old Note Book Poem' and for creating life, community, growth and &c on the poetry train, here on facebook, and the home-site. The award is a Custom blank Journal.
The cover is smooth beige/tan Simulated leather imported from Italy, artwork burnished and decorated by hand by the maker of the books. 288 pages of premium quality (yellow) ruled line legal writing paper, page size is 9 x 11.75", portrait format with head and tail bands, and ribbon page marker, durable Smyth sewn binding and special end-sheets, bound using archival materials and methods, make this a collector's edition that will last several lifetimes! 
Also a poem recital by me, O'WS, John E. WordSlinger, Poetry Trains' Electric Owl,  if the poet desires Johnny too, (lol) or they can create one, or have someone for them too, to be uploaded to poetry trains channel on youtube. Anyway, we'd like to have a video for every Poem/Poet selected. 
This award goes out to a Poet based on many things and one of them is not popularity or as Dominic would say Kiss face, lol. 
Thank you Dominic for coming on board the train... You are a real gem, you are talented, wise, motivational, strong, you are a beacon, a light, and most of all a Poet! Welcome to the realm Dominic, you have been in the realm, but this online realm of poetry, lol... 
Poetry Train would also like to thank the Craftsmanship that comes from inside this train:!
Gratitude for sure, thank you all also for the perpetual bliss-
OLD NOTEBOOK POEM                  
 
What makes me hope
                  these poems can express
what, is really in my heart                            when so many words I say
http://poetrytrain.com/poem/211
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video:
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Dominic Albanese Old Note Book Poem

Max 'Bill' Irwin @ Four and Twenty Cafe
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Max 'Bill' Irwin Kentucky/Illinois Poet
My name is Bill Irwin (nicknamed Max) and I live in Spring Valley, IL) attended Hall High School, class of 1974: I am locally known as a science fiction writer and poet, who first got published in 1993. I have written 10 books, and I dedicate my talent to my family, friends, yes... even enemies, my country, and God; And I'm especially thankful to my grandmother 'Estella Palmer' and my aunt 'Betty Irwin'  who helped me get started and they were published in the 1960's: Have a great season and KEEP writing!

video:
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Max 'Bill' Irwin Poem 'Tom Cat Blues' @ Four And Twenty Cafe

PoetryTrain.com is humbled to announce it's fourth 'Poet Gratitude Award', an up and coming monthly award to a Poet on the site. This month's award goes to Terry Scott Niebeling for his poem 'What Problem, What Label?' and for creating life, community, growth and &c on the poetry train, here on Facebook & Youtube, and the home-site. The award is a Custom blank Journal.

The Specs on this award shall be posted soon:
when  the creators of these  journals heard the words: post structuralism in your poem, They tried though of doing something different, outside the box: so they made 2 instead of one. But also instead of straight edges on the pages, They made the pages with torn edges as you see below.. Also the idea of giving 2 journals to Terry is to keep one and give one to encourage someone else to write

This award goes out to a Poet based on many things and one of them is not popularity: In fact it is a perilous and dangerous task: And Eve Brackenbury helped:
She helped select the Poetry E Train gratitude winner for June to be Terry Scott Niebeling. The award specifically is for the poem What Problem, What Label?'.

Congratulations Terry on this award.

 Thank you Terry Scott Niebeling for coming on board the train... You are a gifted person, that I love to read and learn from, also you are a poet, I am sure we will be reading for ages, and I thank you.

Poetry Train acknowledges you are a blessing to the website.  Gratitude is part of the importance of sharing. Poetry Train thanks you every day. Through our gratitude, Poetry Train knows how blessed the site is. You make the world better.
acknowledge your blessings.
Poetry Train would also like to thank the Craftsmanship that comes from inside this train:!

Gratitude for sure, thank you all also for the perpetual bliss-

'What Problem, What Label?'  by T. Scott.

Does the problem make you,
Or do you make the problem?

Now I drink alone--

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Terry Scott Niebeling What Problem, What Label? Poem

PoetryTrain.com is humbled to announce it's fifth 'Poet Gratitude Award', an up and coming monthly award to a Poet on the site. This month's award goes to Bozena Helena Mazur-Nowak for her poem Sunrise at the Seaside and for creating life, community, growth and &c on the poetry train, here on Facebook & Youtube, and the home-site. The award is a Custom blank Journal.

The Specs will be posted soon.
This award goes out to a Poet based on many things and one of them is not popularity: In fact it is a perilous and dangerous task: 
 The award specifically is for the poem Sunrise at the Seaside.

Congratulations Bozena Helena Mazur-Nowak on this award.

 Thank you Bozena Helena Mazur-Nowak for coming on board the train... You are a beautiful person, that I love to read and share, also you are a great poet, I am sure we will be reading for ages, and I thank you.

Poetry Train acknowledges you are a blessing to the website.  Gratitude is part of the importance of sharing. Poetry Train thanks you every day. Through our gratitude, Poetry Train knows how blessed the site is. You make the world better.
acknowledge your blessings.
Poetry Train would also like to thank the Craftsmanship that comes from inside this train:!

Gratitude for sure, thank you all also for the perpetual bliss-

Sunrise at the Seaside by Bozena Helena Mazur-Nowak
Feb 4, 2014 11:22:25 AM

 

wrapped with the night

cuddled in a shawl of memories

filled with love I froze on an empty beach

with feet stuck in the soft sand
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Audio, Voice Over and Video by Hank Beukema
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i829L6tCMtc
bio
Bozena Helena Mazur -Nowak is a member of London, International English Association (IPPA) based in London, Union of Polish Writers Abroad based in London, Polish Authors' Association Branch II in Warsaw (Poland).

In July 2013 a book of selected poems in English, was released under the auspices of the International English Association (IPPA), based in London (UK). This new book is a collection of love poems. It is touching, and lyrical. This collection is special because it establishes that Helena Bozena Mazur-Nowak is skilled in writing and translating her poetry into English. Her work is simple and accessible, but lyrical and well crafted. The poet has many close contacts with poets all over the world, and has been invited to participate in exciting international poetic endeavors. She is glad that her poetry is appreciated and also understandable to readers without "Polish roots."

http://www.mazur-nowak.blogspot.co.uk
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Used by permission
Read and created by Hank Beukema

video:
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Bozena Helena Mazur - Nowak Sunrise at the Seaside Poem Recited by Hank Beukema

Trembling  the Tracks of My Heart Poem by Nardine Sanderson

Nardine Sanderson Facebook page's, poet's nook, poetry in motion, bare naked heART.

Lullaby by the sea written by Nardine Sanderson.poem read by Alan Johnson & music by Alan Johnson 
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Nardine Sanderson Trembling The Tracks Of My Heart Poem

Celeste Snowber Waterspray Poem

Waterspray


You spray
the insides
white opalescent
luminating dance
to the rhythm
of sea’s mouth.

Lichen feast
fertile and free
I walk on you
as an old lover.

Your bed is soft
impression on arch
I recover dreams
at your edge
green to charcoal
blue to white

I become supple
on the torso 
of coastal earth
a communion
of moss and ocean
turbulent waters
caress my soul 
loosen my flesh.  



Celeste Snowber
This poem was first published in Toward the Light: Journal of Reflective Word & Image, Summer, 2008.

Links:
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Celeste Snowber Waterspray Poem

Bob MacKenzie reads his poem "I Would Photograph You" inspired by the painting "Christina's World" by Andrew Wyeth. Text is displayed of two of his short "train" poems: "Beyond Convergence: The Whistle Dying" about the passing of the steam era and "Fast Freight" inspired by the painting "Horse and Train" by Alex Colville. Bob also talks about three of his books of poetry. The background music is taken from "In the Desert" by his group Poem de Terre, with his poem of the same name removed.

Links:
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Poetry Videos on Youtube/com:
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Books Available:
On Edge
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SongRise: the Words and Vision of Bob MacKenzie:
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Spirit Quest
by Bob MacKenzie and Sharlena Wood 
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Bob @ amazon.com
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video:
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Bob MacKenzie I Would Photograph You Poem

Poetry E Train Illinois Poem by Charles H Gragg
recited by Kevin Freeman aka Copper Top
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Illinois
Way in the distance we hear a familiar noise
As the Poetry Train rumbles into Illinois
Land of Lincoln and many other past Presidents
The Cahokia and Potawatomi tribes were among past residents
The twenty first state Illinois did become in the year of 1818
Springfield became its capital in 1837 when Rep Lincoln did intervene
Around 1848 Chicago stood out as both sea port and railway station
A major Amtrak hub it is today and focal point for railways across the nation
With abundant museums that showcase science and history
The great state of Illinois status as learning center should be no mystery
The passengers on the Poetry Train have much to learn this day
As the train leaves its first stop and is once more on its way
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http://charliegragg.wix.com/charlie-gragg
https://www.youtube.com/user/36Hampton
http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/Hampton
http://www.wattpad.com/user/Hampton
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Charles has also wrote the state poems in this book (Poetry Train America) & this book was edited by him also.
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Poetry E Trains' American Poetry & RxR History/Trains eRoute 2011/2012
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Illinois State Railroad Map Publish with Permission by the Library of Congress

video:
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Charles H. Gragg Illinois Poem Recited By Kevin Freeman

Gabriella Duncan in Princeton, IL

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http://bringinlight.wordpress.com/tag/gabriella-duncan
January 2015 Gratitude Award Gabriella Duncan The Activist Prayer
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video:
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Gabriella Duncan The Peace Pearl Poem

Claine Keily:
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Minus Minus
A prose poem that tells of the dark underside of rural life.
https://www.createspace.com/578051
http://www.amazon.com/Claine-Keily/e/B00RFSXJ8A
http://www.amazon.com/The-Practice-Beauty-Claine-Keily/dp/1505769922
http://www.amazon.com/Swelter-Claine-Keily-ebook/dp/B00W000CMY/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1452947535&sr=1-1
http://www.amazon.com/The-Impossible-Equivalence-Vanished-Objects-ebook/dp/B00TMLJW9S
http://www.australianpoetry.org/misc/northern-territory
https://soundcloud.com/claine-keily
http://www.readings.com.au/products/19301971/the-practice-of-beauty
https://vimeo.com/65110201
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7nwhd2fw3Y
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/22483869/highlight/264372
http://shamzine.wix.com/shamzine#!Claine-Keily-and-the-TribeLars-SHAMZINE-13-October-2014/c1zte/FE5F9CC2-CEAA-44DB-BF6F-6382616AC7C9
http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A34059?mainTabTemplate=agentWorksBy
http://wonderbookofpoetry.org/two-poems-by-claine-keily
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Kuranda Scenic Railway
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video:
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Poet Claine Keily

BLOOD RED

When you reached your arms up
You had no idea you will reach the clouds, did you?
The clouds condensed around your fingers
You cried out in alarm
When you saw blood flowing down your arm
While guts flowed down the other arm
Eyes bloodshot with bloodlust glared down on you
Shrieks of demonic deities derailed your sanity
While babies cackled gaily behind scenes
Gales of frigid wind blows rubbish to and fro
You tripped around in panic as others urged you on
Panic congealed into a hard lump of tears in your bosom
Your skirts swirled around you
Wrapped around your legs and tripped you
Trapped in your own deceit
As feet with ingrown nails clawed at your face
You screamed and called for help
Looking down to a horror of realization
Clots of blood you buried clustered between your feet
This could not be happening Lord! Forgive me
You cried, if only
He would You would change your lifestyle ‘I believe you’
The clouds just released a blood red rain
Need not you forgive yourself first?
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Poet Soetik Rebah Motsumi
from Molepolole, Botswana:

Poet, author, teacher and missionary. 
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https://www.facebook.com/rebaone.motsumi

filmed by Wabie Lesedi

Video:
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Soetik Rebah Motsumi Blood Red Poem

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