Topic: Rita Dove
Host: Shannon
Poem: "Rusks"
Recorded: July 24, 2021

Rita Dove - Poems Discussed

Shannon hosts the discussion on the well-known modern American poet Rita Dove.  Playing "devil's advocate," Shannon asks, "Do award-winning poets write amazing poetry---consistently?"  Perhaps you've wondered this yourself while reading a famous poem? If you remove the famous name from the poem, is it still a "good" poem?  Dove's poem "Rusks" appears on all the top ten list of her best poems.  Poetry Club tackles it line by line.  Does it hold up or fizzle?  Listen to find out.
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Rita Dove

Topic: Love Poems Featuring Frost and Pastan
Host: Ron
Poems: "Love Poem", "The Telephone", "Two Look At Two"
Recorded: November 13, 2021
Poems for Discussion- Frost and Pastan

Ron hosts this stimulating discussion seeking the answer of what constitutes a love poem.  The group considers three unlikely, not typical love poems by Robert Frost and Linda Pastan.  What elements tell the reader they are about love or expressing love?  

We start with a poem that straight-up says it is trying to be a love poem.  Next, a flower becomes a telephone with a direct connection to the person you are thinking of.  Then during a landslide in the mountains, two people visually connect with two deer, "Love and forgetting might have carried them /  A little further up the mountainside"  Does a love poem need to be about romantic love?  Tone, imagination, the figure of speech, and rich imagery all play a part.  Please join us for another tantalizing talk.

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Love poems Frost and Pastan

Topic: RC Weslowski
Host: Shannon
Poems: "Sparks" and "PNE Love Affair"
Recorded: December 26, 2020

Sparks and PNE Love Affair

The use of Hyperbole, Onomatopoeia, the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE), and one special four-letter word is a few of the topics Poetry Club considers in this week’s discussion of the Canadian poet RC Weslowski.

RC Weslowski is the 2016 Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret award winner for excellence and innovation in the spoken word. He’s a 2 time World Cup of Poetry Slam Finalist, A Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Champion,  A Canadian Festival of Spoken Word Haiku Champion, A CFSW Underground Indie Champion, A CFSW Team Slam Champion, an NPS Haiku Death Match Runner Up, an NPS Team Slam Finalist and COACH of the 2014 Vancouver Youth Slam Team national champions.

RC gave us permission to discuss his poetry.  The poems attached belong to RC Weslowski.  Do not use without his permission.

Please visit his website to watch videos and learn more about this fascinating person.
http://rcweslowski.com/

RC Weslowski part 1

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With education and early career in television broadcasting, Shannon discovered an interest in radio production later in life. Her work with SPARK Radio, broadcasting out of the nationally renowned SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention, and Make.Shift Radio operated by the Make.Shift Art Space, awarded her two Mayor's Arts Awards for advocacy provided to Northwest artists. Her warm voice and talents are now available for your project.

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Shannon Laws Voice-over Audiobook Demo_Poetry

Shannon Laws offers a mature voice that is rich and warm and full of character - it really draws the listener in.  Her voice-over acting services include TV and radio commercials, eLearning, corporate narration, audio books, tutorial videos, and IVR phone messaging, animation, video games for production companies, corporations and businesses of any size.

With education and early career in television broadcasting, Shannon discovered an interest in radio production later in life. Her work with SPARK Radio, broadcasting out of the nationally renowned SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention, and Make.Shift Radio operated by the Make.Shift Art Space, awarded her two Mayor's Arts Awards for advocacy provided to Northwest artists. Her warm voice and talents are now available for your project.

Shannon's home studio, Chickadee Productions, is based out of the greater Seattle area.

The right voice for your next project!

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Shannon Laws Voice-over Commercial Demo Reel

Poetry Club Talks...Charles Bukowski.
S1E1
Poet: Charles Bukowski, b.1920- d.1994
Host: Shannon 
Book: What Matters Most Is How Well You Walk Through the Fire, Published June 1st, 2002 by Ecco Press (first published June 5th, 1999), Paperback, 416 pages

Poems Discussed: The Mice, The 12 Hour Night, and a video feature available here: Tom Waits reads Nirvana by Charles Bukowski  https://youtu.be/W-vdPkESLZs

Poetry Club Podcast

Poetry Club Talks... Charles Bukowski

The right voice for your next project!

Shannon offers a mature voice that is rich and warm and full of character - it really draws the listener in.  Her voice-over acting services include TV and radio commercials, video games, animation characters, corporate narration, audiobooks, tutorial videos, fit for production companies, corporations and businesses of any size.

"Although I enjoy working with students and independent projects, my dream job is to work in a studio setting with a team on a long term project such as a film, a TV series, or video game, a role I could explore."

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