Come gather round people, wherever you roam!

Guess what time it is?

It's open mic night time is what.




Come to the

Unitarian Universalist Church

@ 701 B Ave.

Saturday night at 6:30

Unfortunately, I was not able to attend the last reading, but the famous Terry Gresham was there, and he made a post featuring two of the poems read that night, by Monty May.

Here is one of them:

MUSIC

Sing and play,
Cast a ray,
Draw from the wealth within you;
Dance, direct-
Use your own dialect,
The Muses are waiting to guide you.

Day raining dreams,
Sky reigning themes;
Circling motions of wonder-
Rising within, rising without,
Ringing like carols of thunder!

You can read the other at Terry's awesome blog, Toenail Moon, where he also keeps his poetry, links to interesting things, and musings about Frenchmen, Woodchucks, hipsters and werewolves.

I hope both Terry and Monty will be back tomorrow night, and I hope to see you there, too!

Favorite Poems Project: New Poems up for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday

We now have nine poems posted as part of the Favorite Poems Project. A new blog has been started to feature the daily poems. We have eleven days left, so eleven chances to send us your faves. That's right, faves. I know the lingo.

Today's poem comes from a very good literary journal called The Nervous Breakdown. TNB is not a typical journal. They have a lot of work that the "reputable" zines would balk at. Also, they let authors download their own work, so they constantly have new material. Also, they do edgy things like the self-interview. Hannah Wehr, the poet behind, "Dude, You Ruined David Bowie for Me," gave a hilariously odd self-interview. It made me laugh. It made laugh some more. It made me frightened. Enjoy.

Favorite Poem: Friday, April 16

Today's poem of the day is "Banjo Saturday Nights" by former Poet Laureate of Texas, Walt McDonald.


It appeared in Volume 3, Issue 1 of The Oklahoma Review.

Dr. John Hodgson gave us this one.

Favorite Poems Project @ Lawton Poets and Writers

Howdy, everyone. We are in the midst of National Poetry Month. As part of this celebration, Lawton Poets and Writers will post favorite poems.

Starting tomorrow, Wednesday, April 14, we will post a new poem for twenty consecutive days.

The poems will come from all of us. Send us your favorite poems to lawtonpoets@gmail.com. Whether the poem is long, short, funny, or dramatic, we want to see it. The poem does not have to be from someone famous. We'd like to see any poems by any authors. We will select one each day. If possible, send it as a document or in the text of the email. Include the title, poet's name, and the full text of the poem. On our blog, we will display the poem along with the names of the poet and the person who submitted the poem.

National Poetry Month celebrates a beautiful art form which often gets overlooked. Certainly, it is under appreciated. Hopefully, we will all share some new poems to add to your own collections of favorites.

Link to Lawton Poets and Writers Favorite Poems Project