I will be reading at for the Performance Poets Association on June 10th
Hosted by James Romano. Starts at 7 Open to Follow!
Starbucks (254-21 Horace Harding Expressway, Little Neck, NY)
254-21 Horace …
Join me on August 5, 2019 as I participate with Richard Vetere, Linda Opyr, and Marsha Nelson as we perform our poetry at the Green, located on Foxhurst Road, Oceanside …
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Back in 1999, I worked on a dance/spoken word performance piece with the Saltaire Dance troupe. We performed at the now closed, VANDERBILT in Plainview NY. It was a great …
Here is what POET BILLY LAMONT had to say about the EPISODE OF “CALLIOPE’S CORNER” HOSTED BY PAULA CURCI, after she received the PRESS CLUB OF LONG ISLAND AWARD FOR …
It’s a silver metal and wood encased box,
wrapped with a thin white bow.
A gift from my favorite friend,
I refuse to open.
The door, she lays next to
is really her exit.
…
After the ethereal wind stopped
and the ocean receded,
I learned
fences have no meaning.
Keeping people divided,
really does not work.
Walls,
between neighbors,
get knocked down.
After earthquakes,
hurricanes,
floods,
fires,
lines disappear.
Walls fall,
fences break
down.
People step
up,
over boundaries.
They help,
reach out.
We should know …
2016 Annual Poem
In the news, this year and now appearing.
the sparkling snow and white tail deer,
with a distracted camper no longer peering
… through his telescopic lens aperture.
Meanwhile, dashing through …
What roads diverge in my soul,
of love and desire.
To travel on a wooded road,
to make camp and read poetry
by a warm fire.
I’ve told people I’m a counselor,
a craftsman of words.
But …
Love Poem
Let me gently hold your heart
blowing warm air into it
like a burning fire,
stoking the lingering burnt embers
that lay beneath your sole.
As I fan the heat inside you
you’ll taste my …