Cloudy Day Art #72 - Poet James Howard
January 28, 2007
This week’s poetry podcast features an interview with poet James Howard.
James shared three of his poems: “My Guilt”, “Make A Stand”, “Walls” and spoke about his inspirations, struggles, and life as young poet.
James is the son of previous interviewee James Howard, whom I interviewed back on show #11 back in July 2005.
I first met James about two years ago when he and his father attended a poetry group that was sponsored by my church back in Charleston, South Carolina. The three of us also attended poetry readings periodically.
James has grown a lot as a poet and a young man. Thanks for sharing James!
Outro song:
“Ain’t No Reason” by Brett Dennen
Links mentioned:
Eclectic Mix
One Minute HowTo
Please leave a comment for James and I’ll be sure to pass it on to him!
No CommentsPoets Against the War - Video Podcast?
January 22, 2007
I’ve been contemplating doing a video poetry podcast ever since Simon put together the Slam Idol Podcast video contest a couple of months ago, but I never could come up with a good reason to do one. Well, now I believe I have.
The DC Poets Against the War are organizing a contingent of poets from around the country to take part in this weekend’s “March on Washington” that has been put together by a group called “United for Peace & Justice“. From the PAW website:
Come to Washington January 27 to March With the Poets As We Call on Congress to End the War Now!
March with the poets to call for an end to the war in Iraq! We’ll be carrying lines of poetry on signs through the streets of Washington. Join us! Details and contact information below. On Saturday, January 27, DC Poets Against the War will host a poets contingent at the United for Peace and Justice protest. We’ll be gathering on Satuday, January 27th at 10:30 am at Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th Street NW, Washington, DC (U Street/Cardozo on the Green Line), and heading via metro together to the protest at around 11 am. We’ll have plenty of signs, or bring your own if you feel inspired.
My plan is to get to Bus Boys and Poets a little early to set up a couple of interviews and then record the arrival of poets, the preparation, the mass metro ride, and scenes from the march. I hoping that everything goes smoothly and that the most challenging part will be editing the footage.
I’ll keep you updated!
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3 CommentsCloudy Day Art #71 - Andrea DeAngelis
January 15, 2007
This week’s poetry podcast features an interview with poet and singer/songwriter Andrea DeAngelis of the band Makar.
We discuss her thoughts on poetry, poetry workshops, her inspirations, and her band.
I asked her two bring two poems:
- A poem that she wrote during a time of great joy.
- A poem that she wrote during a time of great sadness.
Andrea also shares her poem “Erase Stick” which was later turned into the song “Erase Face” that is on Makar’s current album “99 Cent Dreams“. I play the song at the end of the interview.
Links mentioned in the show:
Makar (Their website)
Makar’s MySpace page
Listen or Download the show here:
Please check out Makar’s website and their MySpace page and let them know where you heard about them!
I’d love to hear your thoughts/comments on this interview, so please call, leave a message, or post in the forum. Thanks!
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