Bobbie Troy’s poem Concert in the Lobby appeared here as part of Contributor Series 9: If Men Had Ears in June 2011. About this poem Bobbie says: “I listened to Murray Dunlap on 15 Minutes of Poetry and was very moved by his work and by how he is putting his life back together after a near-fatal car […]
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Contributor Series 9: If Men Had Ears, Haiku Music
Something fun to close out the series! Did you like it? Are you inspired? Just because the series ends doesn’t mean there’s no more writing to be done on the topic. You know what to do … Contributor Series 9: If Men Had Ears Haiku Music By Joan McNerney An outdoor concert, Which is sweeter, […]
Contributor Series 9: If Men Had Ears, When I wrote new songs and you would listen out of friendship
Contributor Series 9: If Men Had Ears When I wrote new songs and you would listen out of friendship By PD Lyons Where we were always cool By the reservoir In the pines Up some stairs tucked into angular corners Warm winter kitchens smelling of gas Down by the factories Not sleeping all night Into […]
Contributor Series 9: If Men Had Ears, What the Poet Knew About Music
Contributor Series 9: If Men Had Ears What the Poet Knew About Music By Ray Sharp He said the songs always came to him like radio waves and he was just the antenna receiving light-borne pulses across space and time and the body electric singing them into the silent waiting world where he lay in […]
Contributor Series 9: If Men Had Ears, At Last
Contributor Series 9: If Men Had Ears At Last By Jeanette Cheezum He came along at a time when I thought all was forsaken. Music surrounded the dance hall …At Last. Not Etta James, although she was the first. He stuttered when he asked me to dance. In his arms Celine Dion rang clear …someone […]
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