Poets, Tumbling Verse is fun, fun, fun.
Make it fast, come along,
Write your tumbling song .
Dearest hardy, intrepid SunWinkers:
I frequently badger you to read your poetry aloud, and today’s column is no exception. Writing poetry without hearing what it sounds like is like studying a piano etude without touching the keyboard. For about a year, I’ve been making the rounds of poetry open mikes here in Vancouver USA and trying to be a good citizen of the poetry community. Reading your poems to an audience is so valuable, I just can’t recommend it highly enough! 
Ghost Town Poetry open mike, February 12, 2015 You get to hear it aloud, hear yourself read it, see what the audience responds to and what falls flat and what flies over their heads. It builds confidence in public speaking and in yourself as an artist. I’ve grown immensely from doing this. Here’s a sample, from January’s Ghost Town Poetry open mike: http://youtu.be/4Cdg3JWppk4?t=20m
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Wonderful poem.
Thank you, Jalal. But you should read Doug’s poem The Joy of Soup
https://dougwestberg.wordpress.com/2015/02/14/poem-the-joy-of-soup/
Hilarious ,one of a kind .Regards.
I knew you’d enjoy it.
Hehe 🙂 Reading poetry aloud really can help me to figure out where to stop and start the lines.
Oh yes. I always do that and keep changing lines and words until I’m more or less satisfied.
Well Dreams on My Pillow is beautiful. I will be posting my book review of it next week!
Oh that’s wonderful. I’ve jotted down a few lines about Pathways to Illumination, so that’ll be posted soon.