Category Archives: October Project

An Affair with a Rainbow – HONORABLE MENTION

Posted on May 17, 2020 by octoberprojectmusic

An Affair with A Rainbow (Art is an expression of love or it is nothing. Marc Chagall) You spread the velvet red, Heart flutters and flips You feel a sudden burn for more Veins swell of heat Sweet trickle … Continue reading →

Posted in October Project, Poetry | Tagged affair, Art, Color, dark, Emil Adler, Heat, Honorable Mention, Julie Flanders, kiss, Light, Love, Marina Belica, october project, October Project Music, paint, pallet, Poem, Poetry Contest, rainbow, stan sujka | Leave a comment

Just One More Time – HONORABLE MENTION

Posted on May 13, 2020 by octoberprojectmusic

Just One More Time… “To be drunk, in love, and in NYC,” just one more time. Thinking I am invincible; both invisible and bullet proof. Piling into a taxi after 1:00 am, heading uptown,Laughing at traffic, sweaty and smiling, holding … Continue reading →

Posted in October Project, Poetry | Tagged date, Jeffrey Manning, Julie Flanders, Julie Flanders Poetry, Marina Belica, New York City, Nostalgia, Poem, Poetry, Poetry Contest, sunshine | Leave a comment

Vincent – HONORABLE MENTION

Posted on May 13, 2020 by octoberprojectmusic

VINCENT After Van Gogh’s Wheatfield with Crows and The Harvest Crows crowd the horizon Bleeding onto the canvas In curves of inky black— In a scythe, in a comma Indicating a pause andA procession, though not Quite an ending— In … Continue reading →

Posted in October Project, Poetry | Tagged April is Poetry Month, Emil Adler, ending, Home, Interpretation, Julie Flanders, Julie Flanders Poetry, Marina Belica, nooshin ghanbari, october project, October Project Music, Painting, Poem, Poetry, Poetry Contest, rorschach, viewer, vincent van gogh | Leave a comment

Explode

Posted on May 12, 2020 by octoberprojectmusic

Posted in October Project, Poetry | Tagged Beauty, Emil Adler, explode, Freedom, Haiku, Julie Flanders, Krista Tippett, magic, Marina Belica, Martha Beck, mystery, New York City, Night, october project, October Project Music, Omega Institute, Poem, Poetry, Poetry Foundation, show, SKy, Sounds True, Sun, Sunset, Yale University | Leave a comment

FIRST PRIZE WINNER

Posted on May 10, 2020 by octoberprojectmusic

The silence after a poem is read I enter a bowl of skyhumming wheela leopard’s lensfocused on the killthen, shimmeringreflection softplover wing over waterwaves water fallinto glass This drink is nutrient denseriparian cinema rife withkinglet egret dipper railswallow swan thrasher … Continue reading →

Posted in October Project, Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged Bird, Favorite Poems, free, Julie Flanders, Julie Flanders Poetry, lindsay rockwell, Marina Belica, Meditation, october project, October Project Music, Poem, Poetry, Poetry Contest, she, Silence, winner | 1 Comment

SECOND PRIZE WINNER

Posted on May 9, 2020 by octoberprojectmusic

WHEN I REMEMBER THE TIME WE SPENT AT LAC EN COEUR I think about a one-room cabinwith smoke-filled raftersand the worn flashcards.My little brother was learning his abc’sand getting his q’s and p’s mixed up.He had to start over each … Continue reading →

Posted in October Project, Poetry | Tagged Childhood, Family, Father, Invisible, Julie Flanders, Julie Flanders Poetry, lac en coeur, Marina Belica, Melissa Simonds, Memory, october project, October Project Music, Past, Poem, Poetry, Poetry Contest, siblings, Spring, vacation, youngest child | Leave a comment

THIRD PRIZE WINNER

Posted on May 8, 2020 by octoberprojectmusic

A Short and Easy Method of Prayerafter Jeanne Guyon (1648-1717) I.Rest your palmon the soft, warm slopebetween the old dog’s ears. II.Picture sunlight traversing the voidto ripen the cherry tomatoes. Bees earnestly pollinatingthe cucumber … Continue reading →

Posted in October Project, Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged candlelight, Emil Adler, fertile, growing older, Happiness, Julie Flanders, Julie Flanders Poetry, kate horowitz, kiss, Life, Marina Belica, october project, October Project Music, olive oil, Peace, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Poetry Contest, Prayer, Sleep, Sun, third place, writer | Leave a comment

Where is the future?

Posted on May 6, 2020 by octoberprojectmusic

Posted in October Project, Poetry | Tagged adjust, Change, Coronavirus, destiny, Emil Adler, Faith, Future, Haiku, Hope, Julie Flanders, Julie Flanders Poetry, Krista Tippett, Life, Marina Belica, Martha Beck, Moving, october project, October Project Music, Omega Institute, Poem, Poetry, Poetry Foundation, Sounds True, Time, uncertainty, wait, Yale University | Leave a comment

No Argument

Posted on April 30, 2020 by octoberprojectmusic

NO ARGUMENT First the facts Then the truth The facts speak For themselves The truth sits Silent In your throat Sensations Floating Unmoored An abandoned boat Washing to shore After a storm The facts warn The truth Already knows The … Continue reading →

Posted in October Project, Poetry | Tagged April, April is Poetry Month, Argument, debate, Emil Adler, enjoy, fact, fight, Friendship, game, gossip, Hope, Julie Flanders, Marina Belica, october project, October Project Music, Poem, Poetry, Poetry Foundation, scrabble, Sing, Spring, stop, worry | Leave a comment

Climactic

Posted on April 30, 2020 by octoberprojectmusic

CLIMACTIC 42 million years ago Or so Two flies got caught In amber Whilst caught in each other And in something Unplanned A tiny grand window Into the sins Of ancient creatures Sticky with desire Now permanently frozen Forever on … Continue reading →

Posted in October Project, Poetry | Tagged amber, Ancient, April, April is Poetry Month, creature, divine, Emil Adler, Eternity, Evolution, Favorite Poems, Fire, glory, gold, History, Julie Flanders, Marina Belica, october project, October Project Music, Poem, Poetry, Poetry Foundation, Poetry Magazine, Spring, Time | Leave a comment