Tag Archives: Julie Flanders Poetry

Holidays

Posted on December 15, 2020 by octoberprojectmusic

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Year End

Posted on December 8, 2020 by octoberprojectmusic

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How You Got Here – HONORABLE MENTION

Posted on May 15, 2020 by octoberprojectmusic

How You Got Here Under any other circumstancesyou would not be herebut because my father found that lotin Burlington Heights, built our house thereand joined North Roanoke Baptist ChurchI met your grandmother. That was 1962,the first time I fell in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged 1962, baptist church, Bobby Myers, Chance, Fate, Honorable Mention, ice skating, Julie Flanders, Julie Flanders Poetry, Love, Marina Belica, meeting, october project, October Project Music, Poem, Poetry, Poetry Contest, Roanoake, Sunrise, velvet | 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

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

Incipient Bloom

Posted on April 25, 2020 by octoberprojectmusic

INCIPIENT BLOOM If you were to gatherThe most beautiful flowersOn earthInto one vaseWould they compete for value?Or standIn their own lovelyInnocenceIndividualAnd yet part of the praise-Worthy assemblageOf othersThere for the gaze— You look like your fatherYou look like your motherYou … Continue reading →

Posted in October Project, Poetry | Tagged April, April is Poetry Month, Bloom, child, companionship, Emil Adler, Favorite Poems, Flowers, Humanity, Julie Flanders, Julie Flanders Poetry, Love, Marina Belica, Motherhood, october project, October Project Music, others, Poem, Poetry, Poetry Foundation, reaching, wild | Leave a comment