Hello Tonight it is time again,
For anyone to post any one poem you have. It can be an old one, it can be a new one. You could make up for a prompt you have missed, or you can take a poem from your youth and link up below.
I also want to share this reading by Iggy Pop, I think his voice fits perfectly the darkness of the poem.
Maybe it can inspire you to even write something new 🙂
Please link up directly to your poem using Mr Linky below
When you have linked up, providing a link back to dVerse, please comment and give encouragement. It is what keep the poetry flowing.
For those of you who want to meet we have two possibilities to join, if you join for the first time, it is OK to join without turning on the camera, it is OK to just listen, but it it is a great opportunity to read your own poem with a very friendly audience.
We have two opportunities to join to fit most time-zones:
Thursday, 7 December https://meet.google.com/uyi-vxrf-vzz
Saturday, 9 December https://meet.google.com/mvc-sxoe-zmu
scotthastiepoet said:
Greetings Bjorn and All,
As promised, my last poem of the year ‘My Life’ is a bit grittier than the previous one posted in the Autumn/Fall. Nevertheless I hope it still resonates with you…
So, it is all rather serendipitous given Bjorn’s chosen inspiration this time round and I think you will, spookily enough, find a bit Iggy like…
Not that long ago, we also released on the site the results of a recent experiment, using Artificial Intelligence. Needless to say, this was a more a matter of mere curiosity and won’t be repeated – but you may be intrigued enough to also check this out on my site sometime.
Either way, I hope my new poem ‘My Life” at least touches you… And also look forward to reading everyone’s new stuff tonight too
With Love and Light to you, as ever.
Scottie xxx
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
I will get back and read it… we just came out of a live edition… it would be great to see you there some time.
Melissa Lemay said:
Wow, Björn! That’s really neat you made a playlist with all the song choices from Tuesday poetics. Thank you for doing that. Perhaps I’ll listen to it on my drive home from the grocery store. Hope to see you all Saturday.🤞🏻❤️
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
Indeed… I will be there
msjadeli said:
Hello Bjorn and All. Now I know what you were talking about with the spotify playlist. That’s awesome and thank you for pulling them together into a playlist ❤ Today's live read was a blast. Good to see and hear everyone and laugh some also.
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
We had a lot of fun, and this morning I am listening to the playlist as I rea the poetry…
merrildsmith said:
It was great to see and hear everyone. I linked a different one from the one I read today, and I will catch up with reading over the next few days.
Thank you for the Spotify list!
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
It is perfect to listen to the music when reading the poetry this morning.
pandamoniumcat said:
Sorry missed the one today but will try for the Saturday live and will stay up lol.
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
I hope you will…. it is great fun to see people almost in real life.
pandamoniumcat said:
I hope so too. I will try to stay awake!! LOL
rothpoetry said:
Hi Bjorn. I missed the live meeting today. I will try to catch it on Saturday!
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
See you then 🙂
rothpoetry said:
:>)
Oloriel said:
Amazing work with the playlist, definitely something one can return to later and draw more inspiration from.
I will be sharing my poem from a few days ago.
I would dearly love to join the readings, but my day job requires me to be on the phone constantly; it is glorious for reading and writing, but unfortunately prohibits me from speaking. It makes me wonder would it work to record a reading, and send it some way?
Thank you for all the inspiration!
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
Hello, I know this problem… would the Saturday time work better for you?
We tried to record a while ago, but I felt that some people were a little bit uncomfortable with it. Then it is an issue with how to do it without having to spend money on a commercial tool… I do have teams in my own company now so I believe it can be done.
Oloriel said:
Sadly, my only non – working days are Sunday and Monday, and both tend to be cramped with family duties and house chores.
Would you happen to know of any programs members had experience with in the past? Nowadays, compared to when I was trying to record poetry readings in the past, I have a voice recorder on my phone and the quality is not studio, but it is decent. I get that it would be vastly impersonal, to just hear a poem, but this way I always feel rude for missing out and like not wanting to contribute.
Helen said:
I often record poems via my webcam then upload to my YouTube channel. I can then use them on my blog.
memadtwo said:
Thanks for the playlist Bjorn! (K)
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
It is great listening to while reading all the poems.
petrujviljoen said:
Thanks for hosting. Meant to link up last night but we had no electricity for a few hours and my internet signal goes away with it! I linked a prompt I missed in the week.
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
How unfortunate… we are usually blessed with stable power where I live.
pvcann said:
Love that playlist Bjorn, see you and all on Saturday
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
It is excellent to have as a backgriund when reading poetry.
kim881 said:
I will be joining you live on Saturday. I was at Vivaldi by Candlelight on Thursday.
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
Oh I really am curious hearing more about that
kim881 said:
It was in The Halls in Norwich and it was sold out. David booked in September and we had the best seats. There were 3,500 LED candles and the string quartet was fantastic. They played the whole of The Four Seasons and their finale was La Folia, which we were allowed to photograph and video. I have a one-minute video and some photos, which I posted on Facebok.
Liz Gauffreau said:
That was the best reading of “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” I’ve ever heard.
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
I agree… really gives tht darkness.
Priscilla King said:
Great playlist! I found all but one of the videos on Youtube. Hours of listening pleasure while many cyberchores got done! Thank you BR!
Colleen M. Chesebro said:
Thanks again. I had a wonderful time this Saturday morning. Great poetry and great friends!
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
It is so nice to connect like this. J
Ali Grimshaw said:
Thank you again for the opportunity to connect with others across great distances. I appreciate it and will be back to read what others shared. Wishing you all peace and love.
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
The same to you from the other side of the world
Ali Grimshaw said:
Unfortunately, I shared a link incorrectly. Please disregard #33. If I could delete it I would. I have reshared on #34. This is the way the week has gone. Thanks for understanding.