November and December
Adventure #44
In December, I performed poetry at multiple events including a special reading at Hungary's National Library of Foreign Literature with my bard-friend Daniel.
This event was particularly fun because we read our original work as well as some of our favorite poems by famous writers like Marge Piercy, Charles Bukowski and ee cummings. Here is one of my favorite verses by ee that I performed: since feeling is first
who pays any attention
to the syntax of things
will never wholly kiss you;
wholly to be a fool
while Spring is in the world
my blood approves,
and kisses are a better fate
than wisdom
lady i swear by all flowers. Don't cry
- the best gesture of my brain is less than
your eyelids' flutter which says
we are for each other; then
laugh, leaning back in my arms
for life's not a paragraph
And death i think is no parenthesis
Also, I got to read at Budapest's Godot Literary Festival as a featured reader for the Budapest Bardroom. This disorganized event happened at a bohemian arts venue on a Friday afternoon. I was completely shocked that anyone even came, but I managed to attract a few loyal friends. Lastly, my poetry performances of 2010 wrapped up with a slam performance at Merlin, a club and theater in downtown Budapest. A few performers and I read our work to the music of a DJ. He was quite talented, but we never practiced, so it was difficult to pace my writing to his music. It was a nice change in my routine though. In 2011 I have multiple events coming up including a "Write Like Bukowski Contest" and a love-themed poetry event I'm hosting on Valentine's Day. Bring on the creativity.
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