''Oh, the Sweet Spoken Word''
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I used to read my poetry to my husband, oh, it was lovely to sit with him,
his arms wrapped around me and reading my poems. He loved my voice.
Now, I have to travel a long winding road to his tomb. Does he hear my words?
I have a friend who loves me to read her my poems. Closes her eyes to sigh.
Sometimes she reads my poems to me with her beautiful voice ,I am always
staggered that I wrote that. There is something amazing about spoken words.
Recently, I have been doing audio of my poems and find it quite wonderful.
I am able to put the depth and character into my voice and the poem is alive,
and far more interesting, it seems to me. I am crazy about doing kids poems
and changing my voice for different characters. I have done two, so far, one is,
The Boogeyman Who Lived In My Closet ... "Well no, Daddy I never saw the claws
or his face. But trust me Daddy, he is in the closet. Noooooo, don't open it."
Another I did was, The Rooster Who Thought He Was A Dog, and I did grampies
big voice, "NO, no roosters in this house!" Oh, those were so much fun to do.
And I can be sultry, like in, shades of nature, " come fall into the lush depths.
with me, I will take you to a place of utter peace." And I can be sad , as in
my poem, And Angels Wept, "the cemetery seemed to hush, even the birds
were quiet, and then we were standing at my baby's grave, oh the weeping . . "
Audio can make a poem very special. It is an excellent poetic tool if you ask me and I am loving adding audio to my poetry, oh the sweet spoken word.
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June 13, 2016
Poetry/Narrative/"oh, sweet unspoken word"
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Copyright © Constance La France | Year Posted 2016
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