In appropriate poetic fashion, event facilitator (with Tasha
Paley) Ilene Bauer summarizes the popular Open Mike Poetry Event recently sponsored by the UFT Players...
To listen or to read.
Our poetry event provided
What so many need:
An audience so we could share
Our talents and our pride
In what we have accomplished,
And most left quite satisfied.
And here are some edited samples of "Time" poems, which were written "on the spot" at the April 29th event:
In one second...
...I could lose it all ~ your eyes turn away and I am a galaxy far, silent, spinning (Lee)
In one minute I can...
...think ~ dream ~ wish ~ plan to be happy this second ~ be in the now ~ now ~ now (Arlene)
...change my mind ~ mind my change ~ cross my legs ~ stand and stretch ~ stretch my mind ~ change my stretch (Herman)
In five minutes I can...
...dance to a song ~ right a little wrong ~ change my clothes ~ blow my nose ~ talk to a friend ~ hope this poem will end (Cathy)
...read a book flap ~ sing a rap ~ read a subway map ~ take a shorty nap ~ or take a ...commedia slap (Milt)
...bend and touch my toes 25 times ~ kiss my husband soundly (Linda)
In ten minutes I can...
...swim a lap nude ~ swim a lap clothed ~ swim a lap while eating liverwurst (Tasha)
In forty-five minutes I can...
...make up my mind ~ walk crosstown ~ have a computer breakdown ~ wait for a call or just break down (Anonymous)
In one hour I can...
...watch TV ~ talk to Dee ~ take a shower ~ draw a flower ~ make a cake ~ cross a lake ~ eat a flake (Pat)
write a song ~ walk along ~ enthrall a throng ~ right a wrong (Jack)
In two hours I can...
...remove a radiator and install a baseboard heater (Charlie)
In eight more hours...
...watch the news then I'll snooze ~ prepare my outfit for tomorrow ~ another day older - to my sorrow (Gail)
In ten years I can...
...be on stage ~ talk like a sage ~ capture a thief ~ make world peace (Warren)
The mandolin I do play ~ today, tomorrow or any day (Dora)
UFT Players Poetry Event
More than thirty people cameTo listen or to read.
Our poetry event provided
What so many need:
An audience so we could share
Our talents and our pride
In what we have accomplished,
And most left quite satisfied.
And here are some edited samples of "Time" poems, which were written "on the spot" at the April 29th event:
In one second...
...I could lose it all ~ your eyes turn away and I am a galaxy far, silent, spinning (Lee)
In one minute I can...
...think ~ dream ~ wish ~ plan to be happy this second ~ be in the now ~ now ~ now (Arlene)
...change my mind ~ mind my change ~ cross my legs ~ stand and stretch ~ stretch my mind ~ change my stretch (Herman)
In five minutes I can...
...dance to a song ~ right a little wrong ~ change my clothes ~ blow my nose ~ talk to a friend ~ hope this poem will end (Cathy)
...read a book flap ~ sing a rap ~ read a subway map ~ take a shorty nap ~ or take a ...commedia slap (Milt)
...bend and touch my toes 25 times ~ kiss my husband soundly (Linda)
In ten minutes I can...
...swim a lap nude ~ swim a lap clothed ~ swim a lap while eating liverwurst (Tasha)
In forty-five minutes I can...
...make up my mind ~ walk crosstown ~ have a computer breakdown ~ wait for a call or just break down (Anonymous)
In one hour I can...
...watch TV ~ talk to Dee ~ take a shower ~ draw a flower ~ make a cake ~ cross a lake ~ eat a flake (Pat)
write a song ~ walk along ~ enthrall a throng ~ right a wrong (Jack)
In two hours I can...
...remove a radiator and install a baseboard heater (Charlie)
In eight more hours...
...watch the news then I'll snooze ~ prepare my outfit for tomorrow ~ another day older - to my sorrow (Gail)
In ten years I can...
...be on stage ~ talk like a sage ~ capture a thief ~ make world peace (Warren)
The mandolin I do play ~ today, tomorrow or any day (Dora)
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