OK all you creative-poetic types, now’s the time to focus on some organization and planning.
We have reserved the SFHS theater for Friday, February 29th for a show to begin at 7:00pm. We will be reading and performing our own original poems for an audience of friends, family members and special guests.
At the Jan. 30 club meeting we were inspired by Gil Scott-Heron (“The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”) and by our very own Manuel Gonzales. We began writing our own revolutionary poems. It seemed like we all tapped into our inner muses and composed some fantastic images, lines, thoughts. We are considering using this revolution idea as a thematic focus for our show and/or to take our favorite lines from our own poems to join with lines from everyone elses poems to create a group poem.
Manuel also gave us a homework assignment:
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choose three of your best/favorite poems (written by you, yourself)
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type them up and print out at least one copy (two copies would be better)
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bring them with you to the next poetry club meeting
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we will begin practicing how to read/perform these poems [even if you don't plan on performing with us on the 29th, it's a good idea to become comfortable with reading your work well]
On Wednesday, Feb. 27, after poetry club everyone who can is encouraged to go to The Green Palace where there is a routine Open-Mike night every second and fourth Wednesday of the month at 6:00pm (I think Lucas said 6…he said right after poetry club…). That can be a sort of “dress rehersal” for us. Of course, I would encourage you all to attend such things as often as you can and to participate as much as possible, too.
Show up! Stand up! Speak up!
Filed under: From the Bard--Ms. Julie Hasted, Sharing, performance
