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VideoPoem
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The corner pole is for the donkey -
its gray legs nervously tapping the ground
its cart carelessly nuzzling the sand below
ears crop at the / tuk/ of piling bricksThe corner plot is for the brick man -
each dusk, he tears a wall down.
A donkey-load must gopast the / chapati / smell and sweat
of men in vests,
droplets mixing in the dough.Hyenas will stand and laugh all night
waiting where the fleshless bodies of cows hang,
flies clinging to their red sun-soaked melting skin.Boys playing cricket in the fervour
of eight feet wide yellow lanes,
feel their hair for pieces of brown
paper falling from the factories above.Women sinking in /charpais/, squeezed on a bumpy footpath
in their pink and blue silk /kurtas/, their yellow / chadors/ draping
their talk
of a neighbour with a neighbour –
and of Bibi
and what they need
and what they’ll never have -
they never talk of their husbands.Drab of kids, toes cracking the cement, their bellies leading the way –
bellies expanding as if a hand inside searches for food.
Hair soaked in oil, sand grains, / kankar/ dotting the smoothness –
flies follow them all day,waiting to reach a milk bottle.
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If you're a"viewer" You can browse many poets and select the poets you want to engage or poems you want to "buy."
Easy steps:
#1. Download Quicktime free and fast if you don't already have it! Just click here.
#2. Search by poet or poet association by clicking a button at the left. (Click through to a PoemVideo Page to see a video of the poet and the text of the poem.)
#3. Call Frank at 914.381.3737 if you want to:
a. Get in touch with the poet. Publishers and agents are welcomed!
b. Purchase a DVD of the video performance of the poem for $6 charge with $4 to the poet and $2 to VideosOfPoets.com to cover expenses).
c. Purchase multiple copies of the poem (Price to be determined by poet who owns the poem and has it protected by copyright). (The first copy of a poem can be printed free because of advance permission of the poet.)
If you are a poet (and want to become a member of VideosOfPoets.com). You can get the soul of your poem across to many people by letting us videotape you and include the video on this website. No upfront cost to you! Browse several of the video performances by poets on this website and then consider joining the other poets. We can take a video of you reading your poem, along with text of the poem. There is no upfront cost to you or any other fee. The fastest way to get started is to call Frank at 914.381.3737, or email him at ideasmoney@aol.com your poem (with copyright notice), your name, address, phone numbers, how long you have been a poet, birthdate, places published, the types of writings (e.g. essays, poems, novels, etc.), and a 100-word or less explanation of how you usually get inspired and your writing process.
Option for poets - We do offer you the option of allowing us to find a publisher, agent or other buyer for you, in return for a percentage commission of monies you receive as a direct result of our actions. Contact us to find out more about this option.
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