Rollin Thunder & SplashHall Poetry Announce Winners For 'Some Blues Of Summer' Poetry Challenge

Poet Sartor wins First Place with his poem Summer Blues in the Some Blues of Summer Splash Picture Poetry Challege. Poet DublinSteve got Honorable Mention for his poem Joy and Blues. Both are members of SplashHall Poetry. The Splash Picture Poetry Challenge was chosen by the SplashHall Poetry members, with a memberships of over 500.

Poets Drake wins First Place for his poem Without You and Cheryl places with Honorable Mention for her poem Left Behind Blues in the Rollin Thunder Poetry Picture Challege. Both Drake, a SplashHall Poetry Member also, and Cheryl are avid bloggers as well as poets. Rollin Thunder Poetry Challenge was chosen by the editors of Rollin Thunder Poetry.

Their poems and awards are as follows...

Summer Blues
by Sartor

She sits alone upon ‘his’ throne
The park bench where they met
Could she but lose these summer blues
Perhaps she could forget.

Forget his look the day he took
Possession of her soul
How she had yearned for love that burned
Eager to pay loves toll.

His plan was laid her toll was paid
And then he went away
She can't refuse the summer blues
The blues are here to stay.

© 2005 Sartor

Joy And Blues
by DublinSteve


It was after the cold,
after the crocus, after the jonquils,
about the time to the tulips
when they first sat on the worn bench.
Warmed gently by the late spring
sun, like the ground and new growth
surrounding them, they smiled
faintly, but politely, as each read silently.

An interesting line murmured
prompted a vocal verse.
Before either noticed the shifting sun
it was summer, and they were encased
in day lilies and delphiniums, sharing
entire passages, sometimes pages,
under the blue umbrella of the season.

She loved the narcotic cadence of the words
that lolled from this tongue; he was contented
with the sounds from her lips that whisked
a melody past his ears.

But soft words,
perfectly spoken,
bonds souls in unforeseen measure.
Those not seeking the grail
can fall to the sweet whispers
of joy and blues.

He left her a note that started simply:
Dear Friend,

© 2005 DublinSteve


Without You
by Drake

Sunrays raining down on me
Givin' sweat to hide my tears.
Hidden, muted melodies
Lost behind the years
That I had without you.

Heat risin' from the streets
No sweet breeze comes my way.
Summer won't be my friend
It's loneliness everyday
That I have without you.

And I don't care if the gardens grow,
For no seeds I will sow.
Like you, the flowers will only die in the end.

And I don't want to carry on,
But still I will move along.
And wait for my winter to take me to you, my friend.

And no drink will end these dreams
Still I have one with a cigarette.
No blue sky behind those clouds
Only disappointment and the regret
That I live without you.

And still I live without you.

© 2005 Drake

Left Behind Blues
by Cheryl

Left Behind Blues

I wanna be out there
Not sittin’ on my own
I wanna be somewhere,
Meltin’ to the tone
Of a sweet
And sexy
Saxophone,
A sleazy serenade.

So lemme go wander,
Dancing to the beat
And lemme be under
A diff’rent kinda heat.
‘Cause I need
My man to
Come back home
And melt me in the shade,

Oh baby, please,
How do you manage to tease?
When you’re a
Hundred miles away from me,
Still I shut my eyes and I can see,
My lover boy so wild and free
Singin’ his soulful melodies.

© 2005 Cheryl

Please join me in congratulating them all and all that participated for all their fine poems. A new picture for Autumn will begin shortly, with more voting, and prizes. Stay tuned!

Activist Poet Donna Snyder Interview With BZoO Radio’s Belinda Subraman

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BZoO Belinda & Donna Snyder - Interview - Visit Donna Snyder's Website

Check out more 'On-Demand' Spoken Word & Music from BZoO Spoken Word & Music Radio on the link on the right sidebar under categories. We are barely a month old and growing fast, so there will be lots more to come.

Why not be part of the online live streaming and on-demand podcasting here at BZoO Spoken Word & Music Radio - HomeGrown Spoken Word & Music Radio. Send us your mp3s and wavs. We will take care of the rest. Send your spoken word and music to: Click & Email Your Spoken Word Poetry & Music Want an interview? Contact Belinda Subraman at Belinda Interview Me

ScribeSpirit - An Unity Illuminata sponsored eZine

ScribeSpirit - An Unity Illuminata sponsored eZine

Recently I had the pleasure of being introduced to Jody Kuchar by way of Ron Hudson. Jody has a penchant for making me spew coffee, a perfectly pedicured parrot, and a very exciting new bi-monthly and bi-lingual eZine called ScribeSpirit.

This is an international literary project with contributors from 4 continents whose aim is to celebrate the collaboration of writers, artists, social workers and professionals in an effort to promote art, culture, and social reform. They want to cross generation gaps, and the lines drawn by societal misconceptions. They want to promote values such as education, conservation and economics. In short, they want to promote diversity and unity. Their position is that:

"Social reform should not be a grim struggle or constant battle; there is joy in collaborative efforts, and we believe that change should be celebratory."

Issue one, "Inspiration" was launched on September 5th, 2005, and is currently under construction on the temporary server at ScribeSpirit [link].

Issue two, on the theme of "Living Arrangements" is pending. Currently the contributors include L. Jody Kuchar, Paula Pedroso, Christine Lehmann, and Ron Hudson. They're also currently looking for like-minded artists, poets and authors to join in the culmination of their second edition. If you feel you have something you'd like to contribute, contact Jody at jodykuch@mac.com for submissions guidelines. Please add "guidelines" to the subject line.

Belinda Subraman's Gene Keller Interview 'On-Demand' BZoO Radio Podcast

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BZoO Belinda & Gene Keller Part I BZoO Belinda & Gene Keller Part II - Interview - Visit Gene Keller's Website

Gene Keller wrote his first song at the age of 8. At 16 he quit high school to become a cowboy. He was a smart kid, and after a couple of weeks he realized being a singing cowboy would probably be much easier and more fun. But what does a kid know? Two years later he wanted to be a preacher. Anyway, he went back to school, got a few degrees, and became something else.

Keller grew up in El Paso, Texas, though he spent summers in Parral, Chihuahua, and Ruidoso, New Mexico. He played all the various border musics and media waves - from Bob Dylan folk songs in the 60s to Bruce Cockburn reggae tunes in the 80s - and continuously wrote poems & songs. At the same time he was working day jobs: first as dishwasher or furniture mover, later as English instructor or research assistant.

Gene Keller has played his songs and performed his poems at festivals throughout the southwest border region - Texas: Kerrville, Austin, Dallas, El Paso; New Mexico: Albuquerque, Truth or Consequences, Las Cruces, Roswell, Deming; Arizona: Bisbee, Tucson - & all over the world - well, Mexico, Ireland, & Saudi Arabia - though he always returns to his family on the Street of Trees & friends in El Paso, Texas.

Check out more 'On-Demand' Spoken Word & Music from BZoO Spoken Word & Music Radio on the link on the right sidebar under categories. We are barely a month old and growing fast, so there will be lots more to come.

Why not be part of the online live streaming and on-demand podcasting here at BZoO Spoken Word & Music Radio - HomeGrown Spoken Word & Music Radio. Send us your mp3s and wavs. We will take care of the rest. Send your spoken word and music to: Click & Email Your Spoken Word Poetry & Music Want an interview? Contact Belinda Subraman at Belinda Interview Me

Spoken Word 'On-Demand' BZoO Homegrown Radio Podcast Kamal Supreme You A Armchair Revolutionary

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You A Armchair Revolutionary - Spoken Word - Visit Kamal's CD Website

Kamal Supreme Amen AKA Kamal Imani has been blessing the Mic since the age of 9. He was born in Harlem NYC. He lived in the Bronx before moving to New Jersey where he performed at many house parties with one of his earliest crews, the Asiatic Brothers.

Check out more 'On-Demand' Spoken Word & Music from BZoO Spoken Word & Music Radio on the link on the right sidebar under categories. We are barely a month old and growing fast, so there will be lots more to come.

Why not be part of the online live streaming and on-demand podcasting here at BZoO Spoken Word & Music Radio - HomeGrown Spoken Word & Music Radio. Send us your mp3s and wavs. We will take care of the rest. Send your spoken word and music to: Click & Email Your Spoken Word Poetry & Music Want an interview? Contact Belinda Subraman at Belinda Interview Me