Kory Ford's Video View of his trip to Sparrows 2007

Take a look at this funky home video of the L.A. to Salida, Co. trip created by Sat. night performer Kory Ford. Also check comments on the last post, Sparrows 2007, etc. There is a great poem by Julie Cummings, one of the Friday night Sparrows performers. Keep poetryspeaking. Click on the picture. Jude

SPARROWS 2007 Another Poetry Love Fest

It's great to be recovering from Sparrows 2007 which took place March 1-4. We had great crowds from all over the West and the performers were spectacular. See more pictures at www.sparrowspoetry.com.

It looks like we will be linking to a pod-cast in the near future. Stay tuned. Also may get some video up soon. Right now we need some new poetry. Send some this way. Post on the comments section, please. I'm suffering from post-Sparrows poetry deprivation.

Meanwhile, here's one from me, a kind of "state of the union."



Falling

if rain is clouds falling
this house belongs to
the sky but also to a
friend who smokes
cigarettes and burns
our eyes late into the
night the ionic air purifier
from Wal-mart is already
exhausted from trying
to act like a lung and
under the stars that show
up clearly here far from
our old overlit Hollywood home
i hear the honk of geese
the snort of deer outside
the gate and red-wing
black-birds have returned
to chortle loudly in the
cottonwood outside the
window but inside with the
windows all closed
later than i like my
head and heart swirl
with new ideas that
i think are god falling
carrying
birth in seeds of trees
that grow to praise god
and let us breathe
freely then i too belong
to the sky and to the land
that holds this house
and one day soon i will
breathe freely again
because
god is clouds
i am rain and
falling is my birthright

Sparrows 2007 Plans Finalizing

Neglected this blog to get the Festival off the ground. Please click on the link at the bottom of the page to check out new developments.
Stay warm wherever you are. Burr! Jude