On April 28th, 2012 I went to Webser’s Café to
attend The Festival of Poets. The two poets that were presenting their work
were Sheila Squillante and Sandra L. Faulkner.
Sheila Squillante was the first
poet to share her poems. A lot of Sheila’s poems were based on the dark
emotions that she had when she was going through tough relationships, breakups,
and the anxiety that took place thereafter. Her voice was very soothing, and
she had a very powerful way with words. Every person that was at the café seemed
to be hooked and tuned in to what she was saying. I think this speaks volumes
to her as a poet and writer. I respected how much courage she had to share her
dark and depressing feelings that she had in a hard time of her life, but
certainly does not have those feeling anymore. Her kids were there and she
seemed very happy to be a mother. I was proud to say that she is my English
teacher.
The second poet that shared her
pieces of work was Sandra L. Faulkner. Her poems were certainly different than
Sheila’s, being that they contained more feelings and thoughts of sexual acts
and romance. To be quite honest, none of these pieces turned me on, and no
offense to her, it was more her age and the way she looked that made me all
weirded out. I don’t know about anyone else, but a woman who looks in her
sixties reciting poems that had a sexual nature to them does not turn a
teenager on, or want to keep listening. However, I did respect that she has the
courage to recite her work to the crowd. You could say that I enjoyed Sheila’s
presentation significantly more.
I am not a huge fan of listening to
poetry, but I am a fan of writing poetry. It is one of the best ways to express
your feelings because you can take as much time as you want to express yourself
through words on paper. Although I will probably not attend another poetry
reading, I can’t say that this experience was a complete waste of time.
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