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Native Heartbeat (spoken-word #poetry)

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , on November 2, 2023| 3 Comments »

Jogging in the rain seemed like the best thing to do…

Native Heartbeat was written in an environment of puddles and concrete. I’m happy that it found a dry, safe home in the pages of Bards Annual 2023.

You can read the poem below or hear me recite the spoken-word version by pressing the PLAY button.

Thank you to publisher, James P. Wagner. Thank you also to Grandfather Rock of WCWP radio for playing Native Heartbeat on Rock-n-Soul Gospel (Fridays 9 PM – 11 PM). Special thanks to Mark Phillips for his befitting composition and lovely guitar work.

All poems (c) Mary CM Phillips are available on iTunes and most streaming platforms.

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Poems for Ukraine and spoken word #poetry

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , on May 19, 2022| 3 Comments »

Where Flowers Bloom is a collection of poetry supporting the people of Ukraine. I’m happy to have my poem, Spring Prevails, included in this beautiful book.

This collection features the work of Angelo B. Ancheta, Lynne Bernfield, Vanessa Caraveo, Deborah Coy, Linda M. Crate, David Dephy, Steve deWolfe, Carol Edwards, Joseph A Farina, Clare Green, Alex Grehy, Maureen Hadzick, Sharon A. Harmon, Mark Andrew Heathcote, Kadambari Kaul, David Lange, Wayne Lee, Mary McKeel, Karen Melander-Magoon, Jill Ocone, Dorothy Oger, Mary C. M. Phillips, Sally Quon, Janet Ruth, Kathryn Sadakierski, Jasmine Tritten, J R Turek and Scott Wiggerman.

The publisher, Red Penguin Books, will be donating the proceeds received from the sale of this book to the humanitarian crisis facing Ukraine and will match all book sale proceeds as well in support of this cause.

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To listen to me reciting Spring Prevails – along with Mark Phillips on guitar – click the PLAY button below.

Spring Prevails

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spoken word poetry

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on March 21, 2022| 8 Comments »


LISTEN HERE::
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXYm87GEYQA

In late 2020, after COVID had altered our lives — as it did for so many others — we decided to move from our home in Long Island to the bucolic hills of Pennsylvania.

TRANSPLANT is a spoken-word poem written just after we moved.

The poem asks a question. Does Nature herself hold memories as we do?

Hope you enjoy it.

Guitar work and production by Mark Phillips.

Transplant can be streamed on Spotify or downloaded from iTunes. The poem also appears, in written form, in the new anthology, The Pennsylvania Bards Eastern PA Poetry Review (available on amazon).

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