A Love Supreme, A Love Supreme<\/p>\n
And it was a love fest at the Carriage House behind the Cayuga Museum as Martin Willitts Jr. took the podium on Thursday evening. It was the second installment of the fall season in the \u2018word revisited\u2019 program hosted there the second and fourth Thursday of each month for five weeks by the on-line literary magazine, \u201caaduna,\u201d the creative writing and other visual arts publication, \u201cOlive Trees,\u201d and the Cayuga Museum. Martin expressed that evening he would be reading poems about love from the many books he had written.<\/p>\n
Especially impressive was the portion of the 15 minute long poem in tribute to the composition of John Coltrane\u2019s, \u201cA Love Supreme.\u201d Martin had composed it while listening to the piece and typing feverously along with the rhythm.<\/p>\n
He told stories of his background, culminating with the one about winning the \u201cDylan Thomas International Poetry Contest and his trip to Wales to receive the award. It turned out that the poem he had submitted was entitled, \u201cDaffodils,\u201d which is the \u2018national flower of Wales.\u2019 He couldn\u2019t be sure if the coincidence may have helped him win. He read the poem containing many interesting facts about daffodils entwined within the verses.<\/p>\n
After a break, five poets took the microphone at the open mic. I led off about sleeping in my son\u2019s room and the nostalgia in its contents. Heidi Nightengale followed, speaking of the early morning sounds and their inspiration. Linda Griggs started her set exclaiming that she had \u201cEnough!\u201d Jennifer Mahoney invited the listener to share her \u201cVolunteering\u201d for all things pleasurable. The evening concluded with the flames of social injustice being fanned by the pen of Jim Ellis.<\/p>\n
The next feature will be Karen Faris, who will entertain us with a new chapter in her incredible performances of the written word.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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