Sometimes poets may want to try to recite their poems to others.  I have recited my poetry to children, my church, the members of my poetry club, and also to residents at a nursing home.  Something I haven’t done is recite one of my poems by video.  Each week, I am going to try to take a moment to post a poem that I have written and recite it on video to share with the readers of this blog.

This poem may be a bit rocky, as this is my first “live performance,” reciting poetry to my webcam.  So please excuse this first try.  Later on, perhaps I can get a little bit more creative as I do more of these.  So as you read through my blog, be on the lookout for any “live poetry performances,” and feel free to leave comments on how I did–or how I can be better

Laying down in the grass in the shade,

I listen to the wind blowing and dancing through the trees.

Above, the bright sunlight glistens in my eyes,

And I lay back and enjoy the peace my wandering mind has found.

In my heart, I feel the words of wisdom,

Heard through many times ago.

In my head, I put together the phrases of a poem that I know.

A touch of spring,

And a flicker of a butterfly upon my nose inspires me to

narrate the sentences which now have bloomed into a beautiful colorful poem.

And oh, that sun, so sweet, and so warm that it sprinkles my face.

Its rays relax my entire soul,

As I drift into my wonderland,

Forgetting that beautiful poem that I used to know.

(ariana cherry 2008)