your vision, your voice
2020-21 Submissions
You’re not there.
Haven’t got it yet.
What happens?
Disappointment spawns
Frustration which spouts
Envy which spews
Anger and
Yet
That thing you need
So desperately
You
Just haven’t seen it yet.
Not a complete thought
A whisper
An unfinished book
Or a rushed plan
A hurried idea
So far but so
close.
It’s
Untouchable.
Monkeys swinging from vine to vine
doing a divine dance.
Oh my!
Monkeys sleeping with dreams of bananas dancing in their heads,
hoping tomorrow that is what they will be feed!
Monkeys eating breakfast loving every bite!
For a second, they get into a big fight.
Monkeys swinging from vine to vine
doing a divine dance.
Oh my!
Coronavirus
We do not like it at all
I hope that it ends
Here is a place where the mountain goats trot.
Where the grass on the hill will never ever rot.
Where the cows eat this grass over there and over here.
This place is near the meadow with the trees and the birds.
Where the birds’ songs can not be forgot.
Where you roll around in shade on top of the grass.
Where you can be yourself and let your worries go.
Here is a place that not one but not two but many can go.
At this place you can have any adventure.
You’ll find what you seek and your story will be told.
But just one thing is certain you may come and go as you wish.
But you will never ever want to leave.
This place is wherever you want it to be.
For this place is inside your head.
You ask me “is this place real or is it really just inside my head”?.
Yes, it is inside your head but why should that mean it’s not real?
This place is real and in your mind.
This place is everyone’s home.
This place is our planet.
This place is earth.
HAPPY POETRY MONTH, Y’ALL-
Normally, at the beginning of April, our team is scrambling to get ready for the Vision+Voice Award Reception: inviting guests, ordering the catering and decorations, lining up musicians, editing poetry videos, sending posters and anthologies to the printing company, and scheduling all the workers who make the event happen.
Of course, this year we’ve had to change our plans to keep everyone safe. Go ahead to take a minute to be sad that our big party must be postponed, but do not despair. We will have a HUGE CELEBRATION for the 2020 winners when it’s safe for us to be together again.
In the meantime, April is still Poetry Month and we have some ways to celebrate while maintaining safe social distancing.
We are now accepting poetry submissions for the 2021 Vision+Voice Poetry Contest – SUBMIT A POEM NOW!
We have expanded and improved the RESOURCES section of the website:
Ask A Poet is just what it sounds like: you submit a question and we get a real, live, professional poet to answer your question
Articles is a collection of links to articles about poetry
Poetry Prompts can help you think of how to get started
Commentary is a place where we post videos from guest poets who comment on their favorite poems from the 2020 contest
COMING SOON: All the poetry videos produced by Austin PBS over the last 7 years are being uploaded to our Vision+Voice YouTube Channel so you can see all the videos from previous years. (The 2020 videos will premiere at the 2020 Award Reception sometime in the Fall).
This has been a tumultuous time for all of us. I’m so happy you are here, reading the words I’ve written in an attempt to connect with you.
What better way to spend your solitary time than to write poetry?!
Poetically yours,
Polly
