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POEM-A-RAMA! poetry submissions wanted + today's post-chat replay & more for all patrons (Patreon)

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2021-09-11 00:45:13
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HALLO LOVES

i'm doin this webchat wrap-post lickity split so it doesn't not get done, so forgive the hasty typing and sloppy formatting.....is what it is.

THE WEBCAST TODAY WAS FUCKING WONDERFUL. i needed it.

it's worth a re-watch if you weren't able to make it....AND i've made this one available to ALL PATRONS for re-watching because i was just goddam kicking myself that i didn't just say FUCK IT and make this one all-patron. 

having hinemoa elder as a guest was such a huge score and i was torn between being glad it was just 100 of us and also going "i wish 1,000 people were here right now". eh, the patreon is weird that way. EHhhhhh

BUT....now the replay is there for ALL PATRONS to watch...because we can do that.

and it's still.... not for the public. you have to log in through your patreon account to watch it.

highlights??!?!!?

 included HAYLEY AND MICHAEL spontaneously both checking in from new york (here we are getting emotional about the dresden dolls and the power of music...),

LOOK AT THE LURVE


..............

HINEMOA ELDER

our surprise speical guest, hinemoa elder, a local maori teen and child psychologist, connecting with kritin, who read a poem to both of us....hinemoa also discussed and read from her new book and we talked for an hour about everything under the sun and took questions....

i played a couple terrible spontaneous songs on the ukulele....

and angel rosen read a poem she'd written.

ALL IN ALL...it was heart-healing.

the link again to watch the archive is HERE: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/patron-webchat-new and you can watch it from any tier of the patreon.

for those who watch, or for those who were there....here are the links and follow-up stuffs i promised....

............

HERE is more about our guest....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinemoa_Elder

....and here's the new book she read from, that you should all get. it's really a beautiful offering. ancient maori wisdom with a modern twist of nowness.

https://www.bookdepository.com/Aroha-Hinemoa-Elder/9780143775225

........

SHAKTI MAT!!!

hinemoa and i talked and RAVED about our SHAKTI MATS!!! i swear, yo, i am not getting paid to endorse them because you know me, i don't do that shit.

but fuck do i love my goddamn shakti mat. i use it on my feet. my aching neck, my back....anywhere creaky.

it APPEARS to be painful - it's based on the "bed of nails" kinda vibe - but trust mama, when you settle into it (like cold water therapy) it feels HEAVENLY!!!!! i swear by mine. easy to travel with as well.

it's a new zealand product and you can read all about it and order one HERE:

https://www.shaktimat.co.nz/

.......

KRISTIN'S POEM.....

this is the beautiful and dark poem that kristin shared with us...

I love you, Kristin.

You made me cry. Again.

...........

ANGEL'S POEM

AND....

this is a good place to announce that sweet angel rosen, yours truly from above, (with the help of some other other patrons) is organizing a Poetry Anthology project within and for the community!!!! tentative deadline may change, but 

SUBMIT YOUR POEMS TO ANGEL!!!!! she'll be so happy to hear from you.

poetryclubafp@gmail.com


more info here:

https://poetryclubafp.wordpress.com/

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AND 

last but not least...

here is the poem that i read, to honor september 11th.

 it's by wislawa symborska, my favorite poet of all time.


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Photograph from September 11

They jumped from the burning floors--
one, two, a few more,
higher, lower.

The photograph halted them in life,
and now keeps them   
above the earth toward the earth.

Each is still complete,
with a particular face
and blood well hidden.

There’s enough time
for hair to come loose,
for keys and coins
to fall from pockets.

They’re still within the air’s reach,
within the compass of places
that have just now opened.

I can do only two things for them--
describe this flight
and not add a last line.







xxx

AFP


------THE NEVER-ENDING AS ALWAYS---------

1. if you are a patron and new to my work, don’t forget your patronage allows you access to ALL of my patreon releases to date. HERE is the link to download my latest big solo record, “There Will Be No Intermission”, and HERE is a link to download the PDF of the art/essay book that goes with it.

2. if you’re a patron reading this post via an email notification, please click through to comment on this post. at the very least, if you’ve read it, indicate that by using the heart symbol. that's always nice for me to see, so i know who's reading.

3. see All the Things (over 150 of them) i've made so far on patreon:

http://amandapalmer.net/things

4. JOIN THE SHADOWBOX COMMUNITY FORUM, find your people, and discuss everything: https://forum.theshadowbox.net/

5. are you new to my music and TOTALLY OVERWHELMED? TAKE A WALK THROUGH AMANDALANDA….we made a basic list of my greatest hits n stuff (at least up until a few years ago, this desperately needs updating) on this lovely page: http://amandalanda.amandapalmer.net/

6. general AFP/patreon-related questions? ask away, someone will answer: patronhelp@amandapalmer.net


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amandapalmer

thank you. that means a lot. connecting people through poems, or any art, is my main job and i love being able to do it. i just gotta start getting the tools right :) COME, discord, COME

Cassie Lacey

Thank you for making this available to all patrons!! I'm excited to watch this tomorrow!!

Marie O'Reilly

Ooh wonderful I can catch up on what I missed. Here's the poem I read (definitely submitting for the anthology). And the blog I wrote about the poem is here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/choose-good-days-marie-o-reilly/ Wonderful chat, Hinemoa is so beautiful and wise and kind. Puffin days It's a soft day when we board the Mull ferry As if some kindly local spirit Apologised for the rain we'd had On every day so far. The day unwraps itself gently from here Like the very best Most unexpected present. The sailing is as smooth as the Lowry seascape In the Kelvin Grove museum On the top deck of the ferry In the salt kissed air. We land at Craignure A cheerful local driver herds us aboard the minibus And off we go to meet our boat to Staffa It's green here; And grey-blue sky shades the still, still water. There's a hold up Escaped cows on the road; We laugh at this country traffic jam. We don't care, we watch the mountains go by more slowly And the man at the boat will wait for us. We sit in the wheelhouse. I'm near the water… and I'm happy. I drink good coffee… and I'm happy. We speed across the sea… and I'm happy. The joys of the day are: Fingal's cave from the sea The slow dawning of quiet. No cars. No beeps. No speech. Grey seals Common seals Seabirds, all of the seabirds And puffins. On Lunga, the final cloud veils melt We lurch across the rocks from the sea, Climb hotly up the steep mud path To the green-yellow cliff edge… and Puffins. We sit down We wait. We whisper. There's a soft, sudden whirring And a black and white bird With a candy-stripe beak Pops over the edge Drops onto the grass Stops. We all stop And watch. So many people, so quiet More than church quiet. And the puffins whizz about Stop for a chat Watch us cautiously Dive into their burrows And off the cliffs Puffins! We are as happy as anyone has ever been And every day after as happy as this will be a puffin day. I wish you many puffin days.

Jana

I went to see the Guilty Feminist Live yesterday in London and at some point Deborah brought up the time you were on the show completely naked and she still was very impressed with it and I had to laugh so hard - I think you massively normalised a whole lot of things for me there ❤️

Len Tower Jr.

hinemoa's brief translation list of Aroha into English phrases, just caused me to try translating Greek's dozenish words for "love" to Maori. The Greek words are all much more focused than English's "Love". Sadly, the Internet's resources I used weren't up to the task. I expect a scholar fluent in both languages is needed. (Some of them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_words_for_love)

Len Tower Jr.

When I read wislawa symborska's poem on your IG, before I listened to the podcast: I thought of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire 90 years earlier & a few miles north. Which helped inspire more positive change in the world, than Bush & the Right did with 9/11/2001.

Mel Legget

Thank you for sharing it! I know I could bump up to $10 to participate and then drop back, but it is just one more thing. Feels right to give first dibs to those to participate, and us to get the chance to see! Very glad to feel connected to you in your lockdown, and truly happy for Ash to have the time with you both. I have been able to spend so much time with my son the last year and we have been through so much, I do not know how it could have happened otherwise without having the benefit of all the extra time off ... love.

EmVT
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Thank you for posting this Marie, I got pulled away during your reading and only heard bits of it in the background--planning to go back and listen to the replay!