A lot of action in TN
Hello friends,
We are getting close to the beginning of the International Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, TN. Tomorrow is the official beginning, though already storytelling concerts are occurring on a nightly basis. Tonight I’m going to see Willie Claflin again. I’m excited for this concert, and I’m also excited because this morning I performed my first storytelling concert in Tennessee: at the Tipton-Haynes historical site; and it went well! Lots of good responses from the children at the concert as well as the leaders of the groups attending (it was a show of some of my favorite and most told stories: Rapunzel, Three Little Pigs, ect…).
Also, as a quick self promotion, I’ve recently posted several poems to the site www.poetry.com, and by doing so entered into a contest. You may have already read some of these works on this blog, but now I ask anyone who is interested to check out my collection on poetry.com, and (I believe you can still vote) if you enjoy the works, please give me a high vote. As part of this, I would like to share my most recent (and, as of now, I believe my best) poem with you:
A wild mare resolutely fights the gales.
Through dangerous gusts of wind she stands alone:
Her silken mane, tangled in the hail.
The spirit burning in her longs to roam
In fields that bring about a last peace.
A lightning crash, a thunderous roar explodes
The air around with storms that will not cease.
Still, she remains, she knows this fearsome road.
And then a wistful man, perhaps a fool,
Appears and sooths the hair from out her eyes.
This unknown man, he has not walked this road,
But hopes to ease her path to softer skies.
I cannot know the trials you must complete,
But hear that I am here if e’er you seek.
I hope you enjoy, and that all is going well with you.
Best,
Lethan