poems – Mavthewriter

The Straggler by Marc Alexander Valle

Performed at the Bethlehem Ice House on May 14, 2019 for the event Tuesday Muse. Thank you Lynn Alexander and Cleveland Wall for the invite.

May 20, 2019 by mavthewriter Categories: PoetryTags: bethlehem, poem, poems, poet, Poetry, Spoken word, spoken word poetry Leave a comment

Inquisition: A Poem by Marc Alexander Valle

I played with toys until age 13.

Are they just friends?

Maybe until 14, just a couple times.

Do you think she’s cute?

I had a younger friend. That was my excuse.

Does she like him?

I was good with toys.

Does he like her?

I could conceive complex scenarios and cinematic dialogue.

Are they talking?

I had a lot of toys.

Are they going out?

I’d line them up and just look at them.

Did they kiss?

I asked my therapist why I was doing this while others were maturing. She said, “Is that really any of your business?”

February 18, 2019February 18, 2019 by mavthewriter Categories: PoetryTags: #amwriter, #amwriting, #amwritingpoetry, #childhoodmemories, Childhood, childhood memories, memoir, poems, poet, Poetry, psychotherapy, Spoken word, therapy, Writing Leave a comment

The Cloud-eater by Marc Alexander Valle

Reality is a conversation with yourself.

That’s how I was going to start the poem. I became inspired to write it while I was waking up. I had to use the bathroom quick first. It was going to be my greatest poem. By the time I got to the computer, I forgot what I was going to say.

Reality is a conversation with yourself. A conversation full of narrative threads and spider-web worldviews.

I won’t have to worry about being fast enough at age 80. A machine will be in my head with a connection to the future form of the cloud and all my past thoughts will be at my disposal. I will write my great poem.

Reality is a conversation with yourself. A conversation full of narrative threads and spider-web worldviews, born from the fire of existence.

I’ll go to bed that night and have the best sleep of my life and have a dream better than all the dreams I’ve ever dreamt. I’ll revisit old memories intertwined with old fantasies that will turn into new adventures. I’ll get to use all of my collected knowledge to solve riddles and puzzles and unlock the greatest mysteries of the world. Did Socrates exist? Who was Shakespeare? Where was Jesus during the unrecorded years? I’m not sure if I’ll ever wake from that dream that night. No one ever really knows with those sorts of things.

February 15, 2019February 15, 2019 by mavthewriter Categories: PoetryTags: #amwriter, #amwriting, #amwritingpoetry, #spokenword, creative writing, Death, dreams, metaphysics, poems, poet, Poetry, reality, spokenwordpoetry Leave a comment

The Straggler: A Poem

A poem I wrote that was filmed by Billy Mack at the Coffeehouse without Limits in Allentown, PA.

October 8, 2018October 8, 2018 by mavthewriter Categories: PoetryTags: #amwriting, Allentown, Allentown PA, Lehigh Valley, poem, poems, poet, Spoken word, spoken word poetry Leave a comment

Bully: A Video Poem by Mavthewriter

Any feedback on the video or poem will help. Written, filmed and performed by mavthewriter.

September 9, 2018September 9, 2018 by mavthewriter Categories: Childhood, Flash Nonfiction, Poetry, UncategorizedTags: #amwriting, #amwritingpoetry, #childhoodmemories, #spokenword, #writers, bullies, bully, bullying, poems, poet, Poetry, video, Writing Leave a comment

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