Listen & Be Heard Weekly Archives

I would like to welcome you to another week of self-discovery and universal understanding. You start your forecast week of major transit on Wednesday, when the Moon at 1° Virgo will be opposite the Sun at 1° Pisces, creating this month’s Full Moon and total lunar eclipse. This month’s lunar eclipse and full Moon energy [...]

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AlfroSolo Theatre Company presents the San Francisco premiere of the award-winning one-man show “Walkin’ Talkin’ Bill Hawkins, In Search of My Father,” written and performed by W. Allen Taylor, from Feb. 14 to March 2, 2008. Photo credit: Averie D. Cohen
Most families have secrets or skeletons in the closet. Some families have important connections [...]

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Da’Mon Vann and Peter Macon in “Sonny’s Blues.” Photo by Clayton Lord.
An exhilarating theatre experience, Sonny’s Blues is the latest production of the Word for Word Performing Arts Company, in association with the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre. Performances continue through March 2nd, 2008.
“Sonny’s Blues” was written by James Baldwin, America’s native son, novelist and essayist [...]

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A quick glance at the songlist on the back cover of “Welcome to Electricrazyland” by The Craig Easley ‘Xperiment might allow a potential listener to expect a recording of Jimi Hendrix-inspired rock music.
Titles like “…and the gods went crazy,” “Welcome to ElectriCrazyland,” and “Voodoo Rider” more than hint at Hendrix songs like “…and the gods [...]

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Every apartment house in town
needs a handyman around.
If the manager’s out of town,
if the owner’s not around,
the tenants in the street
will be calling you.
If there’s a leak in 402
they’ll be calling you.
If there’s a squeak in 202
they’ll be calling you.
If the lady in 101 can’t toast her bun.
If the guy in 302 has lost his [...]

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Poeartry by Charles Frederickson & Saknarin Chinayote
Hoarse race strep deep throat
    Putrefactive septic grating sore lo
       Badverteasement messages aloe massaging egos
          Off-track bettor [...]

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in a nursing home
blinded with
macular degeneration.
I come to you,
blurred eyes, crystal mind,
countenance of grace.
as yesterday’s winds
I have consumed you
and taken you away.
“Where did God disappear to?”
You murmured
over and over again
like running water
or low voices
in prayer:
“Oh, there He is,
angel of the coming.”

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Southern Cross emitting hopeful rays
     Silvery tinsel aurora australis afterglow
         Gold Coast spawning red coral
             Calcerous skeletons high-spirited reefer madness
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Sun major regenerative energy source
     Earth tilting elliptical orbit axis
         Circadian clockwork regulates daily rhythms
             All-too-predictable [...]

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