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Gart Williams probably never played a single note of music. Unlike Bruce Berry in Neil Young’s “Tonight’s The Night,” there were no moments to “sing a song in a shaky voice that was real as the day was long.” Too busy working for an unappreciative employer whose single motivation tool was to sternly [...]

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Welcome to another week of self-exploration and universal understanding. We start the forecast week of major transit on Wednesday, when Saturn, the planet of personal restriction and applied knowledge, will turn retrograde at 8º Virgo. While Saturn is retrograde in Virgo pay strict attention to how you render service to the general public. If you [...]

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The other half of Listen & Be Heard took a trip to East Coast last week, leaving me to keep the mic open on Friday night. I didn’t take as many pictures as usual, and we didn’t get the Listen & Be Heard song delivered in the deep tones that only Tony can give us. [...]

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Everything is fast these days. You want to call a friend, chances are you can reach your friend with a text message or phone call right away. You’re hungry? Pop something in the microwave, it’ll be ready in a minute or two. Want to know more about someone you just saw on TV? Do a [...]

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Mindful of my lover
running late, as common
as tying your shoestrings;
I’m battered as an armadillos shell;
I put my bands around my emotional body
armor native to myself and walk like a stud
in darkness.
Everything in October has a shade of orange you know–
a hint of witch and goblin.
In the leaves between my naked feet
and toes, as I pace [...]

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Twin towers rushing towards
the heavens,
disappearing into the fog.
Graceful curves are so beguiling,
drawing the camera-wielding
tourists to your side.
I am drawn too,
but all of my pictures are already taken.
They lie, trapped between paper
and cellophane.
Unnoticed, unloved.
Only I feel their pain.
Am I forsaken?
Who am I to rail against God
in His infinite wisdom?
Who am I to fight the dark urges,
the [...]

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The world of work is the world of anger
Claws and teeth of greed
Cutting jagged edges, the egos jump up
Land down on crossed knees
Fold over blood of change.
 
Where are the people who grow lotus flowers?
Their heads are gray; their hands are sullied,
Covered by the white cloth.
The singing poets are drowned by the roar of bombs
A bomb, H bomb.
We need something to be [...]

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Help rescue our besieged universe
     Relentlessly ravaged by bullyragging war
         Without compassionate understanding mutual trust
             There can be no peace
Save our disillusioned lonesome planet
     Hungry souls suffering emotional famine
         Spreading malice cancerous hateful fear
             Soothing cure-all Tender Loving Care
Look within anima awakening spirituality
     Flexible open attitudes never shut
         Without passionate longing steadfast nudging
             Hostile mountains cannot be moved
Deliver justice to homeless refugees
     Given equal opportunity [...]

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TWISTED TONGUES by charles frederickson

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Color Lines by chokwadi

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He Said, She Said, We Said by martha cinader mims

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Isolated Society by jan bianchi

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This November, Listen & Be Heard Arts, Culture & Entertainment Magazine turns 3 years old! We annually honor our contributors at an anniversary celebration. This year’s awards will be presented at the Listen & Be Heard Poetry Café on November 18 from 5 to 8pm.
There will be open mic portion of the show [...]

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Most of us are familiar with the culinary uses of nut and seed oils such as olive, sesame, sunflower and coconut oils to flavor and moisten the foods we ingest. In addition to the benefits of ingesting them through our diet, nut, seed and some vegetable oils applied topically can help bring immediate relief to [...]

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This past May I went to a production of Fiddler On The Roof performed at the amphitheater atop Mount Tamalpais in Marin County.
While riding the bus en route to the mountaintop, I was flooded with memories of my middle school teachers bringing their original Broadway cast LPs of musicals and having to sing along to [...]

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