Listen & Be Heard Weekly Archives

Since closing the doors of Listen & Be Heard Poetry Café, I have given much thought to the Listen & Be Heard website. The site has been serving several functions, including serving the arts community by publishing announcements, reviews and opportunities, and promoting the events we produced at the café. We also publish poetry on [...]

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The review of “Sound Poems” by The Word-Music Continuum began in San Francisco’s China Basin at McCovey Cove. It was carried by a reviewer into a building at Pier 48. The planned route along the Embarcadero was not used. The above-mentioned reviewer emerged from the building joined by two other reviewers. Both of them were [...]

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April 18 will be the opening night for the BENICIA OLD TOWN THEATRE GROUP presentation of “Sugar Babies” at the BDES HALL. This is actually a revival of sorts as the BOTTG originally performed this show 20 years ago. Done in the old Vaudeville and Burlesque style, this will be an evening of laughter and [...]

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for Barry way out in space out so far that if a man went that far & came back to talk about it he’d be younger than his grandchildren …that far out in space a red giant implodes slow grey clouds rumble in gale-warning wind over the lens of Palomar but when the game isn’t [...]

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dust devils dance on the floor of decayed chicken houses kicking up heels of white feathers, the smell of the daily grind that had encyclopedias calling this place: The Egg Basket of the World Captain Bill & Billy Ralph stand, crow bars in hand, ignoring the growth of golden rolling hills, eucalyptic sprouts… 40 feet [...]

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                            Unscrunched – At-a-pinch an illusory surface. Rucks are crushed points, downstream. An air-oozing atlas Of fingerprints, smears. A bubble ground to its pinpoint In some see-through, unrevealed way.

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April 13 the LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS will hold its Annual Garden Tour. This year the tour will be in memory of SANDY OLSEN, a popular League member. The tour runs from 11:00 AM through 4:00 PM. There will be seven “luscious” gardens to tour and light refreshments at the FISH-RIDDELL MANSION on West K [...]

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This production deserves nominations for the Solano Community Theatre awards of this season. I definitely plan to return for its final weekend with friends and my little tadpole. But, you do not have to be a child to enjoy the benefits of the productions. I sat next to a group of professional working women. They [...]

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…is Vallejo still at the point of having to declare bankruptcy, which has been blamed in large part due to its union-negotiated contracts with the police and fire departments? Why is there no ongoing mention of it in local, state, or national media? With the exception of the ongoing reports posted by the Vallejo Independent Bulletin [...]

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Local Community Colleges Shine with Great Musical Productions   Setzer gives a performance worthy of standing ovation. His solos are heart felt. His singing is brilliant. He gives Nathan Lane a run for his money.   Jennifer King, head of the Theatre Department at Napa Valley College, directs a family musical of a different feather. [...]

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It’s over but it’s not over. It’s ending but it’s beginning. Nothing ever changes and nothing stays the same. Truth is in the moment and encompasses everything that is transforming as we participate in it. With ups and downs of being who we are working with what we have moving toward what we will become [...]

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growing up inadequacies motions slow unbalanced questioning clouds moving far grasping grays is it better to know or flow with blind hope to follow each day’s residue until maybe’s tomorrow but a kite can fly only with its steady anchor as the leashed can never be lost free as one can be- cautious hesitation, contemplation [...]

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What do I do when I don’t have a clue? sit here, and I wanna be angry, but it’s so hard tonight. There are so many reasons to cry, tonight, not one can I find. not a reason. Wonder Why… I don’t hear an angry word all I see is beautiful everything is dissolved in [...]

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Brocade in ivory and foam-flecked cream, Your robe-de-chambre has arrived. Many-sidedly turned out (by hand). The smocking at T.G. Jakobowicz?Äôs Is The Biz for the hob-nobility. Assume the cutter?Äôs scruples with lace For the floppy bodice, pique at the ruffle, Two square yards of netting Under cute queenly ormshells. Trip-up velvet skirting, Angelhooded, slight-skein sleeves. [...]

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The gates are open, and she comes through; embellished by the moonlight. His attempts, bring back hopes of a forgotten promise, he shines. Remembering her attempts he is strengthened in silence, he holds for she reigns in his province. And this night is different, and he remembers the slight nuances that take shape in the [...]

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