Damer.com: Poetry at Ancient Oaks Farm, August 30, 1998

Live on the Ancient Oaks Stage!

Poets Perform at Ancient Oaks Farm (August 30, 1998)

Poets Who Read

Pictures of the Poetry Grove 98

Poetry

Thanks

Pictures of the Poetry Grove '98
with special thanks to Dr. Bob Glass and his
digital wonderworks Powermac G3

JJ Webb Welcomes all and opens the
1998 Poetry Grove at Ancient Oaks
with the traditional reading of
"I saw the most amazing things today"

Sun Marian McNamee
on stage at Ancient Oaks

Nancy Levidow

David Huang on "America"

Phyllis Mayfield on falling in love again at 69

Jim Rintoul bard of Boulder Creek

Santa Cruz Band with Joie Favier
and Alex Uttermann, Paul, Allan "sitar" Brown, John and Stu

Host Bruce Damer:
reads some of his poems and bekons
come again next year!

Poets Who Read and Poems
(in order of appearance)
JJ Webb
Pasca Marlin
Sun Marian McNamee
Renata Kynast
Angelo Dinoto
Phyllis Mayfield
Dancing Bear
Rebecca Morn
Alex Uttermann
David Bolduc
Nancy Levidow
Robert Funge
Jim Rintoul
Anita Holzberg
Ken Siegmann
Karla Rogers
Jim Essex
Nick Herbert
David Huang
Dusty
Bruce Damer
JJ Webb

Some of the Poems and Poet's Links
JJ Webb: I saw the most amazing things today
I saw the most amazing things today!
A grumpy-eyed imp holding morning at bay,
Doves holding hands with nothing to say,
One pixie dancing the moonlight away,
Regal eyes shining, the smile of a fox,
Enchanted laughs floating from a brightly wrapped box,
A diamond the size of a very large rock
And a silver ship landing at a crystalline dock.
You would think that a man who had watched gypsies sing
On a mountain of gold would have seen everything.
Unless, of course, he knew
That he'd never set eyes on you.

--JJWebb
visit:
The Hawk and Zero City

Bruce Damer: To Robben Island and Jonathan Livingston Slug

Jim Rintoul: Born to the Earth and the Sky

          We are born to the earth and the sky
     spirits can dance, souls can fly
     we are born to the sun and the sea
     the heart of this world is the heart in me

     Life is what I sing
     Love is what I bring
     Life is what I sing
     Love is what I bring

     In fire, in water, in earth, and in air
     spirit and soul are with me, everywhere
     this is my heart's dedication and prayer

     The power that moves in the sky moves in me
     the grace and the beauty of waves in the sea
     the wisdom and courage of all I can be

     we are born to the earth and the sky
     spirits can dance, souls can fly
     we are born to the sun and the sea
     the heart of this world is the heart in me
Thanks
Thanks go out all who pitched in, in no particular order: Lisa Leonard and her crack BBQ crew, Chris Gordon and his friend Todd for sound, Nancy and Roger Zuidema, Laurie Webb, Jim Essex for excellent event care, Nick and Betsy Herbert, Anita Roy Dobbs, Nancy Levidow, Al and Sun, Dr. Bob Glass for these wonderful images, our music and song performers, poets and all other vounteers and members of the Boulder Creek and Bay Area creative communities and our neighbors

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