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Jo

poetry is the song your spirit writes

About Me

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.. I am an author, poet, writer and amateur photographer. I published my debut chapbook of poetry titled Red Lanterns in August of 2005 which was recently named Poetry Chapbook of the Year 2005 by Muses Review Magazine. My second chapbook Serenity debuted in March 2007.For more detailed information visit my website by clicking here. ~~~~~~~~Click here to visit My Hong Kong Adventure website ~~~~~~~~Click here to visit my triannual creative arts magazine called Ya'Sou! Ezine

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Click Logo Below To Visit My Virtual Tourist Travel PagesPoetry, Music, Art, Books, Traveling, Photography, Art Galleries, Arts and Crafts Festivals, Roaming Bookstores, Museums, Live Music Festivals and Venues, Dining Out, Wine, Chocolate, Hanging Out With Friends & Everything and Anything to do with Chinese Culture.

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Music:

I love everything and listen to it all. My absolute favorite singer is Sony Holland and you can find out more about her below in this section. I enjoy rock, pop, jazz,latin, new age, rap and yes even disco. My all time favorite bands are Santana, Malo, Sapo, Azteca, El Chicano and Tower Of Power. One of my favorite songs is Suavecito by Malo. I also enjoy Greek music and love traditional Chinese music. Click Here To Visit My Friend & Favorite Jazz Singer Sony Holland's Website ~ The Slideshow Below Hosts Some Performance Photos @ The Empire Plush Room & A Collage Of Her CD's Including Her Just Released CD "Swing, Bossas, Ballads & Blues" You Can Find Clips Of Her Songs & Much More On Her Website.Click here to visit Dos Hollands website. Photo by Terry Dudley.

Movies:

My Hong Kong Video MontageAnything that can make me laugh, cry, learn something or shake my head in wonderment. I have varied tastes in movies. Some of my top picks are My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, LA Confidential, March of the Penguins, A Star Is Born, Final Analysis, Unfaithful, Memoirs of a Geisha, Tristan and Isolde and pretty much any period pieces. A few of my favorite actors/actresses Nicolas Cage, Richard Gere, Kim Basinger and Nicole Kidman.


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Television:

All My Children, Check Please Bay Area, Grey's Anatomy, Ugly Betty, CSI New York, Cold Case, Shark, 48 hours Mystery,Without A Trace and Criminal Minds. The Grammy Awards is an event for me each year.

Books:

Some of my Faves: The Complete Poetical Works of Longfellow, The Unabridged Edgar Allan Poe, Ariel by Sylvia Plath, Anything by Maya Angelou, Wings of Poetry by C. David Hay, Knocking On The Earth by Ellery Akers, Suckers by Joseph Farley, Forever Us and Aura of Love by Walter Rinder, Wisdom Of The Ages by Wayne Dyer, The Essence Of Buddha by Ryuho Okawa & many more. Favorite poets include, Longfellow, Poe, Whittier, Blake, Marlowe, Pope, Angelou, Plath, Ellery Akers, Joseph Farley, Walter Rinder, C. David Hay, Paula Hackett and many, many more.
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Upcoming Performances thru 6/15 - Vocalist Sony Holland

Sony Holland Website http://www.sonyholland.com Thursday, May 1st, Cafe Divine:, 7p-9p1600 Stockton Street on Washington Square - SFWednesday, May 7th @ Zingari SF, CAPost @ Mason, 7:30-11:30, w/acous...
Posted by Jo on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:29:00 PST

A Poem A Day ~ Thomas Hardy

The Darkling ThrushI leant upon a coppice gate When Frost was spectre-gray, And Winter's dregs made desolate The weakening eye of day. The tangled bine-stems scored the sky Like strings...
Posted by Jo on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:12:00 PST

I could see the fear in your eyes.

This was just accepted for publication in the next issue of Xploited Zine.  Check them out on my top friends list. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I could see the fear in your eyes   Twenty five years ago...
Posted by Jo on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:20:00 PST

Come on in and share...

----------------- Bulletin Message -----------------From: Colleen B Date: Apr 26, 2008 11:33 AMHave some fun today, stop by Cheryl's Pals Collab and see some of the wonderful poetry creations!!! You ...
Posted by Jo on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:17:00 PST

A Poem A Day - William Shakespeare

Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day? (Sonnet 18)Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hat...
Posted by Jo on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:51:00 PST

A Poem A Day - Ellery Akers

   for Alexander Graham Bell Somewhere along the linehail strikes the wirethat holds your voice, and that wire, slung between two poles, sways in the wind.I think of the men who stood in a steel...
Posted by Jo on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 05:17:00 PST

A Poem A Day - John Donne

This is a classic example of a Pindaric Ode.  I love this form and style. Enjoy!   Air and Angels Twice or thrice had I lov'd thee, Before I knew thy face or name; So in a voice, so in a s...
Posted by Jo on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:01:00 PST

A Poem A Day - John Keats

Ode To Apollo In thy western halls of gold When thou sittest in thy state, Bards, that erst sublimely told Heroic deeds, and sang of fate, With fervour seize their adamantine lyres, Whose chords are s...
Posted by Jo on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:51:00 PST

A Poem A Day - Langston Hughes

The Weary BluesDroning a drowsy syncopated tune, Rocking back and forth to a mellow croon, I heard a Negro play. Down on Lenox Avenue the other night By the pale dull pallor of an old gas light ...
Posted by Jo on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:01:00 PST

Pots n Pans Drummer

I love this guy.  He hangs out along the embarcadero and knocks out some great vibes with his pots and pans.  Enjoy!  ...
Posted by Jo on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:42:00 PST