Ariadne’s Note: The World Poetry Café Radio Show with hosts Ariadne Sawyer and Israel Mota welcomed the talented poet, organizer and communicator, Franci Louann, part of the Discover New Westminster Series and the beginning of the WP Peace Poetathon Series.
Award winning filmmaker Vic Sarin was also on at the end of the show, talking about his new film HUE and sharing his wisdom. The last showing is on Friday at 10 am, Vancouver International Film Festival.
E-poems: Happy Birthday World Poetry Canada & International by Oswald George Okaitei for our wonderful Facebook group which is three years old! For the Poetathon Launch , a poem by Leigh Nelson called Gandhi’s Lament.
Music by the accomplished musician and Instrument maker from Salt Spring Island, Terry Warbey from his CD Celtic Heart. To hear this exciting show and the accomplished guests: CLICK HERE!
Franci Louann was born Frances Louann Workman in Stratford, Ontario. She was first published in the mid-70’s in Dorothy Livesay’s last anthology. Franci has thirteen poems in her Peace directory, written since the ‘80’s. The word ‘peace’ appears in forty-four or more of her poems.
Recent publications have been with Lipstick Press, Leaf Press, Silver Bow Publishing, Vivalogue and Quattro Books. Franci loves to contribute small poems to ‘big’ books that might make a difference.
She is the World Poetry Ambassador to Australia and New Zealand and a communications award winner for her service to the literary and artistic community.
CAMOUFLAGE
(prompt: write of ‘fear’)
she’d look good
in camouflage
green, brown
would compliment
hazel eyes
but she cringes
at the sight
of camouflage
remembers
its purpose
someone
may be hiding
with a gun
Franci Louann flouann@telus.net January 11, 2010
Peace war violence fear military
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