Looking back,
I count all the times
I should have laughed.
Like the morning
I woke up to find them
sitting huddled together
on the bathroom counter.
Their bare feet
in the sink,
ankle deep
in warm oatmeal.
"We made breakfast,"
their wide eyes
looking at me innocently
from dirty faces,
little fists
gripping goopy spoons.
Looking back,
I count all the times
I should have laughed.
What I wouldn't give
to have that chance
again now.
~~~~THE SOUND OF INK~~~~
Nyla Alisia has been writing poetry since she was old enough to grip a crayon and write on walls. She laughs, telling us "I wear many hats in a day, but under them all, first and foremost, is the musing mind of a poet, it's the only thing that holds me together!"
Born in the Pacific Northwest, wanderlust kicked in at an early age, she soon became what her mother fondly refers to as "her gypsy child." Nyla found herself everywhere from Colorado, Utah, Texas, Wyoming, and now, back in Oregon, but it is still Colorado that her heart calls home.
In November of 20o7, Nyla found a way to combine her love of Radio Broadcasting with her most beloved of passions, Poetry. Nyla is the founder and host of The Speakeasy Cafe's "Sound of Ink" open mic poetry radio program. The Speakeasy Cafe is broadcast worldwide on http://www.blogtalkradio.com/. every Thursday night at 7:00 pm EST.
Nyla works in Radio Broadcasting, as well as active Editor in Chief for Spark Magazine. She hosts a creative writing poetry sight, works and performs with a local writing company, is very active in the local open mics, as well as being a favorite performance artist on stage in the spoken word venue circle.
Nyla has a unique and passionate pen, her poetry is fresh, bold, cheeky and honest. Her spoken word delivery is beautifully raw, breathtaking and sensual. Written or spoken, her words have a way of digging deep and stirring emotions in the reader. She has a unique insight uncommon to most writers.
Poetry Over Music Magazine 2008
Nyla Alisia was featured in POM magazine, highlighting her contributions to the poetic community with the Speakeasy Cafe radio program and for her accomplishments with spoken word poetry.
Nyla is currently working on a book combining her page poetry and photography! (There have also been some hints regarding a Poetry CD featuring her spoken word recordings!)
LINKS:
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Millers
I remember thinking
there were to many moths
in the world.
Those dive-bombing,
hair-attacking
kamikazes,
who somehow knew,
instinctively,
how badly
I was frightened of them.
My mother used to laugh
whenever one would
send me running
in a panic.
"They are attracted
to your inner light,"
she would say.
So I would sit,
whenever I saw one,
very still,
eyes closed,
thinking dim thoughts,
staying as far away
from bright ideas
as I could.
© Nyla Alisia 2008
A Poet's Hands
My true love
is my pen,
It always has been.
It is my blessing
and my curse.
No matter
how many times
I have tried,
I can no more
wash the ink stains
from my hands,
than I can poetry
from my heart.
It is my words
that hold me
together
and it is by them
that I am
torn apart.
is my pen,
It always has been.
It is my blessing
and my curse.
No matter
how many times
I have tried,
I can no more
wash the ink stains
from my hands,
than I can poetry
from my heart.
It is my words
that hold me
together
and it is by them
that I am
torn apart.
© Nyla Alisia 2009
A Poem
Lying at night
in a too-empty bed.
Penning of love
over still white linen.
Amorous words
warm the quiet hours,
creating traces,
a lover's impression
on the pillow.
Loneliness
becomes a poem
and the poet
does not
sleep alone.
© Nyla Alisia 2009
The Sound of Ink
The SpeakEasy Cafe's Sound of Ink Open Mic Poetry Radio Show!
www.blogtalkradio.com/speakeasycafe
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