Roger That

(Directive Affirmative!)

 

Inclusion

I reached out to the wrong person

and had to make a transition

to find humanity

a friend for my poetry

at Poe Cottage

 

He listened

first to my friend the musician

then to my never ending

idea of connecting

to create a night of poetry

at Poe Cottage 

 

He’s written

stories about our community

and organized its history

including some teaching

manifesting our right to write

at Poe Cottage

 

He waited

for the people that journeyed

to a wrong location

and directed them here

walking them to Poe Cottage

To write poetry

 

I’m thankful

He listened and gave me

this new beginning

it’s about education

gracing kindness at Poe Cottage

in our poetry.

 

-2024

  

 

 

Joe Viglione on The Anne Leighton Inclusion Interview Show

My interview with Joe Viglione, a multi-talented artist fighting against bullying in senior housing, goes live on YouTube at 6 pm, March 25.

Five Days Of Christmas

Five Days Of Christmas by Elliott Murphy, one of this year’s holiday songs I’m working. If you are looking to cover or sync holiday music for Christmas, Kwanzaa, New Years, Hanukkah, send me an email at LeightonMedia@aol.com and Anne@AnneLeighton.com  #performers, #ChristmasMusic #musicmanager, #PostProduction #SyncLicensing #Superhero #songwriters #SuperheroSongwriters

Holiday Songs - Christmas, New Years & a Sarcastic Birthday Tune

 

Every Little Light, The Slambovian Circus of Dreams  For covers and radio only as this song lifts “Do You Hear What I Hear?” male vocal, Christmas folk-rock, with bells and electric guitar, open hearts, "wish the whole world were friends" celebration of lights on Christmas night, the importance of individuals, thinking like a child, peace, love for the whole world.

Robeone Christmas (instrumental) Robeone triumphant Christmas instrumental, all keyboards Used: Korg Karma. Mellotron 4000D, Roli Seaboard, Expressive E Osmose, Yamaha S80, Technics KN7000, Moog Sub 37, Kurtzweil K2000, ASM Hydrasynth  

Santa’s My Mum  Tony Moore thoughtful anthem ballad w/ bells, male vocal, this song pays tribute to his mom, keeping alive her tradition of perfect childhood Christmases, and he snuck down the stairs early in the morning and she was there, keeping him quiet. 

New Year  Izzy Meth tenor young voice, Kind of Mumford meets Lumineers meets Bob Dylan melody, about New Years, hopeful lyrics that could be about untapped potential or sticking to resolutions even though we know we should, seeking goodness in the new year, mentions "g-d"  

Just Another Birthday Song  Dean Friedman  music hall meets pop, tenor, witty, fun jabs at the birthday boy, "give thanks that your dad wasn't shooting blanks." "thank your mom for pushing you out." Mentions “isolation” from the Pandemic era

Glory to the Newborn King  Erin Hannon / Stephen Melillo classical music with a full lyric soprano that rolls her rrrrs, and "Sleep In Heavenly Peace"   

Five Days of Christmas  Elliott Murphy The story of Linear coming off his meds and coming to visit an easy-to-anger brother over the holidays. Bad boys, gangster, visual lyrical storytelling. 

April 1: Bronx Historical Society Presents The Kindness Session, a Poetry Workshop

Bronx Historical Society is presenting "The Kindness Session," a poetry workshop on recognizing the difference between kindness and cruelty to channel that in our writing on April 1 at 6 PM till approximately 7:45. The Poetry Workshop takes place at Poe Cottage, 2640 Grand Concourse, in the Bronx. Subways near the Visitors Center are the 4, B, and D train at the Kingsbridge stop.  Buses to the Center are Bx9, Bx22, Bx28, Bx38, and BxM4 (Express bus). The Poe Visitors Center is up the Hill from the Fordham Metro North train stop.

Led by area poet Anne Leighton, the Kindness Session will include sharing works from classic and contemporary including Edgar Allen Poe, Naomi Shihab Nye, Muhammad Ali, as well as selected poems from attendees.

Once the attendees discuss poems, they’ll be encouraged to think of incidents where they recognize kindness from life experiences, friends and acquaintances, and how it affected their lives. From there, writers will be encouraged to create a first draft of poetry. Writers will read their poems, and be encouraged to revise a first draft by the first week of May.   

Anne Leighton appears on the Grammy-nominated album, “Healthy Food for Thought: Good Enough to Eat,” (Audio & Video Labs) reading her poem “Feed Your Parents Well.” She’s contributed to The Indie Collaborative, The Literary Parrot, Elephant Journal. Her poetry book “The Leighton Explosion” made enough of a profit to use her earnings to record an original song, “Got My Eye on You, Santa,” which found her a publishing deal with Sheer Music South Africa/Downtown Music, USA. Anne's performed in the Bronx at ART in the Basin, Johnny Zs, and throughout New York State include NYC's Nuyorican Poets Cafe and Peter Max's Studio. 

Doug Odell talks Cobra Kai & Prog Rock on The Anne Leighton inclusion In...

Doug Odell talks Cobra Kai & Prog Rock on The Anne Leighton inclusion Interview Show on YouTube

Premiere is Tuesday, March 4, at 6 PM ET.  Doug’s the bassist for Ice Age, who I worked with in the early 2000s. The group is still recording.

"One Man's Meat" by Gary Lucas & David Johansen

 Gary Lucas co-wrote “One Man’s Meat” with David Johansen, who sang it for Gary’s Gods and Monsters’ 2006 release, “Coming Clean,” and it reappeared on 2022’s “The Essential Gods and Monsters.”   Rob Tannenbaum included the song in this past Saturday’s New York Times Playlist at https://bit.ly/41ECGhm

Rob cites David’s “Buddhist-adjacent philosophy through a series of riddles and paradoxes delivered at breakneck speed over Gary Lucas’s careening guitar.”  It's uptempo, frenetic, lucid song with a double entendre and waffles on the fine line of flow versus fear.