A poem dedicated to the mad warmonger Obama. This poem has 5 characters; the narrator, Famine, Pestilence, War, & Satan. Performed at the Left Coast Wine Bar in Glendale CA during their Sunday night open mic, July 11, 2011.

Around the council-board of Hell, with Satan at their...

Recited at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale CA after a Memorial Day ceremony, using two civil war re-enactors.

An unpublished poem written by Lillian Leslie Newman roughly around the turn of the century.

A poem from the Great Depression as recited by Gail Newman. Uploaded with permission of the artist.

One of Paul Laurence Dunbars poems in southern dialect.

W'en de evenin' shadders
Come a-glidin' down.
Fallin' black an' heavy
Ovah hill an' town,
Ef you listen keerful,
Keerful ez you kin,
So's you boun' to notice
Des a drappin'...

A bus is such a friendly place. An original poem by Gail Newman, uploaded by permission.

Two kids enter a store...

90 year old Gail spent her time in an orphanage during the Great Depression making poems for meetings. Here, she displays her characteristic touch in retelling it. An original poem by Gail Newman. Upload with permission.

When you and I were young, my boy. When you and I were young.

by Paul Laurence Dunbar In a bizarre coincidence, I learned that my 100 year old Grandmother just passed away on the same day that I was making this. ERE sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes, Which all the day with ceaseless care have sought The magic gold which from the seeker...

Back a short while ago, while reading my Dunbar book, the poem "To Louise" made me start to hum a tune, since the way Dunbar rhymes his poem made it quite easy to make into a song. So far as I know, this is only one of a few songs that have been set to Dunbars poems. My friend playing the two...