This, the last poem of poetry week speaks to the actual theme of poetry week this year. Letting go.  We must let go eventually, or we risk dying. We believe it is time to let go and move forward with life, and like trees, know well no matter the season we find ourselves in, we are still alive.

Zenful Twins is actually two poems in one, these poems are about the same person. Zendaya has been a crush of ours for years now, and I got jealous that people could draw her, so I took two of my favorite outfits and wrote a poem describing the scene of it all as my way of drawing her.

The Poem that dances before you today is about the color Black. Black needs no introduction, or summary, you should know who they are.

The Coloured section of the poetry collection, aimed to paint a picture using the colour selected. The colour on display today is Red, and we decided that the best way to approach the vibrant themes derived from the colour would be through a narrative poem.   The poem tells a story about war, but it has nothing to do with the battlefield, but rather the recovery of a great spartan general who, as he laid in the den healing from his wounds, watched as many died, and through this experience changes his view on why and how he fights his battles.   Showing ultimately, the harsh vicious side of red, but also the side of reason and growth.

Enough poems about Cupid's meddling, we turn now to the second section of the book, A Themed Waltz. This section is the shortest in the book and focuses on 6 themes that relate directly to modern reality. Nothing is more relatable to the current state of climate change.  While Climate change is not a modern problem, it is a problem that most affects modern society and the future of the human race. This poem paints the effects of climate change on the world in a manner to evoke fear and a need for change, however unlikely.

There are many ways to describe women, comparing them to nature and its creatures is often the most effective way to evoke the eloquent images that many poets seek. However, birds are much more complex than the beauty they bring to the world.   At first glance, one would think the poet is speaking to the physical features of a woman, how they remind him of the beauty of birds. But, the poet is also taking the time to describe her personality using the birds. The hummingbird is bold and confident, the mockingbird is caring and blissful, the Hawlk is dominant and powerful, and the western parotia does that dance for the woman he thinks is most worth the effort.   The poet is speaking to the woman's beauty, but, he comments not only on her physical beauty but the excellence that is her personality.

This is a reading of the first poem in A Poetic Dance, and it is the first poem of poetry week. This is a beautiful poem about wanting to say more to a woman than "you are beautiful." The poet takes his time to explain to the woman of interest, that she is indeed beautiful but he can not write a poem about her beauty without first knowing who she is.   The poet masks the true tragedy of the poem behind his colorful language, blossoming imagery, and paradoxical exuberances.

This episode is purely fun, I asked my launch team for some questions to answer and they provided a few. These questions are mostly about the book and the way I write as a writer. I hope you enjoy it. This episode was really designed for a youtube format, however, I thought it unfair to neglect those Platts who are exclusively on podcast applications only. But, if you wish to see the video just run on over to Platt's Poetry on youtube. To find the book just run over to Amazon and search: A Poetic Dance, by Dominique Platt

In this video, Platt will run through everything you need to know about his first Poetry collection, A Poetic Dance. The book has been a personal project of his for three or so years, and finally, in this the 6th year since he began writing, the book is to be published. This episode was really designed for a youtube format, however, I thought it unfair to neglect those Platts who are exclusively on podcast applications only. But, if you wish to see the video just run on over to Platt's Poetry on youtube. To find the book just run over to Amazon and search: A Poetic Dance, by Dominique Platt

This episode of Platt's Poetry serves to sound the alarm to all the Platts out there of the exciting events taking place throughout December 2021, like the upcoming Poetry Week for 2021, and also the upcoming release of our Poetry Book: A Poetic Dance on December 13th.  Within this episode, we touch briefly on matters relating to the poetry book, then dive right into information on Poetry Week 2021. We explain the theme, and the idea that drove its conception as well as expressed an invitation for all poets and other artists to participate in our yearly Poetry Palooza.