Author: festivalforromance

Summary: Mila, Bella & Savy all navigating their adult lives and the challenges it brings. CAST LIST: Narrator: Val Cole Savy: Elizabeth Rose Morriss Charlie: Sean Ballantyne

Florence is invited to Katsumi’s wedding ceremony in Tokyo. Excited for the opportunity to see Katsumi again & have time away with her boyfriend – she learns that not all is as it seems and that some changes will be made in order for her to be happy. CAST LIST: Narrator: Sean Ballantyne Daisy: Val… Continue reading ROMANCE Festival Best Scene: Being First, by Lynne Jones

Performed by Val Cole POEM: The way I feel lives in the muscle of your thigh right before it moves. Coiled in anxious yes. Waiting to reach past Its own name, to take control and grab you without hesitation. Every nerve at attention as hands clench and tighten around the air. The quiet game of… Continue reading EROTICA Poetry Reading: Leg Cast, by Kewayne Wadley

At the altar, Julian cannot go through with his wedding to Rose, but the pair are forced to work together for a part reshoot of their latest movie. With the studio determined to keep the breakup a secret, the pair must keep up the pretence of a couple which creates plenty of onset tension. However,… Continue reading ROMANCE Best Scene Reading: Act Three Problems, by Matthew Lowe

While Joe waits a dear friend he lost touch with to show up at their 50th high school reunion, he flashes back to how they met and the secret she asked him to keep. Performed by Val Cole

Performed by Val Cole POEM: Loving in a Constellation The realization came at the end of high school, the time you or I begin to question our beliefs, or at least start trying. Her romantic love and energy could extend to more than one person, within and past state borders, across time zones, even to… Continue reading LOVE Poem: Loving in a Constellation, by Elizabeth Kaye

POEM: For Beth on our 25th anniversary Your fists plunge into a mound of elastic dough a subtle smear of flour above your eyebrow, and wisps of dusted hair the back of your wrists could not wipe away, pursed lips, flattened palms, back bent driving your elbows down, familiar work, by now you understand what… Continue reading ROMANCE Poetry Reading: Crumbs …. By Kevin Cahill

Performed by Val Cole

Performed by Val Cole — From writer: This is an echo verse poem in response to my identical twin’s death (drowning). Identical in virtually every way as children, we grew to look different as adults, but our voices remained identical. We were echoes of each other. — POEM: Shattered is my grieving heart Poetry. My… Continue reading GRIEF Poetry Reading: Echoes of Margaret, by Mary Therese Hattori

Performed by Val Cole —- POEM: Open Spaces By Kevin Cahill When she looks at me I understand only That we have to get this close To see how infinitely far away We are from one another I have to caress her bare skin carefully, tenderly to see how far we have stretched the tissue… Continue reading ROMANCE Poetry Reading: Open Spaces, by Kevin Cahill