THE POET

​​In this summer silence
hermetically still as time bleeds
across the sprinklered lawns

is my whole life shining
charged and fused
with its wick of burning flesh.

I knew it then
before the bleached wires of sun
how a life in art
spiders its dark stain
into the grey hard rocks

into the trailing hearts
we chase,
but never catch.

See my Blog Post for comments and analysis of The Poet

...what poetry lovers are saying

On David's performance as "The Poet" from his book "Infinite Sequels"...

"Riveting"

"Unforgettable"

"Mesmerizing"

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​"Vivid, intense, and poignant... I was thinking to myself that poetry is a rather impenetrable artform. That is, until you hear it performed as memorably as it was in David’s show." - Andrew Harding

...David's latest

To every action there is an immediate and intrinsically related reaction, a linked chain of repercussions that domino within this extraordinary corral we call existence.

​The path taken, the call unanswered, the leaf that refuses to fall- employing a range of poetic forms and undulations of mood and tempo, Infinite Sequels explores the spectrum of human possibility.

From love to anguish, from reprisal to forgiveness, from joy to sorrow, David Stones casts a discerning eye, a keen wit and a singular poetic voice to the remarkable arc that is life’s journey. 

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...media

...gigs and events

• Jan. –June/17/ : OPEN MICS- London Open Mic Poetry and Poetry Stratford, London the first Wednesday of each month, Stratford the last Thursday of each month
• June 27th/17/7:00 pm: FEATURE POET- Toronto, The Art Bar, Free Times Cafe, 320 College St., http://www.artbar.org/
• August 5th/17/1:30 p.m.: FEATURE POET- Toronto, Words & Music Salon, Smiling Buddha, 961 College St., Toronto
• August 24th/17/1:30 pm: ANCHOR POET- London, Couplets Poetry Series, 211 King St.,  coupletsreadingseries.wordpress.com
• May 3rd/June 7th/17/7:00 pm: OPEN MIC- London, London Open Mic, Mykonos Restaurant, londonpoetryopenmic.com
  
• June 29th/17/8:00 pm: OPEN MIC- Stratford, Poetry Stratford, Agora Gallery                                                                             
  
• August 31st/17/8:00 pm: OPEN MIC - Stratford, Poetry Stratford, Agora Gallery

Note: My one-man show, Infinite Sequels, is alive and well and is performed as often as possible. Hoped for future bookings include the Fringe Festivals in Toronto, London, Ottawa, and Edinburgh. Watch this site for details. 

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