New Spoken Word Poetry Video with Original Piano Music: “One Year”

I’ve been taking piano lessons for a few years now with the goal to write my own music or even accompaniment to my poetry readings. In the video below, is a poetry reading that has my first piano accompaniment that I created. This is something that I would like to do more of, create my

Original Spoken Word Poetry |Perfection and You | A Poetry Reading

. I feel like so many people need to hear it, as sometimes, we can get hung up on trying to be perfect, when in fact – it is impossible to reach perfection- we should be happy just being who we are – we are perfect just the way we were made.

Spoken Word Poetry Video: Shine A Light

Here lately, I have been trying to add more of my poetry to YouTube and create videos from it. The newest one that I have added to my Spoken Word Poetry Reading playlist is titled, “Shine A Light.” If you’ve like to stay updated to when I post a new video, be sure to subscribe

Experimenting with types of poetry/writing styles: A LIMERICK

With some extra time at home on my hands this year, I’ve been taking some time to experiment with different types of poems. One type that I tried out was writing a limerick. I found this to be fun, yet a little challenging with the rhyming. I wrote one titled, ” A Hipster and His

My First Green Screen Poetry Reading

I have been looking into more ways to add effects to my poetry reading videos and I had researched using green screens. Since these days I haven’t been going to many places as of late because of the COVID19 Pandemic, this was a perfect opportunity to learn how to use a green screen and how

Halloween Poetry Reading: The Lonely Lady in the Red-Hooded Cape

Tune into my most recent poetry podcast episode where I read one of my Halloween tale poems about a lonely lady who hangs out in the forest, searching for a friend to become prey…. “Down below, onto the earthly land,a long dark haired middle-aged womandressed in a red-hooded capestands outside an old wooden loft with

Performance Poetry Reading: “The Piano Magic.”

Poet, Ariana R Cherry does a poetry reading of her poem, “The Piano Magic.” It was inspired by how she feels when she sees old buildings and the love of piano which she has. It is a bit of a performance poetry reading. Hopefully you will feel the “magic” come alive as she reads, “The

Listen to a Performance Poetry Reading: May I Have this Dance?

A preview of the poem, “May I Have This Dance?” is below. I hope you enjoy this performance poetry reading from my podcast, Spoken Word Poetry Podcast. ************************** May I have this dance? I stand here in the corner in some type of foggy trance. May I have this dance? It’s been a while since

Listen to a poetry reading, “I Dream of Simpler Times.”

Listen to an episode of my Spoken Word Poetry Podcast as I perform a poetry reading, “I Dream of Simpler Times.“ Click –>HERE<—-

SPOKEN WORD POETRY: SILENCE THE MIND (a poetry reading)

Enjoy a short episode/poetry reading from my Spoken Word Poetry Podcast, “SILENCE THE MIND.” If you are looking for calm, serenity or to “silence the mind,” listen to this short spoken word poem.  https://anchor.fm/ariana-r-cherry/episodes/Spoken-Word-Poetry-Silence-the-Mind-edv2lk