Poetry Reading: A Prayer Forgotten But Answered, by Randy Peyser

Performed by Katelyn Varadi

Get to know the poet:

1) What is the theme of your poem?

Healing the heart

2) What motivated you to write this poem?

I was sitting at a bus stop, not waiting for a bus, but waiting for a friend. We were going to eat dinner at a crepe restaurant. She was running late. I had just come from a poetry class and felt inspired to write some more. This poem popped out of me and had nothing to do with that class. So, I wrote it while sitting there at a bus stop.

3) How long have you been writing poetry?

I’ve been writing poetry for four years. Poetry is something I started writing for fun. I started going to a monthly poetry class in Scotts Valley, California. I enjoyed the friendly social aspect of the class. We wrote to prompts and shared…