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 Timothy Young

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Text Box: Readings NEW, NEW, NEW, NEW!!! SNOW HAS FALLEN by YOUNG & YATA Sample at http://cdbaby.com/cd/youngandyata Equal parts rocksalt and honey. As refreshing and joyful as a drive through Wisconsin's Mississippi River bluff country in late spring. …..Thomas R. Smith, poet & musician, River Falls, Wisconsin author of Waking before Dawn, 2007 August 11, Monday 7 p.m. An Elliott Gardens Evening Concert Timothy Young and violinist Dalyce Elliot, present Perfect Harmony at a Garden Concert, in Bloomington, Minnesota. Also music by Theresa Elliott and her string quartet and Yata Peinovich guitar accompanist on other Young and Elliott compositions. Perfect Harmony is a 13th Century poem by the Andalusian poet and Muslim philosopher, Ibn El Arabi, one of the world’s greatest spiritual thinkers. Elliott Gardens 4616 W. 111th Bloomington, MN Directions: From I494 and Hwy 100, south on 100/Normandale 4.0 mi., turn left (east) at 110th St. 0.3 mi, turn right at Quinn 0.1 mi, to turn left at 111th 0.3 mi, to 4616 W. 111th. From I35W and 98th St, west on 98th 0.3mi, follow curve to Old Shakopee Road, follow Old Shakopee 2.3 mi, turn left at Little Ave., cross 110th 0.4 mi, turn right at Morris 0.1, turn right at 111th 0.1 to 4616 W. 111th. August 26 through September 17 Poetry readings and events in the United Kingdom. Details to come. September 2, Tuesday Tracking the Animal Soul Timothy Young will teach a day of poetry and soul fire-making at the Wildwise wilderness camp in the Dartmoor in Devon, England. See: www.wildwise.co.uk for registration and details. September 5-7 West Country Storytelling Festival Dartington Estate, Devon England. Timothy Young, Thomas R. Smith, Robert Bly and Jay Leeming will join Martin Shaw, Danny Deardorff, Tim and Paul Frantzich at this special story event. We will lead workshops and perform. See: www.stalkingtherebelsoul.com for further info. September 8, Monday Blue Walnut Café Chelston, Torquay, England Timothy Young, Thomas R. Smith, R and Jay Leeming will join Martin Shaw, Danny Deardorff, Tim and Paul Frantzich, Judith-Kate Friedman for an evening of entertainment. tel: 01803 605995 September 11, Thursday South Dartmoor College, Ashburton, UK Poetry Workshop Timothy Young, Thomas R. Smith, R and Jay Leeming September 12, Friday Moshe House, London, UK Timothy Young, Thomas R. Smith, R, Robert Bly and Jay Leeming will join Martin Shaw, Danny Deardorff, Tim and Paul Frantzich, Judith-Kate Friedman for an evening of entertainment. September 30-October 5th Minnesota Men’s Conference with Robert Bly at Sturgeon Lake, Minnesota. Also, Malidoma Some, Miguel Rivera, Martin Shaw, Daniel Deardorff, Doug von Koss and others. Details to follow. See: www.hiddenwine.com for registration and details. ___________________ July 20-26 Mallard Island Rainy Lake, Minnesota Poetry and Music Week on Mallard Island. Timothy Young hosts invited poets and musicians in a week long retreat at the Ernest Oberholtzer Foundation’s wilderness island campus. CD RELEASE SHOW Week is a closed event. MAY 17, 2006 WEDNESDAY LINCOLN CENTER, NEW YORK CITY On APRIL 8, 2005, the jazz pianist and composer, DANIEL CAVANAGH, won the 2005 commissioning project of the New York Youth Symphony Jazz Band composer's competition with none other than Having Built in Deeper Water (inspired by Timothy Young’s poetry in, BUILDING IN DEEPER WATER). He has been commissioned to compose another piece. He has written a jazz composition inspired by another of Timothy’s poems, JOY SOUP, and it premiered in Lincoln Center, New York, May 17, 2006. For more information on Daniel Cavanagh and his work see www.dancavanagh.com Thursday MAY 11 7:30 pm Pepin, Wisconsin Library The Two Boots Poetry Tour will return to the Pepin Wisconsin Library with Thomas R. Smith and Timothy Young reading from their own work and the poetry of neglected and beloved American Masters April 21-May 2, 2006 PURNATI ARTS CENTER, BALI, INDONESIA Sunday APRIL 9 2PM Timothy Young, Yata, and Bryce Black, known for the day as the Backwater Revue, will perform at the Oak Center General Store Thursday APRIL 6 7:30-8:30pm Timothy Young will be the host at Pepin, Wisconsin Public Library’s Open Mike poetry event to celebrate April is Poetry Month. The library is at 2nd and Pine St. in Pepin. Sign-up begins at 7 pm. Call 715-442-4932 for more information. Saturday APRIL 1 7-9pm, Backwater Revue* at St. Sophia's Church, Stockholm, Wisconsin * Backwater Revue is poet, Timothy Young, Bryce Black and Yata Thursday February 9, 2006 at the UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-ARLINGTON 8:30 to 10:00 PMA Faculty Jazz Recital with poet Timothy Young Timothy Young will appear with the UTA jazz faculty, jazz composer and pianist, Daniel Cavanagh, the New Orleans drummer, Adonis Rose, saxophonist, Tim Iishi, and others at a collaborative, cross-disciplinary music and poetry concert at the University of Texas-Arlington, Irons Recital Hall on the UTA Campus. The evening will feature poems from Timothy’s ecstatic collection, Into The Ocean Without Shores, with music composed by Daniel Cavanagh. Wednesday February 8, 7 PM Timothy Young will take the Two Boots Poetry Tour to the George W. Hawkes Central Library, 101 E. Abram, Arlington, Texas where he will read from his own work and the poetry of beloved and neglected American Poetry Masters. Saturday, April JANUARY 16, 2006 Timothy Young and Yata sang their poemsongs in a Community Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. at First Congregational United Church of Christ in Menomonie, Wisconsin, and then led the children, teens and adults in a rousing rendition of We Shall Overcome. The tribute was organized by The Red Cedar Peace Initiative December 3 Saturday 9:30- Midnight Yata and Friends, including Timothy Young, will perform at the Gypsy Grill, Maiden Rock, WI. Come eat a fine meal then stick around for music and poetry. Call 715-448-4000 for more details. October 16 Sunday 2-10 p.m. Timothy Young will appear with singer-songwriter, Yata, The Stone’s Throw, Eau Claire, WI, 304 Eau Claire St. Call 715-552-5882 for September 13-19 Two Boots and Timothy Young will be reading poetry, teaching poetry and working with over 20 young men at the Minnesota Men’s Conference at Sturgeon Lake, Minnesota, which headlines as teachers, poet, Robert Bly, mythologist, Michael Meade, ritual master and author, Malidoma Some, singing specialist Doug Von Koss, and martial artist Tom Gambell. August 23 Two Boots Storytelling at ASSE Foreign Exchange Student’s Language Camp, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Red Wing, MN. August 21 Two Boots Poetry and Music, with Timothy Young and Yata for Democrats at the Western Wisconsin Democratic Revival in the Stockholm, Wisconsin town park. 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. May 28 – June 5 Timothy Young and Thomas R. Smith will read at the 2005 Great Mother and New Father Conference, which features poet Robert Bly, storyteller, Gioia Timpanelli, author, Michael Ventura, astrologer Carolyn Casey, songster, Doug Von Koss, many others and this year’s special teacher, Joseph Chilton Pearce. Among the other poets will be Coleman Barks, Freya Manfred, Jay Leeming, Louis Jenkins and Li Young Lee. Camp Nebagamon, Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin southeast of Duluth, MN. For more information see- www.greatmotherconference.com ________________________ WEDNESDAY April 6, 2005 7:30 p.m. Pepin Library, Pepin, WI Second and Pine Streets The TWO BOOTS POETRY TOUR begins at the Pepin, Wisconsin Library. Timothy Young and Thomas R. Smith will read from their work and the work of American Masters. This ongoing tour will reach readers and listeners at libraries, bookstores, coffeehouses and schools in western Wisconsin and Minnesota. TUESDAY April 19, 2005 7:00 pm River Falls Public Library River Falls, Wisconsin The TWO BOOTS POETRY TOUR continues with Thomas and Timothy reading at the River Falls Library during National Poetry Month. FRIDAY May 13, 2005 All day Walter Maginnis High School Minnesota Correctional Facility at Red Wing. The TWO BOOTS POETRY TOUR with Timothy, Thomas and the singer/songwriter Yata will travel to the Minnesota Correctional Facility at Red Wing to work with a class of juvenile boys. Events & News

 

NEW, NEW, NEW!!!

SNOW HAS FALLEN

By   YOUNG & YATA

Sample at

http://cdbaby.com/cd/youngandyata

 

Dear Friend,

 

            Poet, Timothy Young and singer/songwriter, Yata Peinovich have collaborated to produce Snow Has Fallen—fourteen tracks of music and poetry. These two mature artists clothe lyrics with multiform melodies, driving rhythms and piercing harmonies.  For today’s listener, Young and Yata offer a new trail into the wild realm of spoken word art.  

            These tracks maintain the integrity of Young’s contemporary poetry and feature his gritty vocal performances.  Yata’s fertile garden of guitar sounds and his impeccable singing are highlighted by his melodic compositions.   A chorus here and there, a few poems transformed into songs, and a variety of emotional tones and poignant observations make Snow Has Fallen unique and accessible. 

            Bruce Hecksel engineered the recording and provides layers of musical solos, savvy accompaniments and deft productions.  Add an occasional confection from Dalyce Elliott’s violin, and this work reaches back in time and honors an attention to the natural world of Troubador minstrels while pushing ahead to the Twenty First Century.  It dives into timeless love and cavorts in a delight for the complexities of life.

            Share this poetry, these messages and the music with your friends. If you feel so inclined, review it for any of the various on-line venues, blogs, or paper publications.  Lyrics are published and available online at www.twoboots.net/poems.  In the near future, download samples will be available.  CDs may be purchased with a credit card on line at www.yatayata.com or with a check and order form from www.twoboots.net/order . For more information see www.yatayata.com or www.twoboots.net.   

 

Thanks for listening and supporting live music and poetry.

 

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Timothy Young records with

Jazz Composer, Daniel Cavanagh

 

Timothy traveled to Arlington, Texas to perform a jazz composition in three movements composed by Dan Cavanagh.  Tentatively titled, Mississippi Ecstasy , this fifteen minutes of contemporary jazz is interspersed by the words of the long poem, which was commissioned by Cavanagh for this project.   Cavanagh, an award-winning jazz composer, recorded seven other jazz pieces with the Jazz Emporium Big Band, nationally prominent musicians gathered for this album, titled Pulse, on the Sea Breeze Jazz label.

 

 

 The Shorthorn: Michael Rettig

University of Texas-Arlington Assistant Professor of Music Dan Cavanagh,

foreground, listens to the playback of a vocal overdub by poet Timothy Young, background, on Monday March 3 at Crystal Clear Studios in Dallas. Cavanagh's band, the Jazz Emporium Big Band, is recording tracks for their first album.

 

 

 

POETRY AND MUSIC WEEK ON MALLARD ISLAND   

                                 

                               

top:  Thomas R. Smith, poet, Mike Quick, songwriter,  Robert Bly, poet, Yata, songwriter, Timothy Young, poet,

bottom: Elaine Thrune, president of Oberholtzer Foundation Board of Directors,  Tim Ishii, jazz musican, and Dan Cavanagh, jazz musician and composer.

                                                 

MAY 17, 2006   WEDNESDAY AT  LINCOLN CENTER, NEW YORK CITY

JOY SOUP, the jazz composition, premiered in Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York, May 17, 2006. On April 8, 2005, the composer and jazz pianist, DANIEL CAVANAGH,  won the 2005 commissioning project of the New York Youth Symphony Jazz Band composer's competition with none other than Having Built in Deeper Water (inspired by Timothy Young’s  poetry book, BUILDING IN DEEPER WATER). He was commissioned to compose another piece, and wrote the jazz composition inspired by another of Timothy’s poems, JOY SOUP. For more information on Daniel Cavanagh and his work see  www.dancavanagh.com 

 

Timothy Young, Daniel Cavanagh, and Tim Ishii

Photo by: Megumi Rooze  The Shorthorm

FEBRUARY 9, 2006 Thursday   UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-ARLINGTON

Timothy Young appeared with the jazz composer and pianist, Daniel Cavanagh, saxophonist, Tim Ishii, bassist, Chris Carfa and drummer, Jaime Reyes at a collaborative, cross-disciplinary music and poetry concert at the Irons Recital Hall on the University of Texas-Arlington campus.  The evening featured poems from Timothy’s ecstatic collection, Into The Ocean Without Shores, with music composed by Daniel Cavanagh.   Click Reviews, above, for the news story in The Shorthorn  UTA’s student newspaper,  2-10-06

 

 

 

TIMOTHY YOUNG AND TWO BOOTS IN BALI

Timothy Young joined poet, Jay Leeming, the Noah Project, a men’s singing group from the Bay Area, and others, at the The Bali Purnati Arts Center of inland Bali, Indonesia.  We visited temples, attended numerous musical and dance performances, participated in cross-cultural poetry and arts events with students and pilgrims, all the while experiencing the great hearts of the Balinese people, their arts, rituals and spiritual practices.

 

 ----------------------------------------------------------------Timothy Young’s poem Yesterday I Was So Sad, is included in this collection, 100 American Poets Against the war: A Protest Anthology.  For more information on this book, see the website www.metropolitanartspress.com/literature.html.  Also, included are poems by Two Boots’ Poetry partner, Thomas R. Smith, Robert Bly, Jane Hirschfield, Ray Gonzalez, Richard Broderick, Naomi Shihab Nye, Galway Kinnell, Myra Shapiro, and many of America’s finest poets.  Press Two Boots Poems page (above) for complete lists of poets.

 

100 AMERICAN POETS AGAINST THE WAR
A PROTEST ANTHOLOGY
Edited, Selected, and Introducted by Christian K. Narkiewicz-Laine

Over 100 of the most important literary figures in The United States join together in this protest against the Iraqi War and the Bush Administration.  

 

The Writer's Almanac for May 16, 2005
Garrison Keillor chose this poem for May 16th

Poem: "Not Naked on the Bed" by Timothy Young from Building in Deeper Water © The Thousand Press.


Not Naked on the Bed

Your beauty, nude
not naked on the bed,
is far more a gift
than I ever expected.
I watch languor recline
in your wise grey eyes
while slate hummingbirds
carved as earrings
dangle from golden hooks.
I quiver in your breath
and the ceiling fan halts
in that instant.
We look at one another
with both eyes open and close.
An intimate wind,
the cause of auroras,
moves north and south,
east and west,
then we swim
into one another.

 

The Writer's Almanac for May 15, 2005
Garrison Keillor chose this poem for May 15th, 
Poem: "We Collect Gull Feathers" by Timothy Young  from Building in Deeper Water © The Thousands Press.


We Collect Gull Feathers

As the evening dies over Pepin,
we collect gull feathers, black and white ones,
and pretend they were dropped by the eagle
whose track and wing marked
the gray Mississippi sandbar.

Jesse remarked as we arrived,
"If I point at hawks they fly away,
but if I don't they stay in their trees."

The river moves heavily, south,
and the sun drops beyond the bluffs.
The air chills me.
I want to keep my fingers in my pocket,
because everything moves on here,
except that sweet pain of love that knows
he's growing up to leave me.

 

 

 

 

 

Timothy Young’s poem “The Thread of Sunlight” from his book, Building in Deeper Water, (published by The Thousands Press, 2003) and included in Best American Poems of 1999, published by Scribners, has been selected for inclusion in the third edition of Houghton-Mifflin Company’s college textbook, Reading and Writing for Literature.  This anthology is edited by John E. Schwiebert of Weber State University

 

Timothy’s essay “I Love The Single Deer Path” has been included in a collection of essays ECO-MAN, New Perspectives on Masculinity and Nature, Edited by Mark Allister and published by University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville and London, 2004. This biographical essay relates how a young poet, whose family traditions value hunting, gives up hunting only to return to the hunt when his son is born and he is introduced to traditional tribal hunting values.

 

Timothy’s essay on the poetry of the Spanish poet, Juan Ramon Jimenez, has been published at Pemmican, the on-line poetry magazine, published by Robert Edwards.  See www.pemmicanpress.com.