Spoken Words – Bev Tappan https://bevtappan.net Bev writes when the muse strikes – and has been for years! Sat, 20 Jun 2026 18:48:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://bevtappan.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/cropped-948b254542a5f68365b8396f976102ee-32x32.jpeg Spoken Words – Bev Tappan https://bevtappan.net 32 32 255359936 October Sonnet – Song https://bevtappan.net/2022/10/15/october-sonnet-song/ https://bevtappan.net/2022/10/15/october-sonnet-song/#respond Sat, 15 Oct 2022 18:46:00 +0000 https://bevtappan.net/?p=3035

Poetry Lyrics by Bev Tappan, A Poem is Meant to be Heard & October Sonnet
Music and photos by Izzy Td

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Ellen Schmidt Open Mike, August 29, 2022

  • hosted by Dan Tappan
    Mount Washington Poems
  • Repairing the Cairns
  • A Mountaintop Experience

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Ellen Schmidt Open Mike – July 18, 2022
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  • On a Summer Evening
  • My Grandfather’s House
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Ellen Schmidt’s Open Mike – June 20, 2022

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    Iceland Poems
  • Wild Harvest
  • There Be Dragons
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Ellen Schmidt Open Mike – May 16, 2022

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  • 2 Poems – both called ‘Spring Fever’
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Ellen Schmidt Open Mike – April 4, 2022

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  • Timing is Everything
  • A Backward Glance
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Ellen Schmidt Open Mike – March 21, 2022

  • hosted by Dan Tappan
  • The Trail Not Taken (with Apology to Robert Frost)
  • A Reminder

Ellen Schmidt Open Mike – March 7, 2022

  • hosted by Dan Tappan
  • The Kancamagus Hike
  • The Last Day of March

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Ellen Schmidt Open Mike on February 7, 2022

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  • Winter Backpack

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Ellen Schmidt Open Mic January 17, 2022

  • hosted by Dan Tappan
  • The Woods in Winter
  • Trees

Ellen Schmidt Open Mike January 3, 2022

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  • A Christmas Lament

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Ellen Schmidt Open Mike on November 15, 2021

  • hosted by Dan Tappan
  • Eclipse Moment (A Sonnet For Sarah and Mark)
  • Cold Weather Friends

Ellen Schmidt Open Mike – November 1, 2021

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  • All Hallow’s Day
  • Buyer Beware

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