Currently finished with the third book (Volume V) of poetry, entitled Why the Willow. The previous Volumes I-IV were released last winter in the book Transcriptions of Time. Volumes I-II are contained in the book, Observing the Labyrinth from Heaven and were released in audio format in 2008 as Observing the Labyrinth from Heaven:Paris Recordings, available on MP3-DVD and MP3 Download. Last year, two full-vox collaborative albums were completed, one in Stuttgart and one in Berlin. This past May, Hollace wrote and performed narration for a new Spanish film, Ingrid, with music composed by Micka Luna. Later that May, a biographical ballet, INV3RSES, inspired by Ms. Metzger's life and story (and the poem "Last Five Dollars") was staged in Marseille under choreographer, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa. Hollace has also accepted invitations for a few interesting guest stage and album appearances from late 2009-2010 in addition to a multi-installment collaborative art/photo Vernissage in October & December of 2009 (Paris). The Transcriptions of Time audio book is also scheduled for release in mid-December 2009, in addition to many other projects to come. Stay tuned!
If you would like to use any of my poems in music, film, poetry readings, theatre, or if you would like to collaborate in writing
your lyrics, contact me via www.HollaceMetzger.com.
Please respect the fact that my poetry, lyrics and recordings are copyrighted 2008-10 Hollace M. Metzger and/or their respective musicians. No part of any recording or poem may be used or sold in music production, writing, or performance venues without consent of/reference to the author(s). Thank you.
Things that go bump in the night, gypsies, lovers, troubadours, my Bohemian ancestors, the moon, life & living, Giuseppe Verdi, Glenn Gould (particularly "The Idea of North"), Patty Smith, Guido Cavalcanti, Pablo Neruda, Allen Ginsberg, Dante, Fernando Pessoa, James Joyce, William Blake, Ayub Ogada, Simon & Garfunkel, Arthur Schopenhauer, Hemingway, Franz Kafka, Mattie May Thomas, Torquato Tasso, Jack Kerouac, Henry Miller, Phillip Glass, Miguel Piñero, Leonard Cohen, Rumi, Thoreau, Anais Nin, Maria Callas, Carson McCullers, Caravaggio, Thomas Mann, Elvis Perkins, Pythagoras, John Lennon, W.H.Auden, Nadia Anjoman, Neil Young, Albert Einstein, William Shakespeare, Jeff Buckley, Pablo Picasso, Nick Drake, Salif Keita, Keith Jarrett, Vitruvius, Ella Fitzgerald, Bessie Smith, Carlo Scarpa, Lisa Gerrard, Jackson Pollock, Joan Baez, Marcel Duchamp, Sylvia Plath, Wassily Kandinsky, Erik Satie, Jim Morrison, Kazimir Malevich, Peter Paul & Mary, Georges Braques, Arvo Part, William S. Burroughs, Louis Kahn, Hildegard von Bingen, The Incredible String Band, The Corries, Hindi Zahra, Inayat Khan, Charles Aznavour, Egon Schiele, Dr. Maya Angelou, Jamie McKendrick, Fabrizio de Andrè, Marguerite Duras, Roland Barthes, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Ayn Rand, Michael Nyman, John Hejduk, Henri Matisse, Jeanette Winterson, Italo Calvino...and so far, southern-Italian, Americana, African, Greek, Scottish & Irish working-class folk music.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN hmmP @
Culture Rapide/Cabaret Populaire, Paris
Nuyorican Poets’ Cafe, New York
Shakespeare & Company, Paris
Bistrot des Artistes, Paris
Heaven Cafe, Brooklyn
L’Ogre a Plumes, Paris
Crawdaddy, Dublin
Compendium, Athens
The Rio Cafe, Glasgow
The Lizard Lounge, Paris
The Highlander Pub, Paris
Fête de la Musique 2008, Paris
Barristorante Campiello, Venice
Le 26e Marché de la Poésie, Paris
music: Shanyio - poetry/vox/photo: Hollace M Metzger
music: Norman Fairbanks - poetry/video/vox: Hollace M Metzger
"Author, architect and artist Hollace M. Metzger was educated in the US, London and Venice, Italy, before settling into the New York and Paris arts scenes for the past eight years. Recently, she has been prolific in writing while performing in public salons throughout western Europe, the UK and New York City. In addition to writing, her poetic endeavors include collaborations with composers, choreographers and artists in the US, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Belgium, Romania, Columbia, Mexico and the Netherlands.
Through words, Observing the Labyrinth from Heaven's renaissance-appeal unfolds, revealing itself mysteriously but with refreshing honesty. It will take its reader on a journey of mind, space and time travel from the past into the future, with transporting descriptions of place and the bitter-sweetness of urban life and love paired with childlike optimism and deep sensual undertones. Through the Labyrinth, you will find a glimpse into the library of the next generation of poets."
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TRANSCRIPTIONS OF TIME
The Collected Poetic Works of Hollace M. Metzger
Vols. I-IV (2009)
"people, place and
words dance together in a moment
of time" -Garry Franks, BOWL Publishers
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Observing the Labyrinth from Heaven
Vols. I-II (2007-8)
"transporting, intimate tales of travel, urban life and longing." -Time Out, London
All Texts Now Available in Print at and Lulu.com. Book Downloads, DVD/MP3 Recordings available at Lulu.com.
"Auteure, architecte et artiste, Hollace M. Metzger, a grandi entre les Etats-Unis, Londres et Venise, avant de s'installer à New York où, durant ces huit dernières années, elle se fait une place dans le milieu artistique. Récemment, elle s'est consacrée à l'écriture, tout en se produisant sur les scènes d'Europe de l'Ouest, du Royaume-Uni et de New York. En parallèle à ses textes, ses expériences poétiques incluent des collaborations avec des compositeurs, des chorégraphes et des artistes venant des Etats-Unis, d'Angleterre, du Canada, de France, d'Allemagne, d'Espagne, du Portugal, d'Italie, de Belgique, de Roumanie et des Pays-Bas.
Au travers des mots, le charme Renaissance de Observing the Labyrinth from Heaven se dessine, se révélant mystérieusement, avec une rafraîchissante sincérité. Le recueil entraîne le lecteur pour un voyage dans la pensée, l'espace et le temps, du passé vers le futur, à travers de vives descriptions de lieux et le doux-amer de la vie urbaine et de l'amour, associés à un optimisme enfantin et à une profonde sensualité. A travers le Labyrinth, on pourra jeter un coup d'oeil à la bibliothèque de la prochaine génération de poètes."
music player: 1. "Threesome" music by Auskeur; 2. "Underneath Parisian Streets" music by Tiago Benzinho; 3. "Twitch" music by Jean Montag; 4. "Last Five Dollars (Lachrimae)" music by Torus Biglane (for The Ballet National de Marseille, May 2009); 5. "Eternal Story" music by Micka Luna; 6. Dilution: music by Shanyio; 7. "Fenêtres" music by Thomas Bel; 8. "My World Exists" music by Hendrik Vogel (nugath); 9. "Thoughts Along an L.A. Freeway" music by Norman Fairbanks for the album, LA MACHINE; 10. "Devised." mixed by Oisin Lunny for the O.L. Feb.'09 Podcast
Reason divorced from reality. Death. Failure. Disaster yet not entirely without hope. Disruption. Idle chatter. Clever, eloquent and insolent person, impertinent yet with mirth. Spiritually, may herald the end of delusion.
I still remember Paris, my darling, in the park, the lake was dappled by the sunset, a seductive, exteme, kiss and giddily I fall at your feet, worshipping your very essence. Later we awake after a night of stormy passion and my boat will slowly sink in the sea of your beauty.
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