Currently finished with a 4-Volume, second book of poetry, entitled Transcriptions of Time (Vols. I, II, III & IV), and converting half of it, Observing the Labyrinth from Heaven (Vols. I & II), into spoken/audio format which is now available on MP3-DVD and MP3 Download as Observing the Labyrinth : Paris Recordings. 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 with music composed by Micka Luna. Later that May, a biographical ballet 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 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 2009 (Paris) and further proceedings with publishers. Plans are still in the works for a collaborative album of poetry to music as well as the Transcriptions of Time audio book, which will be available shortly, in addition to many other projects. 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 2008-9 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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Volumes I & II
Observing the Labyrinth from Heaven
"...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."
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.
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 will awake after a night of stormy passion and my boat will slowly sink in the sea of your beauty.
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this folk-carol on myspace... Poem 230 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (see my blog for details): CHRISTMAS SUNG SIMPLY
As gospellers have said, Beneath signalling skies, On land dusty to tread, A trough in a stable Was the strawy first-bed Of a divine baby - The forgiving Godhead.
A season for new hope - There then and here now; The yuletide of goodwill - There then and here now.
In respect of this chance, Beneath bright or dark skies, Faith's the star that we glance Attending Christ's churches And trying to enhance, With singing and ritual, Our God-loving stance.
May many a beautiful moment find its way to your path, today. And as you step upon each perfectly worn cobblestone, every delicate strand of grass, as you glide above the creaking wood floors of another aging architectural masterpiece, as you dance yourself to stillness in the divine corridors of your mind, and make motion of pigment & texture upon the surface of another empty day just waiting to be filled with YOU, remember..... that by your side, we all are... that not once... are you ever alone.
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