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Joanna Ballard ~ Louisiana Storyteller
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  • Shreveport Louisiana
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Your Full Name:
Joanna Ballard ~ Louisiana Storyteller
Business Name:
Ballard's Bytes
Joanna Ballard ~ Louisiana Storyteller
Storytelling in the oral tradition, the written tradition and thru art!
Helping YOU tell and share YOUR story!
List the Type of Business by Keywords for Search:
storytelling, spoken word, performance poetry, workshops, writing, graphics, art, photography, digital, cd covers, events, musicians, press kits, actors portfoio, business card, flyers, Folk Art, jewelry, leather, hemp, poetic art
Other Business Offering:
event promotions, fliers, art and jewelry vendor, poetic art commissions, helping entertainers get their press kits and bios organized and press kit photos.
Business Website:
http://www.ballardsbytes.com
Your 2nd Business Website:
http://www.myspace.com/ballardsbytes
Description of Your Business:
Storytelling for ALL occasions, Spoken Word, Graphics, Photography (Art, Event, Musicians and Acting Portfolios), Folk Art Jewelry, Performance Poetry, Storytelling and Writing Workshops.

Also promotions for the reggae/funk band Henry Turner Jr. and Flavor
www.myspace.com/henryturnerjrandflavor
as well as CD covers, press kit photos and musician/band bios.
City, State, Zip, Country (For Search Purposes to Help Other Members Locate You)
PO Box 44494
Shreveport LA 71134
USA
Products and/or Services You Offer:
Storytelling for ALL occasions, Spoken Word, Graphics, Photography (Art, Event, Musicians and Acting Portfolios), Folk Art Jewelry, Performance Poetry, Storytelling and Writing Workshops.

Also promotions as well as festival and event planning
Email:
jb@ballardsbytes.com
City, State, Zip, Country (to help members locate you)
Shreveport LA 71104 United States of America
Occupation (if not an Entrepreneur):
Professional Storyteller/Artist
Is your business at least 51% Black owned?
No
What are you looking to find on ShreveportBlackPages.com?
To create awareness I exist and of the wonder and beauty of what I do
Your MySpace URL:
http://www.myspace.com/ballardsbytes
What does the term "personal success" mean to you?
At this point in my life I simply want to make a difference and earn a living doing what I enjoy doing!

Harmony and Peace to US ALL!
How did you hear about ShreveportBlackPages?
From the delightful and talented Alynetta Beck's invitation

"Well, now we have seen each other," said the unicorn "if you'll believe in me, I'll believe in you. Is that a bargain?" Lewis Carroll
SUPPORT YOUR INDEPENDENT STORYTELLERS and POETS BUY ORIGINAL! THANK YOU for LISTENING and BUYING choose a selection below to LISTEN and PURCHASE! LONG LIVE the WORDS!
by Joanna Ballard with music by Henry Turner Jr. recorded at Turner's Recording Studio

CD, MP3's and chapbooks also available @ www.ballardsbytes.com

Joanna Ballard

Speaks up at the Speakeasy Cafe' Thursdays 4 PM PST 7 PM EST http://www.blogtalkradio.com/speakeasycafe

Reads at Re-Verse Every other SUNDAY12 PM PST 3PM EST http://www.blogtalkradio.com/re-Verse

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Joanna Ballard ~ Louisiana Storyteller's Blog

Joanna Ballard ~ Louisiana Storyteller

The Lost One (Poem)

Surprise, I can't sleep again, more than one young person of late has told me. "I'm lost." Sooooooooo thus this is born ....



Enjoy!?



The Lost One



You catch him

in the

corner of

your eye.



Bald,

pierced,

tattooed.



Apparently

juiced,

high,

or

a nut,

with a

screw

loose.



Someone

else's

problem.



A lost

one.



You don't

dare

care.
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Posted on January 30, 2009 at 1:03am —

Joanna Ballard ~ Louisiana Storyteller

My Dream Eye (Poem)

I couldn't sleep last night soooooooooooooo I wrote *shrug*

Enjoy!?


My Dream Eye



is out of focus.



When I

try

to

adjust,



blurs,

whirs,



nonsensical

kaleidoscopic



bursts.



By Joanna Ballard

January 27, 2009

© 2009, Joanna Ballard. All rights reserved. No reproduction of this material, in any form or medium, is permitted without express

Posted on January 27, 2009 at 12:15pm —

Joanna Ballard ~ Louisiana Storyteller

History is Made (Poem)

Maybe it is just my cynical idealism, ... maybe it is folks the world over pining hopes on one human being with all the frailties and glory being human entails, ... maybe just maybe it is all the stories I am entrusted with the unsung heroes and heroines, that NEVER make the news, that have fallen in wide cracks of our justice and medical systems, ... maybe it is the reality of the good ole boys network, wars, poverty, injustice, ... maybe the stories I know and can do nothing but weep over .Continue

Posted on January 20, 2009 at 2:56am —

Joanna Ballard ~ Louisiana Storyteller

Do You (Poem)

Do You



Know

the need

to make

music

that

swims

in

colors?



Can You

grasp

the yearning

to build

words

that

dance

in

pictures?



Can you

realize

the compulsion

to share

my visions

in ways

the soul

can

taste,

sensualize,

know?



Do you?



By Joanna Ballard

January 17, 2009

© 2009, Joanna Ballard. All rights reserved.
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Posted on January 17, 2009 at 11:30pm —

Joanna Ballard ~ Louisiana Storyteller

Question and a DARE for artists in ANY genre and passion.

I am sitting here perplexed and amazed the second "time" in nearly as many months (more so than usual *impish grin*). Last month a friend of mine (visual artist, musician, writer) down on his luck and blessed to be staying at local shelter was trying to make a flute out of a stick of bamboo he had found, when another man asked my artist friend what he was doing and my artist friend told him, the man asked "What is a flute?"



Tonight some kids (teens) where hanging outside the hall w
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Posted on January 13, 2009 at 11:49pm —

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