Click here to view "About the Singing Poet Guy" (kid and family-friendly programs) on YouTube!
Lawrence creates a variety of characters and personas through props, costumes, and regional accents during his highly entertaining readings. Also an accomplished songwriter, Lawrence shares his gift of storytelling through original ballads and fun sing-a-long songs as well as through the written and spoken word. Poetry, song lyrics, and stories of insight that lift the heart . . . MyTexasBooks.com
Click here to view "Back From the Edge: About Lawrence J. Clark's At-Risk Teen Programs" on YouTube!
Lawrence does a great job relating to the teens and their interests as he shares his skills in songwriting and poetry. Highly recommended! Melissa Baker, Young Adult Librarian, George and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Library, The Woodlands, TX
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Lawrence Clark's songs are engaging for kids and adults alike. It was fun to hear the crowd singing along to tunes like Blue-Tongued Skink, while some of the other songs made me nostalgic for my childhood. Riann Powell
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His performance was appropriate for people of all ages. We told him what we would like and whom we thought the target audience would be and he took it from there. The program was well received! Mary Jackson, Director |
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Lawrence J. Clark: The Singing Poet Guy!
Public Library Programs
Improving literacy in America by helping kids of all ages (pre-K through "Seasoned Citizens!") learn to enjoy reading and writing,and motivating at-risk teens to stay in school and pursue their dreams!
Poetry/Fiction Readings
- original
poetry and fiction
- readings can be designed for any age group
- can be combined with musical performance (most popular!)
Writing Workshops
- poetry, fiction, and songwriting
- professional and business writing
- grant writing
Custom Programs
- can be designed to meet your library’s academic, cultural, community outreach, or fundraising needs!
Austin and Central Texas area
carole@authorsandmore.com
(512) 914-2596
or
beth@authorsandmore.com
(512) 632-0617
or visit: AuthorsandMore.com
Houston, South/Southeast Texas, and Northeast Texas
Albuquerque/Santa Fe, Arizona, Colorado, and California
505-286-8883
for all other locations, please contact Lawrence directly:
713-376-2494
The Ballad of Dinkle and Other Kids' Favorites now available at MyTexasBooks.com, iTunes, CdBaby.com!
Cypress, Texas: American Mutt Press, 2007. soft cover, 40 pages
ISBN 0-9764591-2-4
The Ballad of Dinkle and Other Kid's Favorites is Lawrence J. Clark's first volume specifically geared toward elementary age children. It includes some of the younger set's favorite songs, poems, and stories, including "The Ballad of Dinkle" (the turtle that liked to tinkle), "The Bozo Incident," "The Blue Tongued Skink Song," "My Graduation Present," and many others. The volume is available in both print and audio CD format. The book and audio CDs can be ordered from MyTexasBooks.com, and .mp3 files can be downloaded from iTunes, CdBaby.com, and other online retailers.
The Magic of Mechanics
Cypress, Texas: American Mutt Press, 2006. soft cover, 62 pages
ISBN 0-9764591-0-8
The Magic of Mechanics is a delightful collection of poetry, song lyrics, and short prose written by Lawrence J. Clark. Many of the poems are based on themes of family relationships and characters Clark has encountered in over 25 years of performing, writing, and working in 14 states, From Maine to Tennessee to California to New Mexico and Texas, where he now makes his home.Teachers and librarians have long praised Clark's poetry for its accessibility and immediate application in the classroom, and many of his most popular works are now available in this compact and affordable volume. Group discounts are available. Although many of the poems are suitable for all ages, This work is suitable for ages 10-up.
Some Reviews of The Magic of Mechanics
Come along as you discover the journey of a songwriter evolving into that which he now has become. Poetry, song lyrics, and stories of insight that lift the heart and help you understand the real LJC.
Lawrence originally hails from Maine, but he’s made his way on down. Here in his poems, songs, and short narrative, you’ll explore his doings – his admiration of his home life, his teenage awe, his loves, his shock over injustice, his quandaries over the poetical experience. He overcomes his education and writes in accessible lines of common human events. Some is raw and naked, others laden beneath sweet nostalgia.In his prose he notes his reason for writing and that is to reach people’s hearts and souls. He certainly finds mine as he writes about his first newspaper route.
Will Howard, Texas Bookshelf
Fans of his one-man show enjoy Clark's intelligent, poignant and humorous lyrics, as well as his musical talent and ability to captivate an audience.
KFDM.com
The Magic of Mechanics can be purchased online at MyTexasBooks.com.
