I wrote this poem about a year ago after watching some news commentary. I had fun playing with the word "right" to express the wish that we could find some middle ground.
The Right Way
Am I all right?
If I'm all right,
are you all wrong?
What if we're both
a little right and
a little wrong?
If we take my right
and your right,
maybe we can make
things all right.
That makes us better
when we work together.
Right?
Sunday, February 6, 2011
The Right Way
I am a poet and photographer who likes sports, jazz and art inspired by other art. I served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the early 1970's and was assigned to the Computer Sciences School in Quantico, VA. I have published a chapbook of grief poems, I Keep You with Me. My work also has appeared in publications such as Thorny Locust Magazine, core. zine,The Enigmatist, Veterans' Voices and Kansas Time + Place An Anthology of Heartland Poetry. My visual art pieces combine poetry and photographs, and have been most recently displayed at InterUrban ArtHouse, Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center, Buttonwood Art Space, and The Smalter Gallery.
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