Bark
I am the suit of armor
tailor-made for the tree.
I stand against
the rain and wind,
the heat and cold,
the insects and animals.
My life has already ended.
In my afterlife, I
protect the place
I once lived.
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Showing posts with label Afterlife. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Bark
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.
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
To Those I Mourn
To Those I Mourn
Are you in the same place?
Do you look down from above?
Are you surrounded by love?
Was our time together
part of one of many lives?
Have you returned to
this world already?
How many times?
Do you dwell only
in the hearts of those
who love you?
Are you brought to life
when we speak your names
or tell your stories again and again?
I know the answers must remain mysteries.
I'll just have to wait and see.
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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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