Behind You
I am behind you.
Go out and find you.
Release that which confines you.
Take all the time you
need to define you.
When others malign you,
I am behind you.
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Showing posts with label Finding your Voice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Finding your Voice. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Behind You
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.
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Waiting for Words
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Waiting for Words
Waiting for words
isn’t like waiting
for a bus.
No designated
places scattered
throughout the city
where words arrive
on the half hour.
isn’t like waiting
for a bus.
No designated
places scattered
throughout the city
where words arrive
on the half hour.
Waiting for words
isn’t like waiting
on tables.
No call
from the kitchen
that the next plate
of words is up.
isn’t like waiting
on tables.
No call
from the kitchen
that the next plate
of words is up.
Waiting for words
isn’t like waiting
in line.
No one giving
out words when you
get to the front.
isn’t like waiting
in line.
No one giving
out words when you
get to the front.
Waiting for words
is waiting for
is waiting for
your voice.
Letting it speak
even when you
are afraid of
what it will say.
Letting it speak
even when you
are afraid of
what it will say.
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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