A Lift
Give me a lift,
a small shift up.
The gift I need.
Allows a view
filled with new scenes
of true beauty.
The poem is written in a Burmese form called than-bauk.
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Showing posts with label Perspective. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Perspective. Show all posts
Thursday, July 7, 2022
A Lift
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, May 5, 2020
Out of Proportion
Out of Proportion
The subject seemed
bigger than it was.
Every part of it
was magnified.
I examined each detail
over and over again
until I realized that
I was the one who
let it get out of
proportion.
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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.
Thursday, March 26, 2020
Sit
Sit
Pick a spot to stop,
sit. Leave with
a new perspective.
This form is the lune, also known as the American Haiku. The prompt to write a short form poem is part of the 2020 April PAD Countdown Challenge on Robert Lee Brewer's blog, Poetic Asides.
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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.
Thursday, July 27, 2017
Skyline
Skyline
I float among the giants that
make up the outline of a city.
Take in their differences--
colors, components, configurations.
Observe how they fit in with each other.
Watch them disappear into a fog
or sparkle in the sunshine.
Sit in their shadows.
Study their reflections.
Embrace my new point of view.
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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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