Safe Travels
Another year has gone by.
The time has come for me to travel.
Take the same old route.
I give you one more hug
then I start my journey.
Your wish for safe travels
will accompany me all the way.
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Showing posts with label Repetition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Repetition. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Safe Travels
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, September 14, 2017
Workday Blues
Workday Blues
Standin' out in
the afternoon sun.
Can't move on 'til
the work is done.
Wings are spread, but
I can't fly away.
Just have to get
through another day.
Each one seems
to be the same.
Do what I can.
Don't place any blame.
When this one
comes to an end,
I'll get some sleep
then start again.
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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, April 28, 2016
Small Circles
Small Circles
Make small circles
with a spot of
water on a cloth.
Make small circles
Work the polish
into the leather
to create a gloss.
Make small circles
The end of another
day is near.
Make small circles
Can't wait to
get out of here.
Make small circles
Only a few weeks
of boot camp left.
Make small circles
Wonder where these
spit-shined shoes
will take me next?
Do you shine your shoes?
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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, August 15, 2013
An Anaphora Poem
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Week 2 of the Our Lost Jungle Poetry Form Challenge gave us a chance to repeat ourselves. Week 2 of the Our Lost Jungle Poetry Form Challenge gave us a chance to repeat ourselves.
We were challenged to write an anaphora poem. Anaphora is the "repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two successive verses, clauses or sentences."
Khara House, our challenge maven, threw a fastball by us when, in the first paragraph of her blog post, she prompted us to think of a word and write it down. You guessed it! This ended up being the word we had to repeat in our poem.
My word is yes. (Note: I'm sure I had just started drinking my first cup of coffee when I did this exercise.) And, yes, my initial reaction was horror; but after I stopped groaning and took my head out of my hands, I decided to give my little word a chance.
Do you know that yes may be an adverb or a noun? That it's plural is yeses and that there are multiple definitions listed under it in the dictionary?
So, here is my poem with yes as the anaphoree (Yes, I made that up.):
That's an Affirmative
Yes?
Yes, it is.
Yes, I did.
Yes, that's right.
Yes, I am.
Yes, I can.
Yes!
(Note: Please feel free to fill in the other half of the conversation).
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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