You Can
What are you waiting for?
Do you expect to get carried away?
Make a move.
The path may be rocky,
but others have taken it.
You can too!
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Showing posts with label Rocks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rocks. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
You Can
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 19, 2018
Erosion
Erosion
The rocks under
the pier look
solid, heavy,
indestructible.
How much
of the sand
they sit in
was part of
a similar rock?
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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, May 25, 2017
Pieces
Pieces
I have fallen
from the plant,
an entity detached,
no longer part
of that whole.
Yet, I am still
myself--a little faded
but needle sharp.
I lie in dirt
made of bits
worn from the rocks.
We are pieces
put together to
make a new puzzle.
The prompt for this was pieces.
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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.
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Sit With the Shadows
Sit With the Shadows
You break away
but aren't broken
by your fall.
Kick up dust
when you land
then settle in.
Find contentment
in a place where
you can glisten
in the sun or
sit with the shadows.
This poem got its start during a writing sprint. As part of Wordsmith Studio's 4th anniversary celebration in April, Elissa Field is hosting writing sprints on Twitter each Friday from 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Eastern time. You can join in using #wssprint or #wschat. We did a few warm-up sprints last Friday. You can check the feed at the above hashtags.
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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.
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Rocks in your Path
Rocks in your Path
Rocks in your path
are very disturbing.
As a matter of fact,
they are perturbing.
Are they there
to block your way
or do they have
something to say?
Are they a sign
that you should stop?
Stay where you are;
let your anchor drop?
Perhaps they
could help you see
your future
a little differently.
Let you step up and
look at the view
of the things you
still could do.
Give you some time
to decide if what you see
is worth the climb.
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 18, 2013
Travel Game
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Since I lived for many years in Western or Central New York, I spent a fair amount of time traveling on the New York State Thruway and the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
As a child, I remember seeing lots of cows along the way. Horses were more scarce so I liked seeing them. There was beautiful scenery and a few areas I was happy to put behind us.
Travel Game
The child looks
out the window
eying large stones
sitting high above
the highway.
They could
dent a car,
shatter a window or,
hurt a little girl.
She heeds
the warning
sign and
watches for
falling rocks.
She never
sees one drop.
What do you remember seeing out the car windows when you were going on vacation?
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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