Links to some poems by web-based writers whose work I’ve enjoyed lately. I hope you’ll follow the links and enjoy these poems as well.
“Cloudlonely” by Susan S. Keiser. This one just sounds so good. One to reread and savor.
“Morning” at Jumping Into Life (Not sure who the writer is). A perfectly captured moment watching birds and baby (much like my summer has been).
“Time’s Reflection” by Jean Morris. A lovely photo poem. The words and image could stand alone but together… wow.
“In Victimhood” by Horace Jeffery Hodges. A clever parody of “Invictus” and a reminder for me to get that flu shot.
“795 (Concrete)” by Angie Werren. A stunning “phoem” (as she calls them) appearing in her beautifully redesigned feathers micropoetry site. A good reminder to leave the RSS reader once in a while.
“Being” by Neil Reid. This one had me at the first lines: “there is a gate, we call it sky / when visible, we call it cloud”.
“If there were such things as ghosts” by Dave Bonta with a whole comment thread of very cool ghost poems by Dave’s readers.
“Mail Pouch” by Hannah Stephenson. I’m always amazed by the quality of Hannah Stephenson’s work considering she manages to write and post a poem every day. I had several I wanted to pick, but this was a favorite for the opening image of the barn and the faded letters. What is it about faded ads on old buildings anyway?
“from seeds here & in my backyard” by Carolee Sherwood. Wisdom gleaned from watching nature’s processes.
“The Bone House” by Wrensong. A moment by the sea: “the salt-scented blossoms of kelp / the song of whales and old wars.”
“Night Predator” by Sherry Chandler in The Cortland Review Issue 52.
“Indiana” by Dale Patterson in Right Hand Pointing Issue 43, Part1. Read the whole thing.
James Brush is a teacher and writer who lives in Austin, TX. He tries to get outside as much as possible.
I love that you do this, James. What a gift to the poetry community.
Thanks, James. I’ve also got a parody of Joyce Kilmer’s famous poem “Trees” — “Sigmund Freud’s Impersonation of Gerry Bevers in Korea” — just in case anybody’s interested.
I think that I’ve written a few other parodies, maybe located by clicking on “Poetry Break” at the bottom of my blog entry. If not that way, then see my blog roll, near the top, for “Poetry Breaks: Some of My Poems.”
Or just click here, and look around.
Jeffery Hodges
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My goodness… thank you, James. I’m honored to be in this company. Some wonderful selections.
thank you, james.
looks like I need to do a bit of reading…
😉
These are great sites, most of them unknown to me. I really enjoyed the sense of discovery. A great service to poets and poetry!
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PS I’d like to riff ‘a pun’ Wendy’s words:
“I’m honored to be in this August company.”
Apologies to antiparonomasiacs . . .
Jeffery Hodges
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I appreciate your kind words here (though my comment is a bit belated, huh? I just noticed this post).
Thank you!
Thank you, James!
I’m just seeing it and I’m very honored to be here!
Susan Keiser