Places 07: Conversation
For those who like to compare revisions and see how poems grow, I’ve included several versions of Conversation. The last two are significantly better than the first, so keep reading. 2011, Conversation, original published in Places, 2011 Wanting living conversation a word lifted out into time’s tick-tock, Into creche and crush of creation. Human […]
Places 06: Friends
Writing can be a break from pressures—like reading a good book or watching a light movie. Revising this autobiographical poem about my first date in 1952 was a pleasant faith-building diversion from pressures and stress. I hope you can travel back in time and relate to bits of it with me. The line lengths support reading aloud. The meaning? Honestly, I’m not sure—
Poems from Places
Geraniums against all outside snow,
Coral lights within my room,
Reaching toward the windows white
In winter bright,
Ignore the tiredness of cold,
Opening spring out of season.
