I generally don’t use this site to talk about myself, but I’ve recently published a book of poetry entitled, The Funny Thing About a Poem, and I thought it worth mention to my audience here. If there is a theme, it is in the subtitle, “Poems to Ponder and Amuse.”
Occasionally it is funny and elsewhere thoughtful or perhaps thought-provoking. It is available on Amazon in two editions. You can buy the first on paper and for Kindle. A briefer and more affordable second edition is available on paper, also on Amazon.
Here is a sample:
All the Good Words
Hank Williams said
The silence of a falling star
If a song can’t be written
Lights up a purple sky
In fifteen minutes
A hot-rod Ford and a two-dollar bill
It ain’t worth writing
Jambalaya crawfish pie a file gumbo
If he was even half right
You’ll walk the floor the way I do
It shouldn’t take five minutes
Your cheatin’ heart will tell on you
And a teaspoon of talent
In spring I’ll wait for roses red when fades the lilacs bloom
To write a decent poem
And in early Fall when brown leaves fall I’ll catch a glimpse of you
I mean after all
Death sent an angel down from above
It’s only words
Sent for the buds of the flowers we love
Without a tune
‘Cause if you mind your business
Or even a backbeat
Then you won’t be mindin’ mine
But all I can do
The more I learn to care for you, the more we drift apart
Is listen to his songs
Why can’t I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart
Because I’ve come to know
Now I have traded the wrong for the right
All the good words are gone
Praise the lord I saw the light
