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Hurting?
No, living!
Dying?
No, sleeping!

Hey! I'm a published poet!!

https://smile.amazon.com/Cadence-2021-F ... C64&sr=8-1

https://smile.amazon.com/Cadence-Florid ... 105&sr=8-1

Although, to be fair and honest, as a member, they have to publish at least one of the three poems I send in each year.

Still, it's better than nothing!

Gary Childress wrote: ↑Sat Nov 05, 2022 10:21 pm Hey! I'm a published poet!!

https://smile.amazon.com/Cadence-2021-F ... C64&sr=8-1

https://smile.amazon.com/Cadence-Florid ... 105&sr=8-1

Although, to be fair and honest, as a member, they have to publish at least one of the three poems I send in each year.

Still, it's better than nothing!

...so why not enclose one of the ones they haven't published in case it would cause a conflict?

Dubious wrote: ↑Sun Nov 06, 2022 1:01 am

Gary Childress wrote: ↑Sat Nov 05, 2022 10:21 pm Hey! I'm a published poet!!

https://smile.amazon.com/Cadence-2021-F ... C64&sr=8-1

https://smile.amazon.com/Cadence-Florid ... 105&sr=8-1

Although, to be fair and honest, as a member, they have to publish at least one of the three poems I send in each year.

Still, it's better than nothing!

...so why not enclose one of the ones they haven't published in case it would cause a conflict?

I'm working on a book of my poetry that includes just about all of my poems, including the ones that I submitted to Cadence that weren't published.

Gary Childress wrote: ↑Sat Nov 05, 2022 10:21 pm Hey! I'm a published poet!!

https://smile.amazon.com/Cadence-2021-F ... C64&sr=8-1

https://smile.amazon.com/Cadence-Florid ... 105&sr=8-1

Although, to be fair and honest, as a member, they have to publish at least one of the three poems I send in each year.

Still, it's better than nothing!

Good on you, Gary...

henry quirk wrote: ↑Sun Nov 06, 2022 1:10 am

Gary Childress wrote: ↑Sat Nov 05, 2022 10:21 pm Hey! I'm a published poet!!

https://smile.amazon.com/Cadence-2021-F ... C64&sr=8-1

https://smile.amazon.com/Cadence-Florid ... 105&sr=8-1

Although, to be fair and honest, as a member, they have to publish at least one of the three poems I send in each year.

Still, it's better than nothing!

Good on you, Gary...

Thank you, Henry.

Gary Childress wrote: ↑Sun Nov 06, 2022 1:04 am

Dubious wrote: ↑Sun Nov 06, 2022 1:01 am

Gary Childress wrote: ↑Sat Nov 05, 2022 10:21 pm Hey! I'm a published poet!!

https://smile.amazon.com/Cadence-2021-F ... C64&sr=8-1

https://smile.amazon.com/Cadence-Florid ... 105&sr=8-1

Although, to be fair and honest, as a member, they have to publish at least one of the three poems I send in each year.

Still, it's better than nothing!

...so why not enclose one of the ones they haven't published in case it would cause a conflict?

I'm working on a book of my poetry that includes just about all of my poems, including the ones that I submitted to Cadence that weren't published.

Good idea! Something to strive for!

Dubious wrote: ↑Sun Nov 06, 2022 1:15 am

Gary Childress wrote: ↑Sun Nov 06, 2022 1:04 am

Dubious wrote: ↑Sun Nov 06, 2022 1:01 am

...so why not enclose one of the ones they haven't published in case it would cause a conflict?

I'm working on a book of my poetry that includes just about all of my poems, including the ones that I submitted to Cadence that weren't published.

Good idea! Something to strive for!

Thank you, Dubious!

Gary Childress wrote: ↑Sat Nov 05, 2022 10:21 pm Hey! I'm a published poet!!

https://smile.amazon.com/Cadence-2021-F ... C64&sr=8-1

https://smile.amazon.com/Cadence-Florid ... 105&sr=8-1

Although, to be fair and honest, as a member, they have to publish at least one of the three poems I send in each year.

Still, it's better than nothing!

Where's the poem? If you can't write it, any clues? Perhaps one line? Does it rhyme? How many words? What is the theme? General stuff like that.

Walker wrote: ↑Sun Nov 06, 2022 6:45 am

Gary Childress wrote: ↑Sat Nov 05, 2022 10:21 pm Hey! I'm a published poet!!

https://smile.amazon.com/Cadence-2021-F ... C64&sr=8-1

https://smile.amazon.com/Cadence-Florid ... 105&sr=8-1

Although, to be fair and honest, as a member, they have to publish at least one of the three poems I send in each year.

Still, it's better than nothing!

Where's the poem? If you can't write it, any clues? Perhaps one line? Does it rhyme? How many words? What is the theme? General stuff like that.

The one in the second link (Anthology 40) is a short poem, only 192 words. It's under the Orlando Area Poets section, titled: "The Woken Class." It rhymes. It's just some brief fun with verse. I'm not 100% sure but it may not go quite the way you'd expect. I guess it would depend on how passionate a person is regarding one side or the other of the topic. I tried to be as fair and neutral as I knew how to be while respecting both sides of the skirmish line.

Gary Childress wrote: ↑Sun Nov 06, 2022 9:25 am I tried to be as fair and neutral as I knew how to be while respecting both sides of the skirmish line.

Interesting. High intellectual flight that walks the razor's edge dividing good and bad can be quite effective when its good. Show the bad of both, show the good of both, and be truthful about it. That certainly will elevate and cause the horizons to recede. On the other hand, doing the same truthful thing can inflame the passions when just one side is presented, but poetry is tricky and inflaming passions with poetry requires more of a single, well-placed word or two, than it requires a repetitive rant. However, these days subtle can get drowned out by the likes of Marvel Studios, which is a bit of an overreach of credulity because they were really good comics, and the special effects are wearing thin. I had the first Fantastic Four comic book, and the First Spider Man comic book, long since reclaimed to the pool of comic-book mortality. If I had but known of the future Bizarro World that pays big bucks for such things I would have vacuum sealed them and locked them away from sunlight, under strict humidity control, because they would likely now fetch a fetching price. How about you? A comic book man? Early exposure to action narrative?

Litany
by Billy Collins

You are the bread and the knife,
The crystal goblet and the wine...*
-Jacques Crickillon


You are the bread and the knife,
the crystal goblet and the wine.
You are the dew on the morning grass
and the burning wheel of the sun.
You are the white apron of the baker,
and the marsh birds suddenly in flight.

However, you are not the wind in the orchard,
the plums on the counter,
or the house of cards.
And you are certainly not the pine-scented air.
There is just no way that you are the pine-scented air.

It is possible that you are the fish under the bridge,
maybe even the pigeon on the general's head,
but you are not even close
to being the field of cornflowers at dusk.

And a quick look in the mirror will show
that you are neither the boots in the corner
nor the boat asleep in its boathouse.

It might interest you to know,
speaking of the plentiful imagery of the world,
that I am the sound of rain on the roof.

I also happen to be the shooting star,
the evening paper blowing down an alley
and the basket of chestnuts on the kitchen table.

I am also the moon in the trees
and the blind woman's tea cup.
But don't worry, I'm not the bread and the knife.
You are still the bread and the knife.
You will always be the bread and the knife,
not to mention the crystal goblet and--somehow--the wine.


* Wonderful how two lines sparked so much truthful imagery.

It is possible that you are the fish under the bridge,
(because fish are elusive, and hard to catch)
maybe even the pigeon on the general's head,
(because a pigeon may fly away at any moment)
but you are not even close
to being the field of cornflowers at dusk.
(because although beautiful, cornflowers are easily picked)

Walker wrote: ↑Sun Nov 06, 2022 3:39 pm

Gary Childress wrote: ↑Sun Nov 06, 2022 9:25 am I tried to be as fair and neutral as I knew how to be while respecting both sides of the skirmish line.

Interesting. High intellectual flight that walks the razor's edge dividing good and bad can be quite effective when its good. Show the bad of both, show the good of both, and be truthful about it. That certainly will elevate and cause the horizons to recede. On the other hand, doing the same truthful thing can inflame the passions when just one side is presented, but poetry is tricky and inflaming passions with poetry requires more of a single, well-placed word or two, than it requires a repetitive rant. However, these days subtle can get drowned out by the likes of Marvel Studios, which is a bit of an overreach of credulity because they were really good comics, and the special effects are wearing thin. I had the first Fantastic Four comic book, and the First Spider Man comic book, long since reclaimed to the pool of comic-book mortality. If I had but known of the future Bizarro World that pays big bucks for such things I would have vacuum sealed them and locked them away from sunlight, under strict humidity control, because they would likely now fetch a fetching price. How about you? A comic book man? Early exposure to action narrative?

I was never much into comics, though I remember getting a Fantastic Four comic book when I was very young. As you seem to say, if only I had clairvoyance I would have tried to preserve it. Most of the books I read when I was young had to do with military history. Before Carl Sagan became my hero, General Patton was.