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On Being a Poet and Other Existential ideas
From the publisher of Word Salad Poetry Magazine, Bruce WhealtonInformation
| Url: | http://WordSaladPoetryMagazine.com/words/ |
| Author(s): | Bruce Wheelton |
| Language: | English |
| Tags: | poetry magazine, Bruce Whealton, Poetry |
| Description: | I am the publisher of Word Salad Poetry Magazine, which is now in it's 15th year of publication on the web. I publish some of my own poems here on this particular blog. These are often in a draft stage where I seek feedback. It's about what it means to be a poet. |
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| Popularity: | 38 Followers |
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Flashback – poem by Bruce Whealton
| FlashbackIt’s funny how a placecan age-regress you -take you back in time -but that’s what happenedwhen I got thereand saw it…it’s like the years instantlyhad recededand fol...more |
2009-11-20
A Question for Anne – Poem by Bruce Whealton
| A Question For AnneI know what she meantwhen Anne Sexton wrote,“To Bedlam and PartWay Back.”Yet that’s where our storiesdiverge. She never made itall the way back,while she found the healing...more |
2009-11-18
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – Poem by Bruce Whealton
| Post Traumatic Stress DisorderI’d like to thinkI’m just likeanyone else,that we all have limits…There’s only so muchwe can take…So much of what?Pain… Fear…...more |
2009-11-18
Drive-by – Poem by Terri Kirby Erickson
| This poem was also submitted to me for the Neighbor House Poetry Reading. Neighbor House is a non-profit serving the homeless/needy in Northern Orange County, NC.Drive-byTerri Kirby EricksonPacing...more |
2009-11-18
Tent Cities – Poem by Jean Jones
| Here is a poem by Jean Jones that was written in response to my request for poetry relating to homelessness and poverty.TENT CITIES BY JEAN JONESI try to imagine living in a tent city, and I can...more |
2009-11-18
The Passage of Seasons at the Beach – Poem by Bruce Whealton
| The Passage of Seasons at the BeachOn this cold Autumn BeachI stare at the waves…I don’t know if I’m lookingforward or backwardin time but I rememberthe warmthand the lifethat was...more |
2009-11-17
Masculine Destruction – edited version with feedback by Ron Bayes – poem by Bruce Whealton
| Masculine DestructionAs males we possessthe potentialto createto join withbecome a part ofanother -these are expressions of lifeand love.Instead we fashionphallic shapedand formulatedimplements -wi...more |
2009-11-17
Left Out – Poem by Ron Bayes – submitted for Neighbor House Event (homelessness related)
| The following piece was submitted to me by Ronald H. Bayes of St. Andrews College. I had asked some poets to submit poetry for a Neighbor House poetry event. Neighbor House is a non-profit 501 (3...more |
2009-11-17
Suicidal Days – Poem by Bruce Whealton
| Suicidal DaysThese days you’d thinkthere was just this death everywhere…these gray somber skies,skeletal trees,this damp mourningand rememberingbut I still don’tcompletely underst...more |
2009-11-13
TAZ – Poem by Bruce Whealton
| TAZHe goes by the nameTaz.Only a few knowhis real name -he wants it that way.That’s the homeless man,laying in a tree bedwearing a coattoo heavy for a warm daylike today…That’s th...more |
2009-11-13
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