People ask "who am I?" and I say "You" (I am "Me"): let the answered question shine The questioned answer manifest to see That we are who we are and that is fine With me and I trust you find it fine too As we agree to be (or not to be)
One-shoe-dropped awaiting the other shoe We tend to forget in the to-and-fro Within all our inscrutability We share a knowing grin behind our face
Beneath the skin we all are much the same Our differential specificity Intended to our credit not our blame So let us live it up and down with grace
On fundamental questions we agree And hope to have some fun before we go As we cooperate to play this game Of life which we win by having been born From bud to full-blown bloom effectively Surviving the rose and also the thorn Ferreting out the false to find the true
We never have much time we never know Embodying Socratic irony We learn but to find out we never knew But have been are and will be even so
Recycling most things creating a few Our thoughts have wings our best ideas are free And if to be (or not to be) we are Within our galaxy each one a star
Each person is but a grain of sand resting beside the sea. This thought sets the tone for Jill Eisnaugle’s latest poetry collection, Beside Still Waters.
Early Works is an exhaustive compilation of the first decade of the poems and stories of Z.B.McClure. Included are family photos, rare personal photos, photos of 1st draft manuscripts of many of his early poems. Also some biography and memoir materia
Inspirational poetry, written from the heart and soul. Verses that are well-suited for reading on a rainy day and that are guaranteed to bring a smile to your face.
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