River by the Glass is a collection of 85 poems that spans two decades of poetic experience. The personal becomes universal and a relationship with nature
River water and words flow around boulders, spin through life and death and the human predicament. Dip into the swells and eddies. The personal becomes universal and a relationship with nature abounds. Let some river water into your life.
Excerpt
Cleaning Fish
Take a fish any fish
Let’s say a black bass
Or iridescent rainbow
Trout after it has
Stopped flopping
In the sink
Its dull eye fixed
On an isolated splash
Before it slips down
Into darker water
Slimy silver moons
Weigh in, light-heavy
Take what remains of slippery
And hold it still
Under the blade while some
Scales flip into the drink
And others fly free
As if to attach again
Why not hold a side to start
And pinpoint where guts reside
Then plant the knife tip for a slit
As a slant hand slips a bit
Questions, unquestioned discoveries, and answers in parable and rhyme…. This collection records a journey starting with a 1960s retrospective and the first man on the moon, moving to a new millennium welcomed in with a terrorist spin, family crises,
This is my personal inspirational book of poetry. It contains many poems written for family, friends, and relevant life situations. Hopefully you will find some that will encourage and inpsire you in whatever arena you are found in your circle of l
