Opening Book
Clicking on the Image will take you to whichever Poem you would like to view. These pages are from my published book of poetry – Opening Book. Contact me if you would like to purchase a copy. The block prints at the bottom of the pages are not in the original.
Page 9 – The Evening Coming
Free Verse; Lyric
Page 10-12 – The Ghost at High Tide
Free Verse; Dramatic Monologue
Page 13 – A Broken Promise
Free Verse; Lyric
Page 14 – The Death of Li Po
Free Verse
Page 15 – There was a Woman
Free Verse
Page 16-17 – The Two Trees
Free Verse
Page 17 – Bouquet
Haiku
Page 18-19 – Some Things are Loveliest
Free Verse
Page 20 – And I am never…
Free Verse
Page 21-22 – After Chaos
Free Verse
Page 23 – Something Within
Shakespearean Sonnet
Page 24 – Zen & Four Crows
Free Verse
Page 25 – a ways to fall… & Ohio
Haiku
Page 26 – The Merry-go-round
Shakespearean Sonnet
Page 27-28 – The Fox Watches the Moon
Free Verse
Page 29 – firefly, low tide, & dogwood
Haiku
Page 30 – Spider Spider
Free Verse
Page 31-32 – Prologue to a Play by Thomas Holcroft
Dramatic Verse; Heroic Couplets; Iambic Pentameter
Page 33 – The Farmer Wife’s Complaint
Humorous, Shakespearean Sonnet, Iambic Pentameter
Page 34-38 – My Bridge is like a Rainbow
Blank Verse; Dramatic Monologue
Page 39 – The Wedding Preamble
Blank Verse
Page 40– Spring Lyric
Iambic Tetrameter; Rhyming
Page 41-42 – Come Out!
AUDIO Blank Verse, Dramatic Monologue
Page 43-51 – All Hallows’ Eve
(First Post of Three) Narrative Blank Verse
Page 52-61 – All Hallows’ Eve
(Second Post of Three) Narrative Blank Verse
Page 62-71 – All Hallows’ Eve
(Third Post of Three) Narrative Blank Verse
Page 72 – Given
Iambic Tetrameter; Rhyming
Page 73 – grackles, stubbled fields, grass so small
Haiku
Page 74-77 – The Green Gate
Blank Verse; Dramatic Monologue
Page 78 – Unbidden
Iambic Tetrameter; Rhyming
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