it’s shameless book promotion time! i’ve already shared poetry from my collections ‘a distilled spirit’ and ‘scotch & scars.’ now we move along to my 3rd collection from 2021, ‘from my front steps.’

unlike the books preceding it, where my poetry was selected to make a collection, this was my first attempt at actually writing for a collection. it became a breakthrough of sorts for me.

while covid-19 shut life down during the summer of 2020, i decided on a challenge: in only a few days and while sitting atop my front steps, i would write a small collection to whatever i was witnessing or feeling. what came through were the first tellings of my newfound spirituality, my trademark ruminations and a tale of unrequited love.

‘from my front steps’ is available on amazon. if you enjoy it, please indulge me the favor of a review.

today’s selection is:

‘prophecies and promises’

my tarot spoke of a storm coming

but the weatherman didn’t warn me

so i poured a bourbon and a beer

and took to my front steps hoping

to divine what the fine lines of

my uni-ball pen conjured

within a one subject notebook

lacking the muscle to support

the entirety of my complexity

something i have endured thru this

the celtic cross spread of my life

while atop the horizon goliaths gathered

churning in tease of prophecies and promises

i have waited for in unwavering faith

tortured by sutured lips of spirit

whose grand notebook far dwarfs

my own.

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