Advante Guarde Times, June 2008

One of my poems, Road Sign Redux, appears in the Poetry & Literary Works section of the June 2008 issue of Avant Guarde Times. In true blog logic, Go to the bottom of the page and read it first. After reading the other works, click on the title of this post to see a great "sign" graphic.

This poem originally appear on this blog on December 19, 2007 in response to a prompt on Totally Optional Prompts.

Dr. Charles Fredrickson had seen the poem on my blog after a dialog between fellow New Verse News Poets and asked to include it in the June Issue of AVT. Thanks Charles, now I see what you mean about having just the right graphic.

Thinking Inside the Box

“Existence really is an imperfect tense that never becomes a present." Friedrich Nietzsche or maybe it was something else he said.



Chance encounter

btw, here a link to the other poem I wrote today.


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New Years 2008

One of my favorite places to publish: Relevant and many excellent poets contribute-- My poem was the New Years 2008 Day choice

The New Verse News: Not Too Late for Commutation

...
regenerates the beat of life
Children who have not watched the news
breathe deeply to propel the perpetual wind of change

The editior, James Penha,

CALLING THE WRONG NUMBER

One of my favorite places to publish: Relevant and many excellent poets contribute

The New Verse News: CALLING THE WRONG NUMBER

A note from the editior, James Penha, "We always appreciate your good work."


Dec 7, 1941 "A day that will live in infamy"
Listen to the speech by FDR,

Sequel on Q

On Oct 10 New York Times columnist published an article "Generation Q: The quiet ones."

Friedman says,

I've been calling them "Generation Q" — the Quiet Americans, in the best sense of that term, quietly pursuing their idealism, at home and abroad. But Generation Q may be too quiet, too online, for its own good, and for the country's own good.

Had he taken my cue from my poem ?

Sunday, October 07, 2007

THE 11TH HOUR AND GENERATION Z

published on New Verse News. Twisted it for his purposes?

I promptly crafted this sequel in response.

Substitutes? Say,
American Enterprise! Got mine!
But not yet fo’ you, Q!
You unknown Quantities
Who refuse to play by the old rules
By the numbers

Numbers that don’t add up
Below the top’s bottom line
The Q are you & you & you
Who?
The Q who cannot face the Z
“Who will come to be
The doomsday eye witnesses
But WE”

Quotidians who do not count,
Their blessings.

These 2 poems are posted together on Brigid, Oct 16, 2007