ERBIE'S
CAFE & BOOKWORKS
POET'S
CORNER
Do you write poetry? Got one
you'd like to share? Don't be shy! I need something to put in this
space, and I'm not all that prolific (or particularly vain)...send it along,
and if it fits the guidelines, I'll put it here up here. The more
the merrier, yes? Contact me at: erbivrus@mindspring.com
Poetry Submission Guidelines :
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Your poem must be your own original work, signed with your own name
or regular nom de plume
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Your poem must be submitted BY YOU. I won't put anything up here
unless I'm reasonably certain that the AUTHOR has requested it. In
other words, don't send me the great poem your Uncle Billy wrote last week...Uncle
Billy has to send it himself.
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I don't want to get sued, so if your poem has been published elsewhere,
please be certain that YOU hold the copyright before you send it to me.
Also, if your poem has been published previously, please indicate when
and where.
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If you want me to include a copyright line with your work, please indicate
how you would like it to read (i.e., correct date and name).
FEATURED
POEM OF THE WEEK:
INNOCENCE
Out
of the mists a child comes walking
Along
the lonely beach,
Seagrass
bowing before her
As
to a young goddess, new-born of mist and water.
She
skips among the shells to the water's edge,
And
hunkers down,
And
gazes out over the lonely ocean that looms
Vast
as the mind of God.
Then
she begins to dance,
Leaping
above the waves,
Long
hair flying out behind.
At
one with the mists, the breakers and the gulls,
She
throws back her head with joyous abandon
And
sings a song of joy to the rising sun.
Oh,
to be a child again!
To
sing, to dance, without fear!
To
be at one with the mists, the breakers and the gulls!
To
throw back my head with joyous abandon
And
sing my song to the rising sun.
--
Audrey E. Nickel
Copyright 1996, by Audrey
E. Nickel. All rights reserved. Previously published as "Carolina
Beach, 7:00 a.m." in Whispers At Dusk
