Bradford: 734 books

    The spoken word, depending on the orator, can have a profound effect upon the listener. Likewise, the written word, whether a story, an autobiography, an historical account, or even a fortune cookie, also can influence a reader. This is not only due to the content of the speech (or work...

    Are You ... is a poem that I wrote prior to a vacation, where I was in a cloudy mood and striving to climb out of it. I was struggling to see not the negatives of existence but the positives, so, I envisioned a poem which started out negative and rose stanza by stanza through to...

    Loving Bread is a poem that I wrote which is somewhat of a memory, and yet it never happened. The story is of a child meeting their mother with a basket and wondering if there is bread in the basket (because the smell of bread is coming out of the basket). Of course, there is bread in...

    Subtextual Entwinings is a poem that I wrote which is somewhat of a memory, and yet it never happened. The story is a reverse jabberwocky in that jabberwocky took a definite idea (of battle and forest and beast) and presented it with words undefined, this poemering was trying to...

    Watermelon Candy is a fun poem about eating watermelon candy, and those who might also watch you eat that candy and want some.     There are eight stanzas of four lines each. The odd stanazas repeat. The even stanzas star creatures who may be after that candy. There...

The spoken word, depending on the orator, can produce wide-ranging effects and emotions in a listener. Likewise, the written word, whether a story, an autobiography, an historical account, or even a fortune cookie, can also impress upon its reader innumerable feelings. This impact, the work's influence,...

   Lucid Dreamings is a poem that I wrote which is a combination of two poems woven together. One poem is 'the dream' and the other is the realization of that dream, and all dreams. The dream portrayed is a food landscape, where "great mountains of cookies rise covered in fudge". The realization...

    Acorn - The Movie is a fun look into the life of an acorn that has been to the movies - with a surprise twist at the end. The acorn begins to wonder if what it thinks about the movie is really coming from its own mind or if the movie was somehow telling it what to think!  ...

    Lilac Days is a short poem about reminiscing fondly about a particular vacation with a loved one - a vacation in which the color lilac was prominent!     There are five stanzas. Each stanza, but one, has four lines - one stanza has five and that extra line is the only...

    Little Bugs is a sing-songy poem about where we can find little bugs and what they always seem to be doing. There is a wistful, incantation-like, aspect of wanting to be a little bug, to live your life as they. It's is best read at a little bit of a fast pace.     There...

    Caterpillar Kid is a short poem inquiring into the change a caterpillar goes through, from caterpillar kid to butterfly. It wonders what, if anything, the caterpillar remembers or has at its mental disposal to assist in its transformation.     There are four stanzas....

Dream Day is a playful exploration of the dreams of a monkey and a rooster which get crossed. This poem is 10 stanzas of 14 syllables per line, rhyming A A B B in each stanza. The story is told in paired stanzas, making 5 chapters (1 stanza to each page), and, each 14 syllable line has been split at its mid-point for easier reading.

Cheese Me is a poem that I wrote which for the love of cheese, ostensibly, but really so I could have a couple of lines with "made up" beast names. There are nine stanzas of six lines each. The all lines are as close to 11 syllables each (at my whim), with a "last word rhyme...

    The Pair is a loving poem about two birds, a canary and a seagull, who are sharing a happy life, and inspire the reader to do so too.     There are three stanzas of six lines each. The rhyme is AABBCC per stanza.     The structure of three stanzas...