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Joy's Poet

For me there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ . . .

About Me

I think of myself mostly as a poet. Certainly not a great or maybe even good poet. But I am a sentimental poet who speaks from his heart about life: my God who is Creator and Savior, about the Love of my Life who is my wife, the landscape of Tennessee, the Moon, the Sun, the Stars, and whatever else strikes my fancy. I like the whimsical and the fun. I love the romantic. Oh yes, all poetry on this website written by me (and I always give my by line) is copywritten by me. Thanks.
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My Interests

Being with my wife doing anything! I love skiing, reading, walking, hiking, biking, camping and studying the Bible. I write poetry, normally for my beautiful wife, whom I love dearly.CURRENT MOON lunar phases

I'd like to meet:

I've met her and married her.

Music:

Classic jazz (Miles, Coltrane), cool jazz (Brubeck, Baker), rock of all stripes--classic to alternative to indy to punk, soul and Motown, some hip hop (if it's clean), classical, especially Aaron Copland and other American composers, even some country . . .

Movies:

All Star Wars. Back to the Future Trilogy. Indiana Jones Trilogy. Romantic comedies: For example, You've Got Mail. Matrix trilogy. The PBS Pride and Prejudice. Rear Window is one of my favorite movies of all time (Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly). There are lots of others. I love movies.

Television:

Currently, American Idol, House, and some sports . . . that's about it.

Books:

Big Michael Connelly fan, also I like bio's and histories . . . one of the best books I ever read? Five Smooth Stones by Ann Fairbairn. Also, Pierre Boule's Planet of the Apes and Alas Babylon! by Pat Frank. Non fiction? How about Robert Kennedy and His Times by Arthur M. Schlesinger. There are many others . . . I love a good book!!!

Heroes:

Jesus Christ, Abraham Lincoln, Robert Kennedy, Jerry Rushford, JP Sanders, Brother Ken Clayton, our wonderful Pastor at Tulip Grove Baptist Church. . .

My Blog

An Autumn Moment with Joy

An Autumn Moment with JoyThe water was on fire that Autumn afternoonWhere we sat casting pebbles watching the ripples Prism like, dance amid the forest fire in the waterFlickering in orange and red an...
Posted by Joy's Poet on Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:48:00 PST

Octobers Ghost

October's GhostOctober's Ghost high in the morning skyFloating in the darkness hiding behindBlack licorice fingers slicing the dark, asWaning night's wisps place kissesOn this autumn ghost's shimmerin...
Posted by Joy's Poet on Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:43:00 PST

Three Words

Three WordsThere are three words which speak my heartI can modify them with adverbs and adjectivesDress them up with flowery words and evenLovely flowery flowersI can sing them in that ever elusive lo...
Posted by Joy's Poet on Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:02:00 PST

Autumn Lights

Here is a poem I wrote today and a poem I wrote years ago . . . I am not looking at it so I don't remember when.  Both are poems which flow from my existential struggles, that really we know so l...
Posted by Joy's Poet on Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:48:00 PST

I Followed the Moon

I Followed the MoonAn ordinary day before dawnSipping hot coffee waiting for the dogTo take care of her businessShe likes to take her timeEspecially this early in the morningWhen she's not usually upA...
Posted by Joy's Poet on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:15:00 PST

The Shadow

The ShadowShe's but a shadow on a wallPraying in the early morning lightA gentle figure silhouetted withBowed headEyes closedEach morning the searchTo find the sourceOf lightOf shadowNothing obviousBu...
Posted by Joy's Poet on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:13:00 PST

Perspectives of a Tennessee Moon from Our Hot Tub

Perspectives of a Tennessee Moon From Our Hot TubThe day had been hot and steamyA day after summer rainThe night was loud with the chorus's ofCicadas and tree frogs, each competingIn a Battle of the B...
Posted by Joy's Poet on Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:39:00 PST

A Mother’s Pride

The prom was two months ago now . . . but it's taking me longer to write, even something sentimental like this.A mother's pride         & nbsp;  He was...
Posted by Joy's Poet on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:40:00 PST

A Note on the Mirror

6-18-08 You know I will think of you all day long.  I think of you everyday . . . all day long . . . but today, this day, I'll think of you (I mean think almost like "dream" of you).  You'll...
Posted by Joy's Poet on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:02:00 PST

Like Zuzu’s Petals

Like Zuzu's PetalsShe said, for the second time,"I'm a delicate flower, very fragile . . ."I winced as I felt the petals in my handsearing the palmwithering, drying, crumbling, crushedlike zuzu's peta...
Posted by Joy's Poet on Mon, 12 May 2008 08:56:00 PST