If You Are Reading This, You Are Too Close by Eugene David

26 poems - 43 pages

Fall 2004

Copyright © 2004 by David Eugene Partch

This is a collection of poems written toward the end of 2004. This year was marked by the re-election of President George W. Bush under questionable circumstances that pointed clearly to election fraud. It was also marked by the continuation of the illegal and immoral war in Iraq and the accelerated deterioration of the global environment. All in all, it was not a happy time. These poems present a wide spectrum of personal reactions to this situation as well as a few poems to stubbornly celebrate a sense of joy in life in spite of it all.

Contents:

• No Good Reason
• Awkward Are
• Understanding Nature
• Open Minded
• No One in Particular
• Indignant
• Troubled Words
• Space Poetry
• Progress
• Playing with Swords
• Unraveled Vision
• Reality, Take #505b
• What Are You?
• Slippery Rope
• The Self-Identity Rule
• Fragment Collection #1
• Saintliness, Lesson 23
• Winged Arrogance
• Cloud Art
• Your Blue Eyes
• No Way
• Fragment Collection #2
• Public Park
• A Play on Word
• Among the Deleted
• Thank You