The poems posted here on JANUARY 27, 2012 were all written in 2006. They are not the only poems written in 2006 but are selected from what has been previously published/posted on my MySpace.com blog during that year. There were also two complete collections not included in this current collection, posted in the MySpace blog in 2006 which were written in previous years --
MEET THE BEATS (poems dedicated to the Beat Generation writers and written over the preceding 30 years and collected on this blog
here), and
NATASHA'S PERIL (poems written in 2004 and published privately in a limited edition until their appearance in 2006 on MySpace).
The collection here features predominantly spontaneous, fairly unedited work that was written and almost immediately put into the MySpace blog. Not the most polished or ethereal scribblings ever but the energy and urging of the present moment makes their inclusion illustrative of the writing mind in a tumultuous, transistional, roller-coaster period.
The titles that appear are listed below appear in reverse chronological order than written. If you are the orderly type read from the bottom up. Don't ask.
APPETIZER
GRAPHIC ART
TIMES TWO
COMPASS POINTS
ESSENCE
POEM FOR THREE FRIENDS
TRAIN 186, AUGUST 29
SWIMMING HOLE
THE TAO OF BUTTERFLIES
THE POLITICS OF DESIRE
FAREWELL CODY BOY
CRUEL WORDS
all poems listed above (c) 2006 Brad Riesau
