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Poems about Love, Hate, and God
Thirty-six poems composed over seventeen years, spinning tales of teenage angst, love, lust, bitterness, joy, and regret. An examination of a life through the lens of an unreliable narrator, there and back again and all places between.
Coffee shop: Microphone Stand, Barstool, Bongos
Any real-gone daddy worth his salt
In rolled tea and hand jive knows that
A good poet paints a thick picture
With his words,
He makes you horny as he
Describes the softness of his lover’s lips,
Or your eyes sting and well with clear wet tears
As he describes the simple elegance
Of one red rose
Or sunlight on an upturned face.
A good poem is like good advice:
plain, short and
Sweet, simple, like common sense.
Coffee shop: Microphone Stand, Barstool, Bongos
Any real-gone daddy worth his salt
In rolled tea and hand jive knows that
A good poet paints a thick picture
With his words,
He makes you horny as he
Describes the softness of his lover’s lips,
Or your eyes sting and well with clear wet tears
As he describes the simple elegance
Of one red rose
Or sunlight on an upturned face.
A good poem is like good advice:
plain, short and
Sweet, simple, like common sense.
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First published August 8, 2011
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Jim Heskett
68 books252 followersJim Heskett is a writer of short and long fiction, currently slaving away at a laptop in an undisclosed location in Broomfield, Colorado. Details about previous and future publications can be found at www.jimheskett.com
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November 22, 2014
Interesting collection. I hadn't realised while I was reading it that it was written over nearly two decades. This might account for some poems being stronger than others. For me the strong poems came at the beginning, and some of the later ones, I felt, petered off a bit, lacking the shape and substance of the poems at the front of the book.
LIke all poetry books it needs to be read more than once, and I daresay I'd get more from the poems as they become more familiar.
There's no doubt Mr Heskett has a poetic skill. I'd like to see him writing about some other things than the slightly limited focus in this book.
LIke all poetry books it needs to be read more than once, and I daresay I'd get more from the poems as they become more familiar.
There's no doubt Mr Heskett has a poetic skill. I'd like to see him writing about some other things than the slightly limited focus in this book.
November 15, 2014
Intriguing. A Wide range of poems, from satirical to dead serious. Mostly love poems, abut a lot of existential stuff too. I highly recommend this short little poetry book
December 26, 2014
A wide range of creative poems. Lots of different things here for everyone to enjoy, frm love and pain to some funny stuff.
March 31, 2015
Lovelovelove
Amazing little book of poetry! Very easy to understand and very easy to read. It is a little rollercoaster filled with love and despair!!
Amazing little book of poetry! Very easy to understand and very easy to read. It is a little rollercoaster filled with love and despair!!
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