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Richard Atwood
Born in Baltimore; raised in York County, Pennsylvania, served in the USAF, with tours in Greece, Turkey, and Germany. Rick has lived in Los Angeles and Denver; currently in Wichita, Kansas. He has also authored two other books of poetry, three screenplays, and two epic stage plays, plus several songs.
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Death and Morning - Richard Atwood
DEATH AND MORNING
by
Richard Atwood
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Death And Morning
Copyright © 2011 Richard Atwood
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ISBN: 978-1-4502-7134-9 (pbk)
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Printed in the United States of America
iUniverse rev. date: 2/3/11
For you…
whomever.
CONTENTS
ONE
DEATH AND MORNING
SORROW
CARRION, OR CARRIER
MESSAGE
FROM AGONY INTO SURPRISE
LOVE
TWO
WOULD YOU CALL IT WAR, MY LOVE?
LOVE’S EYES
OUT OF LOVE…
POEM*
POINT
AFTER
LOVE SONG
LINKAGE
AMONG THE ANIMALS
SUDDENLY, (BUT NO SURPRISE)
IS THAT ALL?
ENCHANTMENT
separation
chance..
LILY
THREE
MIDNIGHT, AUGUST 4th
MADNESS, PEACE, THE INEVITABLE
Come
FOR LOVE, ONLY
poem
poem
THESSALY
TELL ME YOUR EYES
LOVE’S LETTERS
THE LAST TIME
LETTER: MARCH 8th
SHE
MICHELLE
FOUR
ANSWER
BIRTH
TODAY, TOMORROW, YESTERDAY
OCTOBER 7th
IF, I WOULD GIVE YOU
LOVE’S GOODBYE
MIK
FINALLY…
FIVE
DEATHPLACE
HOW ELSE, TO REPAIR?
CONTRARY
TO THE WAY IT SHOULD BE
KNOWLEDGE
WHAT TO DO, IN CASE OF LOVE?
THE WAY, THE TRUE, AND THE LIGHT
P. S. 165
TRUTH
SIX
WITH EYES LIKE GRAY SATURDAY [T.]
FOR DENVER, 1969 [T.]
HIT, AND DONE [T. ]
THE POET
DESTINY
TRANSITION
LOSS
SEVEN
?
A MOMENT, ONLY
THE PRODIGAL
LIFE-BOUND
OCTOBER 18th
PHILOSOPHY
AT LAST
LOVE AND LOSS
IDENTITY
JOURNEY
ON FINDING A STRAND OF HAIR IN A BOOK
EIGHT
GAY…? HELL!
BLUE, GREEN, AND GOLD
FIRE FROM HEAVEN*
MYSTERY
FROM A DREAM
DIARY/LOS ANGELES: JANUARY 31st
REAL/IDEAL [B.]
fragment… [B.]
WITH ONE, AND THINKING OF ANOTHER [B./B.]
WHEN WAS THE LAST [B.]
NINE
SUNDAY MORNING [G.]
MORNING, AGAIN [G.]
MONDAY, 6 A.M [G.]
LIFE IS NOT
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE ONE YOU LOVE?
TEN
A YEAR AND SEVEN MONTHS LATER
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS & NOTES
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
AUTHOR’S STATEMENT: (as a committed Christian)
ONE
DEATH AND MORNING
It is here… quietly. The no-sound.
The hammer of clocks, the sharp stillness
going under.
Love
has taken you away. Has given you up.
Has slashed the wrist, burnt the candle,
broken the last kiss.
And
there is no peace…. No more, after.
Only the vague inside—empty, restless.
Wondering not why, but how….
Each afternoon
from now until the next thousand torn down.
Love… has
taken you away. Lilacs still tacked to the kitchen.
Faucet dripping; windows