Bare Trees

By Patrick J. Leach

BARE TREES
The beauty of bare trees right before
the sun comes back
Love just before it consummates in
a full blown relationship
A man right before he passes on what
he knows to the next generation
Poems written by an unknown author
who questions his worth right before the
public recognizes what he’s written
Ah, the value of everything right before
the masses catch on and drive the price up; a
Van Gogh worth millions when he could sell
nothing all the time he painted and lived
Bare trees naked silently awaiting
spring and bursting to green wondrous life

• Language: English
• Publisher: Patrick J. Leach
• Release date: Mar 15, 2016
• ISBN: 9781311779465

Patrick J. Leach

Patrick J. Leach lives in Portland, Oregon. An artist and a writer, Leach has written professionally for companies and universities. He is co-author with Frances Price Cook of a biography, The life and Art of C.S. Price.In 1995 he abandoned the corporate life, focusing on painting and poetry while earning money caring for neighborhood yards and homes.Leach has published over 16 books of poetry and art, available in print and eBook formats. Watch for more of his books combining his unique blend of poetry and art.Leach studied creative writing (poetry) at Cornell University (B.S. General Studies, 1972), and holds two Masters degrees from Washington State University (Sociology, Education). "I've always considered myself a writer. I've taken many paths, tried a variety of occupations, always returning to writing and art."

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Bare Trees

The beauty of bare trees right before

the sun comes back

Love just before it consummates in

a full blown relationship

A man right before he passes on what

he knows to the next generation

Poems written by an unknown author

who questions his worth right before the

public recognizes what he’s written

Ah, the value of everything right before

the masses catch on and drive the price up; a

Van Gogh worth millions when he could sell

nothing all the time he painted and lived

Bare trees naked silently awaiting

spring and bursting to green wondrous life

red rivers

the pulsing red river flows through

my body and mind, sends rivers of information

out, words, symbols, images, abstractions of

reality processing within, kept alive by the red

river going round and round inside

how many men are in touch with