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    Dressed in Serendipity: A Poetry Collection 1970-Present
    Dressed in Serendipity: A Poetry Collection 1970-Present
    Dressed in Serendipity: A Poetry Collection 1970-Present
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    Dressed in Serendipity: A Poetry Collection 1970-Present

    By Rick Varner

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    Compiled over 4 decades Dressed in Serendipity is a contemplative reflection of a life lived and embraced day after day, year after year. Presented chronologically in separate chapters of developing style and content, evolving into the unique voice of our present day.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateFeb 12, 2014
    ISBN9781491859148
    Dressed in Serendipity: A Poetry Collection 1970-Present
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    Rick Varner

    Rick Varner lives in Southern California with his wife, author Diana DelRusso. With a passion for baseball ,football, playing guitar and listening to his extensive music collection, reading, writing and time with his children and grand children he stays busy 24/7.

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      Dressed in Serendipity - Rick Varner

      © 2014 Rick Varner. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 02/06/2014

      ISBN: 978-1-4918-5915-5 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4918-5914-8 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2014901960

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models,

      and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Contents

      Chapter One

      Lessons of Survival

      1971-1988

      For James Douglas Morrison

      Breakdown

      Anxiety

      The Egg or The Cock

      Without Wings

      Mission Statement

      Laughing Matter

      Philosophy 101

      Refrain

      Metaphor (For The Moment)

      Dream Amnesia

      Atypical

      The Cost

      Vancouver Jail

      Behind The Mask

      In The Perfect Silence

      For Eddie Slovik

      Salem Revisited

      American’t

      The Other Way

      Childhood Haunts

      Fred Wilson’s Soapbox

      Fred Too!

      Earth, As a Verb

      Recurring Dream

      Divorce (A Detour)

      Nocturna

      Thereabouts

      Creativity

      Chapter Two

      Nine-Tenths of the Madonna or An Apostle

      1970-1989

      Why, What?

      Sermonette

      God (The Power Company)

      Being Oral

      Tongue in Cheek Treatise

      Patterns

      Actors and The Act

      Nine-Tenths of the Madonna or An Apostle

      Dreamry and Destination

      To The Dogs

      A.D.

      Dedication

      Birthday Muse

      The Only Revelation

      Futility

      A Stalking Horse

      40

      The Other Cheek

      Into Deity

      Who Bombed Babylon?

      Easter Island

      The Hand and Knife

      Noah From Obscurity

      Guilt and Innocence

      Vignette a la mode

      The Prayer Rug

      Necessary Sabbath

      Chapter Three

      Theory as Therapy

      1989-Present

      Manipulation

      Phantasmonopoly (In The Black)

      A Clinical Vignette

      Déjà vu Premonition

      Intents and Purposes

      Everpresent Riddle

      A Deliberate Commentary

      Spin Cycle

      My Equation

      The Blue Room

      Naked Analogy

      A Fatal Variable

      Vamp and Rant

      Government Issue

      Comedy/Tragedy

      Obsession Review

      The Heebie Jeebies

      With The Ghosts of Uncertainty

      The Private Man

      Tom Robbins

      Dressed in Serendipity

      Oxy Strip Tease

      Science Fishing

      Momentary Insight

      The Thing Is

      Interested Passenger On The ‘D’ Train

      Noodles or Otherwise

      Vanity Vibe

      Shuckin’ The Rough One’s

      A House in Order

      For Diana DelRusso-Varner

      For your inspiration, your smile & your love . . . .

      * * *

      For Josh Varner & Matt Varner

      For your intelligence & individuality… .

      L aughter is contagious,

      dressed in serendipity . . . .

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