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    Glowing Bright Yellow
    Glowing Bright Yellow
    Glowing Bright Yellow
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    Glowing Bright Yellow

    By Patrick Shane Durham

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    Poetry is often a snippet of life, a look at what happens beyond a simple description of an event. Sometimes it tells a story, giving a series of events that tie into a narrative in verse. These poems give light to the condition that we call life. Some are snippets. Some tell stories. They all, though, glow with life.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPatrick Shane Durham
    Release dateJul 10, 2020
    ISBN9781005608361
    Glowing Bright Yellow
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    Patrick Shane Durham

    Patrick Shane Durham is a graduate of Clemson University where he studied the written word and honed his skills with the poet Ronald Moran, novelist Keith Lee Morris, and writer Jean Kuehnel. Writing short stories, poems, and songs are his loves. He is an avid reader and musician .He has been featured in the anthologies Whispers, Shouts, and Songs; Summer Shorts; Leaves of Change; Wrapped Up In Ribbon; Words of Fire and Ice; and Summer Shorts II. Patrick currently resides in South Carolina with his wife, two kids, and crazy Cocker-Bassett.

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      Book preview

      Glowing Bright Yellow - Patrick Shane Durham

      Glowing Bright Yellow

      Poems

      Patrick Shane Durham

      Copyright 2020 by Patrick Shane Durham.

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, or otherwise, without permission in writing from the author.

      This book is dedicated to my family.

      Contents

      Foreword

      Wandering and Wondering

      Glowing Bright Yellow

      Cricket Haiku

      Where My Girl Are You Going?

      Mill Hill Mornings

      Flowers in the Rain

      Birds Call Out for Us

      Fastball Phantom

      Textile Mills

      A Valentine Afterthought

      Winter Haiku

      My Uncle Harold

      Late Summer Sun

      Flying Saucer or The Power of God

      Haiku for Phil

      Potato Field

      After the Funeral

      If I May Borrow from Neruda

      They Draw Pictures

      Afraid of the Dark

      Still Winter Morning

      Sidewalk Chalk

      Saturday Bluegrass

      Starched White Shirt

      Light Flashes Overhead

      Afterword

      Foreword

      I sit

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