Poetic License

By Tim Conley

A book of poetry that documents some of the things I went through during my maturation period. The poetry shows some of the hot spots – those things that really make me tick and should be read with the point of view that you are getting a glimpse only of what I was thinking during a particular period of time.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tim Conley
• Release date: Apr 6, 2010
• ISBN: 9781452429014

Tim Conley

Hi, my name is Tim Conley. I live in Philadelphia, MS with my beautiful wife, Carmela. My son,James (JD) is in the Air Force and has a son Joshua who is 21/2 with another boy on the way. Carmela's son - Enrik just graduated from Mississippi State University with a degree in Teaching.I have been writing for over twenty years and have published 67 books so far - two recently with Amazon/Kindle. I'm currently working on a fantasy anthology of 28 books called The Rhumgold Sagas.I have always been interested in publishing via eBook format but just haven't found the venue until now. I'm really looking forward to participating in the eBook experience. There are 22 e-books available now and 16 more that are being prepared for release in 2020. Read, explore and enjoy!

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POETIC LICENSE

Tim Conley

Copyright © 2001 by Tim Conley

ISBN: 978-1-4524-2901-4

http://www.tconlinedbp.net

Table of Contents

About the Author

Acknowledgements

Dedications

Copyright

License

Introduction

Comments

The Cave

Fun Poetry

Summary

Acknowledgements

My wife, Carmela, has stuck by my writing for the last twenty years and is a great supporter. I like the concept of getting up in the morning and setting down to write with my first cup of coffee and a biscuit. I no longer call it ‘work’ because I enjoy it so much.

Dedications

Thanks also to Ron Davis, David Paffrath, Eileen Anderson, Wina Garcia and my son, James (JD) for their support and kind words. Thank you all. Read & Enjoy!

Copyright Information

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This is not a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, brands, media, and incidents are the product of the author's recollection and are not used fictitiously. The author acknowledges the trademarked status and trademark owners of various products referenced in this work of non-fiction, which have been used without permission. The publication/use of these trademarks is not authorized, associated with, or sponsored by the trademark owners.

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INTRODUCTION

This work is not fictitious and is composed of both prose and poetry. When most people think about poetry, they consider Shelley, Yeats and Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven sticks in their head with repetition. Will Shakespeare’s rendition of Julius Caesar’s mid-March debacle reminds us of those days we spent in high school lit class wishing we were somewhere else instead. Let’s admit it – most of us think poetry is boring.

I think poetry is the most powerful form of writing. It is also the quickest. Consider that most novels take months or years to develop and write. A good poem can take minutes – sometimes an hour, but not often. Plus, poetry is usually from the heart – in whatever state of mind that heart is in at the time of writing.

Poetry displays emotions – sometimes in its rawest forms, poetry can reach into the heart of the ‘intended (the person being written for)’ and cause extreme response to the words written. I’ve found that women love poetry. For some reason a man appears to be very vulnerable when he reveals his thoughts within the framework of poetry. What woman can resist that?

If someone were to ask me what I really (at my absolute center of being) consider myself to be – I would have to say a poet. I look for rhythm and rhyme in everything. Walking beside a brook with its gurgling sounds speaks of all the detours the water has made in its trip to the point where I met it.

Car horns insistently calling someone to the door mix with traveling boom boxes to produce a cacophony of irrational noise that mean little until you realize where they fit into our modernistic society. When you stand at the fence and listen to a horse gallop or walk you feel the full measure of his gait. Now go and put all that into a piece of poetry. Remember that your audience will approach your written work from their own very personal point of view.

Each person interprets poetry in their own way. That is one of the beauties of poetry. No one person corners the market on ‘what the poet really meant to say.’ Everyone is