Rumble and Flash

By Chad Allen Elliott

Chad Allen Elliott’s path to poetry began with a love of music. He has performed original songs across the U.S. for over 20-years, winning several awards for composition including the Woody Guthrie Songwriting Award in 2009. Early in his career, he learned some verses do not need musical embellishment. They stand alone in their own ca

• Language: English
• Publisher: Yellow Suit Publishing
• Release date: Apr 3, 2018
• ISBN: 9780991264360

Chad Allen Elliott

Chad Allen Elliott's path to poetry began with a love of music. He has performed original songs across the U.S. for over 20-years, winning several awards for composition including the Woody Guthrie Songwriting Award in 2009. Early in his career, he learned some verses do not need musical embellishment. They stand alone in their own cadence. Since that time, Elliott has penned nearly 2,000 songs, released 21 albums, and plans to release his 22nd, Rest Heavy, in 2018. "...Chad Elliott stands out as a timeless and genuine musical poet with supple-strong roots like the bluestem and buffalo grass of Iowa prairie." NoDepression.com In Rumble & Flash, Elliott shares poems composed during his time on the road. These poems are steeped in archetypal themes like fatherhood, love, nature, and spirituality.

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Rumble and Flash

Copyright © 2018 by C. A. Elliott

First Edition: April 2018

Illustrations: C. A. Elliott

Published by Yellow Suit Publishing

Ankeny, Iowa

www.yellowsuitpublishing.com

All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, address: Yellow Suit Publishing, 405 SW Walnut St., Ankeny, IA 50023.

ISBN 978-0-9912643-5-3

ISBN 978-0-9912643-6-0 (e-book)

To my break in the clouds, Alyssa.

Thank you for the forbearance you have allowed me in our lives together.

Now I can stop counting the seconds between the rumble and the flash and, alas,

finally breathe in the storm.

Contents

Introduction

I. Ringgold

Ringgold County

The Roaring Dreams of our Mothers

Totem from my Son

Old Stairs

Father to Son

Young Birds

The Rough Aesthetic of Men

II. Delicate Veins

Branch Calligraphy

Mourning Dove

Forgotten Language of Flowers

Shroud

Calling all Songbirds

Fool’s Errand

Unnamed Flowers

Particular Shade of Blue

Departure

Thundering Hearts

Traveler’s Credo

Gentleness

Memoirs

Stargazers

Discarded Petals

III. Rumble And Flash

Welcome Breeze

Discarded Offerings

Desert Flowers

Thirsty Flowers

After Storm

Lightning

The Boy Who Loved to Draw

Through the Woven Weeds

One Harmful Thing

IV. Burning Of Precious Things

Burnt Cornflowers

The Hissing Fire

Burning of Precious Things

Terrarium

Autumn Prayer

The Showman’s End

After the Harvest

V. Plunging for seeds

Epitaph

Waking Hours

Dark Days

Empathy

Covenant

Waxwings

Plunging for Seeds

VI. Solitude hymns

Grace

Refining Years

Through Hungry