Canyon Falls: Collected Poems Volume 4

By Richard Gartee

Canyon Falls refers to two distinct metaphors in this collection of poems about love relationships. It begins with that moment we know we are about to fall in love, when the breath stops, but the heart races. The future appears beautiful, like the view from a canyon's rim. Sometimes we peek over the precipice and step back. Sometimes we

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lake & Emerald Publications
• Release date: Oct 19, 2013
• ISBN: 9780989510462

Richard Gartee

Richard Gartee is a poet, author and novelist. His poems have been published in literary magazines, chap books and five anthologies of his works. He is a full-time author and has written six novels, seven college textbooks, and published five collections of poetry.

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Table of Contents

About Poetry in e-Book Readers

Preface

In Cancun

Waiting on a Wave

Panes of French Windows

The Evening, Thoughts of Your Radiance

Sailing Before the Storm

First Dance

Love Awakens and Lingers

Falling Forward

Ever Presence

Falling Before the Artist

Dreams Don’t Go

Awakening

Continental Divide

Coming to Colorado

Expectations

On Entering the Canyon

On Entering the Metaphor

Waking Beside You

A Day of Parting

Last Night

Just Watching

Facing self

Facing self II

The Muse Is Back

If You Could Keep On Singing

Forgiveness II

As a Gift, A Blessing

Mind & Heart

Reclined In a Love Light

Crystal Blue of Your Eyes

Love IV

A Little Good

Destiny

The Rain Wet Grass

October Twelfth

Unimportant Things

Divine Sister

Seeing Her Anew

Winter

Krishna Blue Eyes

Stirred and Shaken

One Heart

Pathway of Light

Soft Appeal

In Anticipation of You

Something In the Air

Almost

Something of You Lingers

The Brush of Lips

Love V

Here — now

Initiation

The Other Side of Night

Up the Mountain

Parting

Things to Remember

Letting Go

Interlude With an Angel

Here

Beyond the Mind’s Small Place to Live

Canyon Memories

About the Author

Canyon

Falls

Collected Poems

Volume 4

Richard Gartee

LAKE & EMERALD PUBLICATIONS

Copyright © 2013 Richard W. Gartee

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No part of this publication may be reproduced, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, except for brief passages in a published review.

Library of Congress Control Number: 2013917945

ISBN 978-0-9895104-6-2 e-book

ISBN: 978-0-9895104-7-9 Paperback

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Cover Photo: Richard Gartee

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About Poetry in e-Book Readers

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Preface

This anthology is principally comprised of poems from two privately issued poetry collections written decades apart. Yet they are united in their observation of that moment when love overtakes us and reasoning faculties flee in the face of it. Canyon Falls is not as the cover photo might suggest, about a place in nature, but the image of two distinct metaphors explored in this volume.

Canyons, with or without waterfalls, provide some of the most beautiful vistas to be found in nature. Yet we know a canyon is comprised of sharp jagged rocks, steep ledges, and dangerous footfalls. And, we know its very depths have been carved by the indomitable flow of water.

Isn’t there is a moment when we become aware that we are about to fall in love, when the future appears beautiful, like the magnificent view from a canyon’s rim? Sometimes we peek