Emotional Explosions

By Karen Linda Brown Glotzer

Poetry often presents difficulties for readers, particularly younger ones. Replete with flowery figurative language and difficult-to-grasp themes, most poetry leaves students behind.

In Emotional Explosions, author Karen Linda Brown Glotzer seeks to demonstrate that poetry can be used to clearly convey emotions and that it can be enjoyed, shared, and easily understood. This collection divides verses into four sections. The Tiorati Collection focuses on a summer camp in a breathtaking nature preserve, recalling not only the wildlife encountered but also the sadness of saying good-bye to campers and counselors. Tai Chi explores that ancient art and its ideology, a topic close to Glotzers heart. Times includes a mlange of subjects such as childhood experiences, motherhood, friendship, animals, therapy, and death, including some humor and silliness along the way. Finally, Tears considers the unspeakable truths of our existence.

This collection of poetry presents a journey toward self-discovery via verse and offers a way of sharing emotions common to all human beings.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Jul 22, 2016
• ISBN: 9781491794234

Karen Linda Brown Glotzer

Karen Linda Brown Glotzer grew up in a swamp community with a rural atmosphere in the state of New York. A teacher of language arts, ESL, and t’ai chi, she holds an MA in secondary English from SUNY–Cortland and an MS from Iona College, as well as a black sash for mastery in t’ai c’hi ch’uan. She is married with three children and currently lives in New City, New York.

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Contents

Dedication

Introduction

The Monsters

THE TIORATI COLLECTION

Tiorati

The Falls of Tiorati

A Frog Poem for Paul

Observations of a Swimming Dog

Ripples on the Lake

The Firefly

The Lily Pads of Tiorati

The Morning Moon over Tiorati

The Mountain Laurel

The Woodland Wedding

The Red Fox Along Tiorati Brook Road

Tiorati in September

Camp Trip to Medieval Times

When I Say Goodbye

The Snake

T’AI C’HI

Wuxi

Baqua, Memory of 9/11/2001

Dragon Eats Sun

The Elements

I Swim in Morning Air

The Anemone

First Glimpse

Sonnet to the Sexy T’ai C’hi Sifu

Four A.M.

What is the Black White Circle Thing

Sonnet to Jet Li

TIMES

Her Mother, My Father

Thoughts on a Beach

When the Shrink Goes on Vacation

To Cousin Paul upon his 39th Birthday

America, My Favorite Band

Man with Wandering Eye

A Rainy School Morning

Don’t Make Me Go to School Today

For Loreena, Folksinger from Canada

Just Ken and the Old City

Ode to the Moody Blues

Softball Memory

The Anhinga

The Hamster

The Pilot Ghost

The Two Girls

Colors for Ettie

To Paul Upon Graduating High School, 2004

To Heather from Mommy and Dad: 2002 High School Graduation

To Leia on Going to College

TEARS

My Mother’s Hand

A Glenda State of Mind

A Prayer for a Fawn

For My Father, Grand Master of the Lodge Eulogy

House of Pancakes: Florida 2014

Reminiscing Pumpkin, Eulogy to My Dog

The Dead Goldfish

You Would Have Loved Your Funeral

Better Left Unsaid

The Dream Repressed

Bury Me Green

The Last Time

Dedication

This book is dedicated to everyone who encouraged me to write, especially Gail, Ruth, and Linda, and Jay, who heard it all through the years; my children: Leia, Heather and Paul, and of course;

Kenny

Also thank you to our camp photographer, John Kenney, and my professional photographer, David Cheng who took my portrait. Thank you Karl Najork for listening, helping me edit, selecting photos, and fixing most of my numerous computer issues.

Introduction

When I told people that I was writing a book of poetry, I received many different reactions: excitement, indifference, and yes, looks indicating that I was insane. Can you read them to me? was less received than, I hate poetry. Once I asked my brother if he wanted to hear a new poem I had written and he flat-out said, no. Another very intelligent good friend said, I have no interest. I don’t get it. I don’t care. Another said, I guess you don’t care about making money.

I’ve been writing poems for years, but never thought about publishing or making money from my poetry. I thought they were a nice legacy to leave my kids.

What bothers me though is that poetry is no different from other arts. Like sports, it is action in words. It is sculpture in words. It is painting in words. It is also,