The Gardens of Blue Grass and Violet Trees: A Book of Poetry and Art

By Joe Barajas

The maze of the artistic and emotional minds of born lovers is expressed on every page of The Gardens of Blue Grass and Violet Trees: A Book of Poetry and Art. Poetry verses are dissected one by one as artists utilize their messages to produce beautiful and haunting images that will leave a lasting impression in your mind forever. Stroll down the dizzying labyrinths of the authors dream world. Dive into firsthand accounts of love and heartache. Get lost in beautifully illustrated renditions of written word in the form of hard, rough lines and eloquent splashes of simple color schemes. Inside these covers exists a place where raw emotion has been turned into inspiration and the stunning result is at your fingertips.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: May 14, 2014
• ISBN: 9781499017762

Joe Barajas

Born in Gilroy, CA and raised in San Jose, CA, I started drawing around the age of five replicating cartoon and comic book characters. By the age of ten, I moved on to portraits and still life drawings. By the age of fourteen, I was producing original illustrations and sketches. At the age of thirteen I started writing juvenile poetry which was extremely abstract and emotional due to the many personal struggles and hardships I had already faced in my life at that age. At seventeen, I was writing more sophisticated poetry and had also become an oil painter. Since the age of seventeen I've been in and out of the art scene, doing shows, both solo and collaborative for different organizations and galleries in San Jose, CA. My artwork has been published in two college literary magazines: San Jose State University's Reed Magazine and De Anza College's RedWheel Barrow Magazine. I am first and foremost an artist and have no intention of giving up my ambition to make my mark in the art world.

Book preview

The

Gardens of Blue Grass

and Violet Trees

A Book of Poetry and Art

Joe Barajas

Copyright © 2014 by Joe Barajas. 551204

ISBN: Softcover 978-1-4990-1774-8

EBook 978-1-4990-1776-2

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, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

Rev. date: 05/08/2014

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Contents

Restless Dreams

A Time Called Morning

World Oblivious

My Heart Bright or Dim

Averment of love

Eternal Solitude

Accepting Oblivion

An Unconventional Ode

Me, Man, and Art

Knowing Herself

Shore Awaits

Real at the End

Oh Sweet Sleep

The Sun, a Failure

Stay Home with Me

The Night Thief

Appendix

I use the word changed to make me feel better…

What I mean is… destroyed.

-Tessa Garza

Dedication

This book is dedicated to Adrianne Hildenbrand, a very