Sky Lion

By Tim Bright

'Sky Lion' is the authors second volume of poetry. His first volume of poetry 'Aftermath' was published May of 2010.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Mar 31, 2015
• ISBN: 9781503559295

Tim Bright

Tim Bright graduated from the University of Virginia with a B.A. He began his career as a fine artist, studying with Edwin Dickinson at the Arts Students League in New York City and Karl Knaths in Provincetown. After several years in Provincetown, he changed his vocation becoming a builder, constructing several houses including his own. When he retired from the business, he moved to Ireland for a short time. While there, he developed in interest in writing poetry. He has been writing for the past eight years. At one time, he led a writing group at The Wellfleet Writer’s Guild. He studied with Rosalind Pace and Tony Hoagland. This is his fourth book of poetry.

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Copyright © 2015 by Tim Bright.

Library of Congress Control Number:      2015905143

ISBN:    Hardcover        978-1-5035-5928-8

              Softcover         978-1-5035-5930-1

              eBook              978-1-5035-5929-5

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CONTENTS

Earth Stars

Bed Time

An Adventure

A Wonder

Cliffs of Moher

Dandelion

December

Moon

Willys

Filling Up

A Painting

Time

Solitary Journey

When I Was Very Young

The Wedding

Henry

Trip Into Northern Ireland

Passing

What I Wake Up With

An Uncomfortable Place

Barbara

Memory

Stones

Behind A Tree

Ireland

Leaving

Altercation

Incident

Thoughts

Another Day

Endurance

Fate

Spring

School

Train

Polar Bear

Observations Of The Day

Irish Breakfast

An Afternoon

Horizon

Ireland

Doctor

Early September Day

How I Got Here

The Truth

Retribution

Alive

Finding Truth

Choir

Opening The Door

Barbaras’ House

They Sing

Revolver

This Hour

Coyote

Strike

Designs

Mary

Personal

Evidence

Spring

Odd Spectacle

Picnic

Within

Not So Hot

The King

A Fly

A Memory

Awake

Passage

Reflections of Yesterday

Hall Of Darkness

Snake In The Brush

To Do?

A Change of Course

What?

Stairs

This Too Can Happen

Moving

The Future

Scene At Evening

Less Than a Sixteenth of an Inch

Window

Where From Here

Tourists

This Hour

High Up

Pilgrim Spring Road

Stillness

Will It End

Never Again

Strange Life

Morning

Earth Stars

A vanishing shadow under a

gate where pebbles and sand

and last winter’s leaves gather.

Gathering there too are stars,

small ones with limited light;

setting themselves apart from

the debris thrown from the

street. They’re soft, inviting the

frayed shadow until it blends

with a summer day.

Then

Crunching the sand, foot steps

split the old leaves, disappear up

the path.

The stars remain.

Bed Time

There is a toothbrush at the

bottom of the bowl.

It fell out of my hand at

eight o’clock this evening.

It lies crosswise with Colgate

toothpaste, regular flavor, on

its bristles. There is so many

flavors these days—rack upon

rack at the Stop and Shop.

The plastic handle is blue

with white and blue bristles.

My old one had bent bristles

on the perimeter and was missing

some bristles in the inside row.

I usually brush with one until

it’s obvious there is no more

traction.

I pick the brush up and

continue. The night is

closing in, invading the bathroom

and