A Potpourri of Poems

By Poetic Pete

Come Peruse Poetic Pete’s Poems!

Poetic Pete, a.k.a. Peter Karplus, author of Dancing with Fear, Rejection, Doubt, and Hope. In this second book of poetry he explores both the personal and the political arenas of life using free verse, haiku, iambic, and rhyme with an amazingly sensitive understanding dipped in his own brand of humor. Making dedications to those people in his life whom have held special meaning for him, and expressing his thoughts on the change the world has experienced because of 9/11/01. As a conclusion, Poetic Pete proudly presents to the world his new form of word poems. Cohesive poems "framed" (created) from word lists chosen by each poem recipient giving the poem that added personal twist, hence their name Frame-Word Poems. These poems exhibit his literary abilities at their comedic best. The following preview is a Frame-Word Poem. Requests for Frame-Word Poems can be placed through [e-mail].

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Oct 4, 2004
• ISBN: 9781468516913

Poetic Pete

Poetic Pete, a.k.a. Peter Karplus, author of Dancing with Fear, Rejection, Doubt, and Hope, born and raised in California, has had to live with Cerebral Palsy since birth and suffers from Epilepsy. He finds poetry to be a versatile tool in expressing his thoughts and feelings. Moreover, verse unleashes his quick intelligence, which goes unseen by strangers, because of their first impressions from his slow speech, poor coordination, and bent “book cover” body. Peter’s range of personal experiences, knowledge, and understanding bring a distinctive and perceptive special sensitivity, and sense of fun or folly to his poetry.   Also available by this author:   www.karplus.net – Dancing With Fear, Rejection, Doubt and Hope.  

Book preview

© 2005 Poetic Pete

All Rights Reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any

means without the written permission of the author.

First published by AuthorHouse 05/16/05

ISBN: 1-4184-8216-1 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4685-1691-3 (ebk)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2004097076

Printed in the United States of America

Bloomington, Indiana

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1:

Blueberry Sky

Christmas Angel

Fate

Kings Canyon Country

My Dad, The Magician

Prolific Poets

Radical Recipe

Spotlight

Symphony

The Ride

Winged Courage

Chapter 2:

Haiku

A Sun’s Sorrow

Just Done Right

While Wind Rivers Blow

Chapter 3:

Iambic

Sad Swan Song

Sunshine Valentine

This I’m Sure Of.

Chapter 4:

Rhymes

Breakfast At Tiffany’s

Darkness

Friendship Is …

Girl

Hand Of God

Here I Sit …

Mysterious Star

Q-Q Q-Sticks

Seven Year Itch

Silent Music

Chapter 5:

Dedications

Section One:

Far On Into Night

Paul, The Poet?

Walls Of Wood

Section Two:

Delectable Damsel

From Whence He Came

Heavenly Hawaii’n

Jalapeno Heart

Not A Trifle Truffle

One Balloon

Rainbow Of Love

Rockin’ Robin-Red Ride

Rose

Snow White

The Lost Tale of Troy

The Political Tickle

The Royal Hillbilly

Word Weavery

World’s Sunshine

Chapter 6:

9/11 Poems

Blame

Evil System

Shrapnel Of A Poem

The Rapist

Chapter 7:

Frame Word Poems™

Section One:

Noon’s Empty Doorway

Frayed Fragnance

Frog

Large Lilac

Versatile Vision

Wall-To-Wall

Wild

Section Two:

An Elf’s Picaresque Story

Childhood’s Sweet Memory

Epiphany

Fantastic Futures

From Tomorrow Into Today

Fumbling Footballs Here

Fuzzy Slippers

God’s Amphitheater

His Creative Collabration

Icicle Forests

Jesus Loves Me

Lavender Dreams

Llamas Wearing Pajamas

Mauvy-Toffee Coffee

Monolithic Shadows

Oreo Eyes From Heaven

Pheasant Under Glass

Rainbow Flowers

Rapture Captured

Swimming In The Shallow End

The Bald Goat

The Church Of Peace

The Good Ship Galaxy

The Mentor

About the Author

Thank Yous go to:

My family, and my friends of the Concord, California

Bakers Square crew for inspiration that helped to create this