Pages Torn From A Plague...

By Steven M. Wuebker

In a 140-character world, poetry should be simple and accessible.

While it may not be for everyone, it will be for someone. It’s what the reader takes away from it...whatever mental image, if any, that matters.

If you don’t follow the rules, there are no rules to break.

“It’s all about perspective...”
— S.W.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Oct 16, 2022
• ISBN: 9798765233283

Steven M. Wuebker

What makes Steven a writer worthy of reading? Detailed imagery using few words. From as early as he can remember, Steven never went anywhere without a book. Just one child’s fantasy-version of a “talisman”, yet when opened to any single page, it allowed an escape, a brief respite...even if it were for only as long as it took to read a short passage, sometimes less than a minute. Steven invites you to escape into his book, open any page, take a short respite...even if only for a brief moment on a page...and always remember, it’s all about perspective.

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ISBN: 979-8-7652-3327-6 (sc)

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Balboa Press rev. date:  10/14/2022

Dedication

To my husband Joel...

for always encouraging me to follow my dreams with passion,

and to be passionate about my dreams.

This is for you, my love.

Contents

Preface

Composium

The Skeletal Remains of Trees

Ode to the Ironies of Spring

Plague

Self-reflections in rain puddles

The Attractions of a Wayfaring Soul Traveler

Fog on the fields, reminiscent…hazily

Ascension, be careful what you wish for…

The Deafening of Silence

Ouroboros-ian Commutes

Book Store

Winter, darkest…

Beach House Blinds (shadow-grates)

Concentric Ripples

Life in a candle jar

Full moonlight through the trees, high

The Regimentation of a Pine Forest

Dawakening

Mornings at the lake

Another Round

Channeling my inner teenager self – 1970s

Prometheus the Forethinker rides solo again.

Skating on a thin putting green

Ahhhhhhhhhnother Holiday Party

Mr. Straw, vespillō

Tele-evangeli-vision

Remembering…while packing for a long trip."

Awaiting Spring, too early

Projects: Memory Drive

Waiting to burn

What if…?

The Blue Beacon of Hope

An afternoon cantering gait taken beside a cornfield on a summer day

Art, 2

Winter again…..again.

The last 20 minutes on the train into L’Enfant Plaza, Washington DC

a place you’d never tell anyone you’ve ever been…

Hard Dusk

Early storms

Dark Matters (from whence)

Early Morning

Opposite of Time

Winds of Tar

Il Pagliaccio Della Morté (the clown of death)

tres hermanas

And people wonder why religion as a second language is so hard to learn...

Inflation and a Winter War

"The carnival