Change of Seasons: Selected Poems

By Jeremy Kester

"The falling leaves of autumn's flow, As we 'wait the falling snow. I dream a dream of cool breeze, To receive a love if only please." -from "Change of Seasons" Change of Seasons: Selected Poems is a collection of 100 poems written over the past 20 years by Jeremy C Kester.  From the slightly humorous to the deeply serious, Jeremy writes his obeservations of life, love, death, and his greatest fear: roaches.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jeremy Kester
• Release date: Jun 10, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223411529

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Change of Seasons

Selected Poems

3nd Edition 2017

by

Jeremy C Kester

Copyright 2012 Jeremy C Kester

Cover photograph Copyright 2009 Carla Martini and Jeremy C Kester

Cover Design by Jeremy Kester

All Rights Reserved

3rd Edition, License Notes

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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

A DREAM OF WIND

A DRIFT OF YOU

A LOST SYMPHONY

A PICTURE OF PARANOIA

A WARM CUP

AN OCEAN AWAY

AN OCEAN DREAM

ANGEL’S TEARS

APOCALYPSE

BLASPHEMY IN TONGUE

BOREDOM AND SLEEP

CANVASES I PAINT

CASCADE OF MEMORIES SHOWER

CHANGE OF SEASONS

CHASING SHADOWS

CLOUD

COLD WAITING

COMING OF AGE

COMPILING SILENT WANT

CONFUSION

CUPID

DAFFODILS

DANCING

DAYS OF YOUNGER LORE

DISTURBING

DON’T WANT TO BYE

DREAMSCAPES

EMBERS

ENDLESS DANCES

EVIL INNOCENCE

FALLING FOR YOU

FEIGNING

FOOLISH DREAMING

FUTURE

GUN SHOTS

HIDDEN FACES

IN THE NAME OF ELECTRICITY

INNER BEAUTY REIGNS

INQUIRE WITHIN

INSPIRATION

IRREGULARITY

JUMP ROPE

LESSONS

LONELINESS

LOSS OF SONG

MEMORIES

MIRROR IMAGE

MIX THE BRILLIANT COLORS

MY PASSING MOMENT

MY OWN DECEPTIONS

NIGHT

NO LONGER

OCEAN WAVES

OH WHAT TANGLED WEBS WE WEAVE...

ONLY DREAM

PIGEONS

PRAYER OF THE FALLEN TEARS

PUDDLES

QUIET SANDS AND OCEANS

RAIN DROPS

RAIN POURING DOWN

RAINBOW SKIES

RELEASE

REPLY

ROSE

RUSH TO JUDGMENT

SIFTING SUGAR

SILENT MEADOWS

SIMPLE DESIRE

SING TO THEE

SOLUTION MIX

SOMETIMES

SPEECH THERAPY

STORM SURGE

SUN TO SHADE

TAKE FLIGHT

TENDER SKIES

THAT PICTURE

THE DROWNING DOVE

THE LOST VOWS

THE LULLABY

THE PERVERSE SONG

THE STAIRCASE

THE UNKNOWN WORLD

THIS FROZEN LAKE

THROUGH THE HALLWAY

THROWING AWAY

THUMPING

TICKLED THOUGHTS

TRIP

TRUER FORM

VISIONS

WAIT OUT THE DAY AHEAD

WALTZ

WASHING DAYS

WEAK POETRY

WHIM

WONDER

YELLOW LACES

YUCKY ROACHES

ABOUT (ME) THE WRITER

Introduction

It was sometime in my early teens that I began to write poetry.  It started as a scribbling of brief quotations, observations, and attempts at wit eventually growing into poetic form.  I cannot pinpoint an exact date or even an exact poem that would effectively describe being my first time.  For me there was no single defining epiphany that told me you’re a poet.  It was a gradual slide into that role.

Originally a collection of just 65 poems, Change of Seasons 3rd Edition now incorporates 100 of my favorite personal pieces written through my life.  The poems span nearly two decades of soul searching, life lessons, among many other events both good and bad.

The poems are presented in alphabetical order and are not dated or accompanied by any notes.  As poetry is subjective, many of these poems mean something different to me now than when they were written.  Your interpretation of them is even more important than what they meant or mean to me.

Please enjoy and I hope that maybe they inspire you.

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A DREAM OF WIND

Breezes pass my heart good-bye.

Shall I follow and make a dream of wind?

These days that pass like breezes blow,

I shall like to kiss the day again.

Before the night falls to claim its folly,

Shall I surrender my dream to the rivers flow?

With wind carrying forth another cry,

A victim of a slow hearted good-bye.

For then the