The Thunder Moon: and Other Poems

By Joyce Keveren

Synopsis: I love writing, even when it keeps me up at night. It is always fun for me. I hope my readers enjoy reading this collection of poetry. I try to tell the truth in my writing and as you re

• Language: English
• Publisher: Writers Branding LLC
• Release date: Feb 26, 2024
• ISBN: 9781639458769

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The Thunder Moon

Copyright © 2024 by Joyce Keveren

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ISBN: 978-1639458769 (e)

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THE

THUNDER

MOON &

OTHER

POEMS

JOYCE KEVEREN

Contents

SECTION ONE

LOVE AND OTHER IDEAS

The Thunder Moon

July Heat

July In The Desert

For Jasmine

For Chay

Poetry

For Leon

Love Is

The Season Of The Lover

Your Words

All Things Chinese

When The Ocotillo Blooms

Burning

Longing

Our World

Bulgarian Roses

God’s Gifts

Right Now

Sweet Things

Kisses

Sonnet # 18

The Matador

SECTION TWO

STATE OF THE UNION

Catch 22

Like The Dodo??

The Routine

The Old White-Bearded God

War 2023

This Life

Who Do You Think You Are?

The Nuclear Age Or It’s The Bomb

Numbers

Words

The Dictator’s End

It’s The Law

Time

Discipline

Now

Before Sunrise

Wake Up

The Remedy

Sonnet # 15

This Life

October In Phoenix

Intergalactic Travel

It’s The Law

To The Dictator—Beware

Maybe

Truth

Sonnet # 16

Power

It’s All Over

The Badlands Guardian

Sonnet # 17

The Great Paradox

Addiction

Fools

USA 2023

Notes From An Ex-Evangelical Christian

SECTION THREE

`WORLD OF WOMEN

To The Whores

Plans

The Southern Comfort Blues

Fear

A Bitter Pill

Hello Sadness

One More Mistake

The Era

SECTION FOUR

JUST FOR FUN

Perception

On Death

The Slow Learner

My Blues Man

The Plastic Bitches

Semantics Gone Wrong

What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Rude Awakening

But I Ain’t Mad

What’s In A Name?

Vlad The Bad

The Morning After

To A Teenage Son

Madonna Rules

SECTION FIVE

HAIKU AND SENRYU

Life

Like A Sitcom

Imagine

Be Still

Go Within

SOS

Happiness

In The Garden

No Time

Jesus Weeps

Memo From The Top

The Law

Desert Summer

Survival

Maybe

Mountains

Maybe

Mysteries

July

My Wild Child

Life

Rain

Your Breath

For Jasmine

Do You?

Karma

Beauty

Just Asking

Jimi Believed This

SOS

June

This Morning

Dreams

Freedom

Delight

Religion (this is true)

Literal Semantics

Cindy Lauper Was Right

Love

A Question

Heaven 1

Heaven 2

The Storm

Winter Is Coming

The River

The Dream Time

Control Yourself

Gobbeldegook

More Gobbeldegook

Also Archie Leach

The Winner

The Scapegoat

Truth

The Test Of Time

The Guilty

The Secret

The Prayer

Rx

The Search

Woman Power

Winter Of Love

The Badlands

Music

The Mind

Color Scheme

Wishes

The Path

The Song

Life

Goodbye

For Marian

For Marian

And Gratitude

Peace

Judge Not i

Judge Not ii

Goodbye

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