For those of you who’ve been following my blog, the last few posts have been dedicated to re-exposing my high school poems to the world. Today is no exception either, but I have a few other things I’d like to touch on as well.

A few weeks ago, I was asked to appear on a local public access show dedicated to poetry. I said yes, of course. I would be reading the two poems I wrote for a poetry challenge about coffee, tea and other beverages. I met another poet, Bill Carey, and together we shared our poems, views of poetry and writing. Before I knew it, the show was over. It is now chugging along with other videos on YouTube in the digital galaxy – the internet cloud. The poems were also published (along with dozens of others) in “Coffee, Tea & Other Beverages”. The book is available on Amazon for about $12.00.

This week, I was asked to share one of my poems for a local publication on top it also appearing in another local publication.

Two other poems will be published in “East on Central” an anthology the Highland Park Poetry Group puts together every years in conjunction with the Highland Park Art Center. Mixed with visual art and prose, it’s a vessel to fill your cultural soul. I’ll share more about that book as time gets closer.

Below is my first love poem. It was written my senior year in high school.

I’LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU (1977)

To you I have to say
It’s you I’ll always love
From the day that we first met
           (Six years ago – both younger and naïve)
To time we spent together
With all life’s ups and downs
And being next to you I enjoyed.
           (You held me close when we danced the night away)
You were the perfect kind;
So gentle and knowledgeable
and your smile warmed me inside
           (One day cleaning, you swung the mop tickling my nerves)
I hid my jealousies
And all my love,
Listened to your prophecies
And I told you mine.
           (Oh, our dreams and hopes of being great)
All the time which was dear to me,
I wanted to know if you felt the same
           (But alas, no feelings shown)
My daydream love affair
With you was one sided and I knew we’d never go out.
Inside me crumbled
Knowing you would never love me
The way I love you.
           (How can I express it more?)
I wish you the best;
All dreams to come true
And if a turn should
Happen our way
Please stop to say hello