Archive for the ‘homage’ Category
So Amusing
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Image, Poetry, homage, humor noir, photo, rhyme, satire, whimsy
…this is a fond homage to Theodor Seuss Geisel and Sheldon Alan Silverstein…
So Amusing
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what is it you find so amusing my dear
perhaps it’s the fact I have only one ear
it makes it difficult to accurately hear
so you’ll have to speak that much louder I fear
yes it’s true, as you see, I have only my right
the [...]
On The Edge
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Image, Short Story, action, art, collage, courage, homage, humor
If hell froze over and if pigs could fly, then perhaps there would be an additional host-venue candidate for an upcoming Olympics — and Kevin Bacon and Mia Hamm could be on the US Alpine Downhill Ski Team? Until then, Lindsey Vonn, Bode Miller and all the international skiers are flying down the [...]
A Poet’s Journey
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, NaPoMo 2009, Poetry, art, courage, dark drama, homage, mystery, suspense, tragedy, wisdom
NaPoMo poem #30
This is the thirtieth and the final of the poems I will write this April, in honor of National Poetry Month, as proclaimed by the Academy of American Poets.
As this poem marks the end of my poetic journey through National Poetry Month 2009, I’ve decided to do a rewrite of a poem, the [...]
Unexpected
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, NaPoMo 2009, Poetry, courage, homage, music, mystery, wisdom
NaPoMo poem #27
This is the twenty seventh of the poems I will write this April, in honor of National Poetry Month, as proclaimed by the Academy of American Poets.
This poem is an edited rewrite of a older poem of mine and was inspired by a moving personal experience, offered here in response to the NaPoWriMo [...]
For Granted
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Haiku, NaPoMo 2009, Poetry, dark drama, homage, prayer, tragedy, wisdom
NaPoMo poem #22
This is twenty second of the poems I will write this April, in honor of National Poetry Month, as proclaimed by the Academy of American Poets.
This poem is an homage to Gaia, our mother earth, in celebration of Earth Day 2009. Embedded within this free verse poem are a trio of haiku, [...]
