Here’s the last group of poems I expect to post. As always, the date is that of original composition, while the poems are presented in chronological sequence with the one exception of the last. 1. February 12, 1974 Although dated in the depths of
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Love’s Vagaries: Nine Poems
Here are some poems centered around love that I wrote four or more decades ago but didn’t include in my previous poem collection posts. Once again, the date is that of original composition. 1. February 21, 1975 Long after I wrote this poem, I
Lines from Experience: Twelve More Poems
This is the fourth collection of poems I’ve recently posted. All poems surely come from experience, but usually not in any obvious way. Each of these has a connection with a specific moment or time. Once again, the dates are those of original
Crossings: Eight Poems
Here are eight poems I wrote between 1974 and 1981. Unlike the poems in the two part-series I published a couple of weeks ago, which had never seen the light of day, I shared these with friends and others, and I revised them from time to time. They
Poems Salvaged from 1975 and 1976: Part II
For the introduction to this two-part series, please go to https://adrianspratt.com/poems-salvaged-from-1975-and-1976-part-i/ 19. July 13, 1975 I wrote this poem during my summer working for a community action agency in rural North Carolina. As far
Poems Salvaged from 1975 and 1976: Part I
I wrote poems all the time from adolescence on until, in the spring of 1976, a widely respected professor assessed some samples as “un-illusioned,” which was good, but lacking “music,” a death knell. I still wrote poems into the 1980s, but few and