the poetry makers

I think of them as tiny people
that I carry around in the pockets
of my mind
along with lint
rusty paperclips
missing buttons
and small change from a misspent life

they tiptoe through
the disorderly conduct of my thoughts
collecting bits and pieces
of people and places
books and songs
comic strips and movies

things that drifted into
and out of my life
a hastily discarded feeling here
a long-forgotten idea there
possibilities scattered like ashes
in the rubble of my regrets
all shaken, not stirred, with a few missing links
that came from who-knows-where

day in and day out
for over sixty years
the greedy little scavengers
followed my sloppy thoughts around
happily hoarding
whatever I left behind
like tiny little pack rats

somehow they knew I needed them
stuck as I was
at the bottom
of a cracked glass
filled to the brim
with the stuff of exquisite isolation

so, now they clamor for my attention
eager to give me back all those things
lost in life's translation
a word here
a word there
grain after grain of hope
their gift to me
I think I'll call it poetry...


-Cory Raymond

Introducing: Cory Raymond

Well, now. I know this blog is about the community around me, but the internet is an interesting place, and I have met some interesting people doing some interesting things through it. One of those people is Cory Raymond, a poet whose blog I started reading because... hmmm... I can't recall. Perhaps she commented on a poem of mine. Anyway, she is very creative and friendly and I like her poems, so I am going to feature several here.

Links:
Her poetry blog

Transformations

Another poem read by Jim DuBois.

Genetic Astrology

A second poem read by Jim DuBois.

Dear Mr. Frost

Jim DuBois reading an original poem at the Florence Poets Society summer festival.

A Place to Promote Creativity

Why I started this blog:

"I wanted to have a place to promote the creativity of people close to me and in my local community. because I think there are not enough places to see the creative works of human beings. Lots of people do creative things and they just end up in a pile in their closet or something. Which is too bad. The world is more interesting to me when those things are shown.

Even people who make art for a living don't have enough places to have their work shown, and can always use some more exposure, so I started adding some artists that I like to the blog. But I always try to make and have at least some personal connection with them when I do.

So, I started this blog to have a place to show creativity that I find interesting. Hopefully it brings a little more connection among creative people in the world, because that is also important to me."

-Jim DuBois

Peanut Corral

Another short animation by Ron McAdow.

You can get another one on Amazon's video on demand service. It is called Hank the Cave Peanut and Captain Silas, and I really enjoyed watching it way back when.