I have new poems and updated versions at http://poetryjoe.blogspot.com I opened the blog because everyone can't open this site due to traffic. I still think of you who visit here as my close friends. I've had so many visitors lately that my site sometimes shuts down. I removed a few pictures to try to help ease this problem. That didn't help much, so I removed most of the ads and pictures. If you can't enter my site, please be patient and try again. If parts of this site don't function properly, please let me know. You can write to me at titmouse@hotmail.com.
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Hi! I am the author of all the poetry on this site. I was adding a new poem every week, but I'm trying to publish my work now, and publishers won't like it if I'm giving it all away! I have more than a hundred poems here, so that should provide my readers and friends with plenty of content and variety. I hope you will find that if you reread my poems after a few days you will find more and deeper meanings.
I had a few requests to make my photo more accessible, so if that's important, you can click on this hotlink:
You can find my poetry by clicking the hotlinks below. The dates on the hotlinks are the dates the poems were placed here, not the dates the poems were written. I have listed the poems on each hotlink further down this page.
My main interest here is showing my writing. I don't decorate my poems with images and pictures because I don't believe in "correct" interpretations. I hope you relate my words to your life experiences, to things you have seen and felt.
To see a few pictures of interesting places I've been, things I've seen and done, click on Pix.
I wrote all these poems: they are copyrighted, but I don't mind if you make a copy for yourself or a friend. I welcome your comments in my Guestbook, below.
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"Early Poetry" poems were written in college as a work titled, "Dreams of Darkness."
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MARDI GRAS PICTURES!!!
I went to New Orleans just before Mardi Gras and took some cool pictures that capture a bit of that scene. It's really a lot wilder than the pictures show, but I didn't have my camera all the time!Scene at the corner of Bourbon Street
Have I had enought to drink yet?
Click here to see what a titmouse looks like:MEDIA. The study of media has always fascinated me. I see the internet as a new electronic medium bringing unforeseeable changes. To most people "media" means newspapers, TV, radio, but it really includes all communication, including art, design, even landscaping. We tend to overlook media's effects on the way we see things, while we concentrate on its content. Printing and reading made people tend to think in linear fashion, assembling letters into words and translated words into sequences of thought. Television "pulls the individual into its world" and invites involvement by mixing sight and sound, so the viewer becomes more involved than with print media. Reading tends to make one more evaluative and critical than just watching and absorbing.
For a list of books to read about media, click on Media Books
For basic reading about media, I suggest books by Marshall McLuhan. There are some available in paperback at Amazon.com.
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LIST OF POEMS BY HOTLINK
EARLY POETRY Click_Here_for_Early_Poetry
Dreams of Darkness Alda 1 Tuesday Mourning Intro Balke 2 Within the Empty City Dosi 3 Voyage Into Id Feron 4 Beyond the Arch Gamil 5 The Race Joru 6 Room with a View Kappa 7 Endgame Labda 8 Second BirthBASIC POETRY PAGE Click_Here_for_Basic_Poetry_Page
Unforgiving Lifeline 1914 China Doll Glider He's GonePOEMS FOR NOV. & DEC. 1997 Click_Here_for_Poems_for_Nov._&_Dec._1997Your Smile Consumed Aurora Incomplete Lady Surely Amanita The Drummer Fool's Song Frosted Ocean IMYOURANGEL The Light lonelinessPOEMS FOR JAN. TO MAR. 1998 Click_Here_for_Poems_forJan._to_Mar._1998
Nest Haiku Skater Old Mill Tall Slim Two Sailors AfterWar Again Amnesia Bitter Suite Bonds that Sever Breakwall By the SeaPOEMS FOR APR. TO JUNE, 1998 Click_Here_for_Poems_for_Apr._to_Jun._1998
Approach To Shirley All We Are Nest Cheater Choice Constance Consumed Contact Disparate LivesPOEMS FOR JULY TO SEPTEMBER, 1998 Click_Here_for_Poems_for_Jul._to_Sept._1998
The Shaking Spoon Unexpect The Moving Brush Two Sides Blue Collar Approach The Drummer Electric Lady On the Way Up to Downland The Passing Crowd Pictures of You RaindropsPOEMS FOR OCTOBER TO DECEMBER, 1998 Click_Here_for_Poems_for_Oct._to_Dec._1998
MERRY-GO-ROUND MISERY FLICKERING LIGHT PROF TROUBLE WITH TEACHER THE SHADOW OF A SMILE LISA THE SHAKING SPOON EMPTY ENERGIES THE FEEL OF ROAD FLOWERFLOW HAIKU HE'S GONE HUNTER IMAGES INNER SOLDIER IRONY I WAIT FOR YOU POEMS FOR JANUARY - MARCH, 1999 Click_Here_for_Poems_for_Jan._to_Mar._1999
LADY LADY KSERA LAMENT LET MY ARMS LIFELINE THE LIGHT LISA LIVE AGAIN LOVERS MUST BE OUTLAWS LONELINESS LONG AGO THE LONGING lostring LOST YOU LOVELEAK MARY MAZE MERRY-GO ROUND MISERY THE MOVING BRUSH NEST NEXT TIME NIGHT OUT NO TEARS OFFICE LIFE OLD MILL OPENEDPOEMS FOR APR. TO JUNE, 1999 Click_Here_for_Poems_for_Apr._to_Jun._1999
OYSTER OYSTER OR HERMIT CRAB PAGES THE PASSING CROWD PICTURES OF YOU PLAYING FIELD POKER PROF PROMISES RAINDROPS VISIONS OF REIGN RELEASE THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE THE SHAKING SPOON SHE CALLS SHIRLEY SHOUTING INTO SILENCE SIGNALS SINCE WE MET SITTING SKATERPOEMS FOR JUNE TO SEPT., 1999 Click_Here_for_Poems_for_Jun._to_Sept._1999
SNOWFALL SNOW PICTURES SNOW SCENE FROM A VU SO LONG SOMEONE TO TALK TO SEMPER REPOSIT STARTHIEF STILL WAITING STORM SURELY SWEET DREAMS TALL SLIM FOR THE KIDS TONIGHT TOWN TROUBLE WITH TEACHER TRULY TURN TO YOUPOEMS FOR OCTOBER TO DECEMBER, 1999 Click_Here_for_Poems_for_Oct._to_Dec._1999
SIGNALS (UPDATED) TURNING THE CIRCLE TURNING TO STEEL TWO FACES UNEXPECT UNITY VOYAGE (VOYAGE) THE LOVER (VOYAGE) THE HUNTERPOEMS FOR JANUARY TO MARCH, 2000 Click_Here_for_Poems_for_Jan._to_Mar._2000
VULCAN'S HAMMER WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE KNIGHT FIGHTER WORDS YOUR RAIN YOUR SMILE YOU THERE ADVENTURING AFTER LOSS BIRDS BRIDGE COST CRAWLPOEMS FOR APRIL TO JUNE, 2000 Click_Here_for_Poems_for_Apr._to_Jun._2000
CRAWL DETHRONE DREAM EROSION EVERY DAY EVERY TIME I THINK OF YOU EVERYWHEREPOEMS FOR JULY TO SEPTEMBER, 2000 Click_Here_for_Poems_for_Jul._to_Sept._2000
EVERY WORD EXERCISE FACES FOREIGN YOUR GENTLE TOUCH GENTLY TOLD GIFTPOEMS FOR OCTOBER TO DECEMBER, 2000 Click_Here_for_Poems_for_Oct._to_Dec._2000
GOOD OR BAD GROWING HEAR ME HEARTBREAK APOLOGY HONESTY I DREAMED OF YOU ECHOES EROSION EVERYDAYPOEMS FOR JANUARY TO MARCH, 2001 Click_Here_for_Poems_for_Apr._to_Jun.,_2001MR BLUE MY LOVE FOR YOU NEED YOU THE MIRROR MISTAKE NEED YOU NEST NET FRIEND THE NEWS NO EXPECTATIONS
POEMS FOR JULY TO SEPTEMBER, 2001 OVER LEAVING FLOW SIGHS NOT SO MUCH OF ALL THE WORDS ONE MORE OUR FIRE PADLOCKS STRETCHING NO WAY PROPHET THE QUESTION REASON REFUGEEPOEMS FOR OCTOBER TO DECEMBER, 2001 POEMS FOR JANUARY TO MARCH, 2002
