featured poets ~ J.T. Whitaker

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featured poets
at my heart’s love songs

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more marvelous men poets

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i am pleased to be featuring some of the most creative, talented, brilliant {really!} poets of our time. i have been fortunate over the past two and a half years to meet this amazing group of people through twitter and their blogs. not only are they writers who excite and enchant and entrance their readers, they are, one and all, nice people who are supportive of everyone in our online poetry community. the “age of technology” has, in fact, facilitated the spread of the ARTS! ~ poetry, photography, art, prose, music… i have friends i have yet to meet face-to-face from all around the world. day or night, you can visit their blogs and be transported to another time or place or frame of mind with just a few clicks of a mouse. i find it thrilling! and i believe you will find it equally thrilling to discover their words.

just click on the “Read More” links on each poem to be taken to a new tab or window to read the rest of the poem on the author’s blog. if you enjoy what you read, please leave a comment on their blog to let them know. { you don’t have to say you saw them here. } i am truly honored that these wonderful people agreed to be featured on my blog ~ my gratitude to them all.

and thank you for coming to our celebration ~ enjoy!

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featured poet:

J.T. Whitaker
aka JTW

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James Whitaker aka JTW is a writer, poet, lyricist, photographer and jewelry maker. he is also a generous and kind man ~ i know this because when i reblogged one of his poems, he sent me an email thanking me. he’s the only person who’s ever done that. i actually first discovered JTW on twitter { @jtwhitaker } where he says this about himself “i ♥ music, scotch & lowercase.” { i love lowercase, too ~ i can type faster.} there is an honesty to JT’s writing that touches me deeply and he uses words in a way that i can only dream of doing. his blogs JTW and JTW on tumblr are full of prose, poetry, photographs, music ~ sharing his life journey and asking questions that we all want to know the answers to.

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“windowsill” by JTW

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some silence is a choice
some is a gift
some narrows the gap
some widens the rift

there are times when silence is mandatory
when we shouldn’t fight it
times for healing
though we try to hide it
at the worst of times
and just to spite it

we may understand…..Read More

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via JTW

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“evergreen plants” by JTW

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you’re not who you were in the morning
before you went for one last ride
you’re not who you were in the morning
before he kissed you & said goodbye

you forgot all of the reasons
that took…..Read More

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via JTW

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“ice skate” by JTW

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what you have is what you believe
so go ‘head & grieve
the loss of your dreams
by your own heart deceives
that which your own mouth decrees

when lightning split the trees
and she was down on her knees
begging you please
begging you please

you question and hold it up under
a starry blue-print shy of wonder
asking some…..Read More

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via JTW

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“x-ray” by JTW

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i’d love to fake this
just give me something on paper
cause it used to be so easy
and believe me when i say
i only want to go halfway

i don’t care if there’s ground
i just care about rhythms
and i’ll fall a little faster
but believe me when i say
i only want to go halfway

then take it away
take it away
please take it away
take it away
take it away
please take it away
take it away
take…..Read More

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via JTW

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“easy” by JTW

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some will search
and some will leave
cause there is love
and there is love
and there are ways
and there are ways

there is talking
and there is talking
and at night there’s
what you bring
and i bring
and how we always live
and the saddest thing
is some will just never

there are…..Read More

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via JTW

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“turn” by JTW

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sometimes there are no answers but the ones forced in contrivitions
and what do we do do with them
suffer and cry
delete old numbers
throw away old love letters
would we destroy what we’ve built
in the tempest of change
or will we enjoy all the beauty
of the leaves that turn
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nights spent in old rhymes
considering past times
regurgitating…..Read More

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via JTW

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my heart’s love songs