The Poet of Utah Park

[kennyc]

The Poet of Utah Park my second poetry collection has been published as an ebook at Amazon:

US Link: Amazon.com: The Poet of Utah Park eBook: Kenny A. Chaffin: Kindle Store
UK Link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00EKOTNA0


It contains 50 + 1 to grow on poems covering a wide variety of topic and themes from very personal
to humor, science and space. Of particular note is "The Wolf Pack of Utah Park."


Here are two short poems from the book:


Apple

January brings a
solitary apple
that clings in iridescence
to a lonely upper branch.

A desiccated beauty
And why only one?
Squirrels have not touched it
birds have left it be

Poison, profound or pious
I may never know
I’m reconciled to beauty alone
for only crows know truth



Reaching for Orion


Orion has always been my guiding light
I yearn to reach, to touch to follow

Yet when I do the stars shift and change
as I leave the Earth, Polaris
is no longer the North Star

and the closer I get to Orion
the further away I become




US Link: Amazon.com: The Poet of Utah Park eBook: Kenny A. Chaffin: Kindle Store
UK Link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00EKOTNA0


I hope you enjoy it, questions, reviews, discussion is welcome!

 

[kennyc]

As you may know (or not) we've had tremendous flooding here in Colorado. Utah Park in fact flooded, many houses were damaged along the drainage canal and in the area. Peoria Street which runs beside the park is still closed and under repair though the park itself is pretty much back to normal water levels in pond, etc.

Here is a selection from the book:



The Wolf Pack of Utah Park


You hear her wicked witch voice
from somewhere across the park

You can’t see them at all but you know they are near
The Wolf Pack of Utah Park

Your heart skips a beat, anxiety rises
you wish to turn around

The wild Pomeranians, the evil Chihuahuas
the vicious Terrier -- leader of the pack

A poor li’l hunched over man in her evil thrall
does his best to manage three of the wicked brood

but they move like chaos across the walk
they are everywhere at once

As you try to pass she flashes her evil and deadly smile
the Pomeranian nips your ankles, the poodle pisses on your feet

You hear her cackles fade, as you hurry to distance yourself
once again, for one more day, from the Wolf Pack of Utah Park


Kenny A. Chaffin - 8/14/2013



US Link: Amazon.com: The Poet of Utah Park eBook: Kenny A. Chaffin: Kindle Store

UK Link: The Poet of Utah Park eBook: Kenny A. Chaffin: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store