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Barry Middleton
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Barry Middleton Poems
- Letter To Myself I wish that I had written you when I was ...
- Two Deceptions both are like the falling leaves a tale that ...
- Owl Big psychotic eyes and vicious beak, you convey terror ...
- Things I Did Not Say there are so many things I did not ...
- The Lonely Time I cherish early morning, the lonely ...
- A Broken Promise if love is a promise in spring so love may ...
- Naked As Rain my sole meek wish was to be naked as the ...
I was born in 1946 in a small town at the edge of the Mississippi delta. The town and surrounding countryside would have been great subject matter for Norman Rockwell paintings. Much of that landscape and many of my experiences there are reflected in my poetry. As time progressed I realized I was blessed to have been born in interesting times and in an interesting place.
I was educated in the parochial school system in Mississippi and graduated High School in 1964. I attended Spring Hill College in Mobile Alabama and graduated from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale Illinois with a BS Degree in Psychology in 1969.
After graduation, I worked as a school teacher ... more »
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Letter To Myself
I wish that I had written you
when I was young and strong and wise
I knew that I would never die
I'd face the world without disguise
but as I pen this note to you
I have grown old and tired and weak
but I recall that hopeful youth
it is to you that I must speak
I can but say what I was told
to quietly sit and watch the crowd
and see the good and evil there
and think before I speak aloud
and though I wrote it long ago
I would not take my own advice
and that has put me on this path
with wishing that I had thought twice
I've come to ...
Barry, I do miss you terribly as many might feel the same on here. Your presence through your poetry was so enriching. Your love of nature and the world never ceased to amaze me. I never said goodbye to you, couldn't find the right words to say, I know you are at peace now, my friend. You are one of the angels now. Aqua Flower (Rainbow flower now)
Barry, we will always love you...... We miss you terribly....... The site will never be the same without you.
Be at peace, dear friend and master poet.
I hope you get this Barry, I loved your book- your old riff on parlane- that was funny! My email address is: carolinevictory765@yahoo.com...👌🏻
It's a great poem from Barry.. a rare and unique one this year.
Congratulations for the award deserved..
Subhas
I have just been reading Notebook 13 with great pleasure.Dinoland really struck a chord having had just that experience most of my life. Many thanks for your poetry. Harrison Smith
I see in your reply to Marianne Reninger below that you live in Sarasota. I went to Sarasota twice because of a man named Elling Eide, who founded a private library dedicated to Chinese poetry and art. It was written up two weeks ago in the New York Times. The library was established to house Mr. Eide's book collection. There was a beautiful botanical garden on the site, abutting on that crescent beach of white sand. I visited the garden while Elling Eide was alive, before the Center was actually established. My brother is a board member of the Elling Eide Center. (Elling Eide was his classmate at Harvard.) . Here is a link to the New York Times article about it: :
https: //www.nytimes.com/2017/04/08/us/elling-eide-library-sarasota-florida-chinese-literature.html? _r=0
I love reading Barry's work...as reading through alot of his work it is like a little movie unfolding right in front of your very eyes....His great words paint such wonderful pictuers. I alway feel so relaxed after reading Barry's work...Come read and enjoy what he has to offer...you won't be disappointed.
So glad to have encountered Barry Middleton. He cares... about the writing, the speaker, the reader, and the content of his work. His poetry ranges from musical and rhyming, to analytical free verse, to poems that evoke memory, the past, and witness to history. As a fellow poet, Barry has been an inspiration to me and I appreciate this thoughtful commentaries, passion, and critical advice.
Wording of thoughtful, innovative, sensitive feelings in the poems of Barry Moddleton runs as clear waters do in peaceful creeks and you feel its dew painting your senses.
Marianne, I have lived in Sarasota since 1989. I commuted to Venice Hospital for work. My memory is poor by I vaguely remember The Wedgwood. Yes indeed it is a small world.