Richard Banichar

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Richard Banichar Biography

Married to Bonnie for 37 years.2 grown children, Michael 35 and Leslie Joy 31.1 grandchild, Bailey Joy 2. Will retire in 17 months.40years as a steelworker. Currently 65 years old. High school grad. Writing poetry for past 4 years. Started reading at open mic's last year. Learning craft with eye on being published. Recently meeting published poets, gaining inspiration. Favorite poets are Jack Keruoac, N. Scott Momaday, Joy Harjo, John Burroughs and Dianne Borsenik.)

The Best Poem Of Richard Banichar

" Broken Butterfly"

He stood a gentle man
a wanderer
Haunted by conflict
a bearer of distress

His shabby cap shadowed
a drifters face
his harmonica spoke of
looming pain

The notes floated through
the dusk and shadows
yearning to rise
wounded, as a broken butterfly

He strode the town
eyes distant
A lonely knight seeking
a veiled bridge to cross

Children followed and mocked him
laughing and teasing
He played a song of fallen petals
and withered vines

Everyday he played homage in the
cemetery
The gravestone marked wife and
daughter

He followed the train tracks on
a dark and desolate night
chasing a quest
only he understood

A speeding locomotive, muscle and
might
A whoosh of wind
diamonds and rubies explode

Stars blink and the moon
smiles
music travels through the night
Angels kiss a broken butterfly

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