This issue has with works by a new author, to this ezine, Len Bourret.  It's always a pleasure to read works from new individuals and to realize theire desire to have their voice heard.  
    As I sit here typing I notice the leaves are changing in the trees on my neighbourhood.  It's always a delight to consider the seasons change and the march of time is the constant in our lives.  Soon will come the darkness and cold of winter,but now it is time to celebrate the season of colour.  
    The work of the nature is our inspiration, as the sun still shines, let's put our gloves on and take our journals to soak up the inspiration of the day .


Poetry


Infinite Affirmations

by Len Bourret (Copyright 2003)
 
Dedicated to my earth-deceased mother.
 
 
The oceans, long ago, began their watery chorus.
Earth's music was rich, and filled with purpose.
 
My grandparents journeyed from distant shores,
Before I even heard the name of God,
They sailed to Ellis Island,
Among concrete pyramids and glass temples,
World trade centers and all the other shrines.
 
Protectors, and Saviours, of my mother's fetus.
Before I even heard the name of Jesus,
After Moses and the promised land,
Grapes of wrath and my mother's womb.
 
The womb's vessel which gave me life,
Before I even knew about Noah's ark,
40 days and 40 nights,
The rain, floods,
The earthquakes, hurricanes, and tornadoes,
Or even snakes, spiders, and the dark.
 
While men flew flags, and assembled armies to defend,
Your womb was my empire on which I could depend.
My mother's womb, I am of thee,
Sweet place of liberty, security, of thee I sing.
 
It was my mother, who gave me life,
Giving beauty and love true meaning,
Before I became aware of patriotism.
 
Time in womb's carvings.
Earth from the mountains,
Oceans from the glaciers,
Deserts from arid coasts,
You gave me your best.
Not just from abundance,
Or even a widow's mite.

You gave me timeless love,
Your all,
Everything you had to give.
 
If ever the sun shall cease to shine,
If ever the earth shall no longer be,
If ever the oceans supply no water,
My soul shall be filled with passion,
Love shall feed my hungry thirst,
Nurtured by reassuring thoughts,
Basking in energetic feelings,
Whenever life gets desert hot,
Or glacier cold,
You provide a climate's balance,
Shedding light,
Upon a shrouded world's views,
Taking away all the drought,
Your affirmations I'll forever see.
 
 
"Before the sun splashed orange
 against an obsidian sky creating
 purple,
 Before the moon and stars were
 placed,
 Upon the night to give it beauty,
 You loved me."
 -- Kenneth Carroll's Affirmation

My Response to Christopher Marlowe...
 
 
Christopher Marlowe:
Who Ever Loved, That
Loved Not at First Sight?
 
It lies not in our power to love or hate,
For will in us is overruled by fate.
When two are stripped, long ere the course begin,
We wish that one should love, the other win;
And one especially do we affect
Of two gold ingots, like in each respect:
The reason no man knows, let it suffice,
What we behold is censured by our eyes.
Where both deliberate, the love is slight:
Who ever loved, that loved not at first sight?
 
 
Diversity in the Simultaneity
by Len Bourret (Copyright 2003)
 
My response to Christopher Marlowe.
 
It lies within our power to love or hate,
for will in us is not overruled by fate.
When two are stripped, long or short
ere the course ends or begins.
We wish that one should lose, while
the other wins.
And one, especially, do we affect.
Appearing to be the same, they are
not both ingots--but quite unlike in
each respect.
For reasons each man knows, buried
in the unconsciousness avoidance's
denial, and not suffice.
What we behold is censured by our eyes.
Both are deliberate choices: love is like the
day, and hate is like the night.
There is great diversity in the simultaneity.
We choose to love or hate--but do not act,
necessarily, upon first sight.

About the Author...
 
'Trace' (defined): "A course or path that one follows. A writer's indelible mark on the present and the future."

To trace my beginnings, one need only right-click on a mouse to paste my words on the heart, and left-click to copy my thoughts and feelings on the memory.

A postwar baby boomer, I was Born In A Trunk...

http://www.talkingpix.co.uk/ArticleBornInATrunk.html,

...at the State Theater in the suburbs of Manchester, Connecticut (often referred to as "the City of Village Charm"), on July 15th, 1947, fully realizing (quoting Ethel Merman) that "there's no business like show business," displaying a great deal of potential and 'Shooting (for) the Moon'...

http://www.issues-mag.com/sept2/shootmoon.phtml,

ever-filled with the emotionally-charged music of George Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in Blue', a classic recitation of epic poetry and literary splendor, a magnificent composition with irregular form and musical improvisation...

http://www.mipoesias.com/Summer2003/billboard7.htm
(Click on 'Circle Magazine').

I have become a Modern-Day 'Blackbeard',a 'pirate' and adventurer, on the 'high seas'of the stage and silver screen...

http://www.issues-mag.com/sept2/blackbeard.phtml.

As a child, I experienced the warm and reassuring memories of family gatherings and 'Picnic Time'...

http://www.mfinley.com/poems/publish/leonardbourret.htm.

As an adult, such buds of promise turn into colorful and fragrant flowers of recollection, radiantly blooming and reminding me that 'It's Springtime in New England'...

http://www.theunps.com/its_springtime_in_new_england.

With such clear and vibrant images, I am increasingly becoming a writer of affective and cognitive romance.

I am a long-standing fan of June Allyson, and the fine aromatic wine of Hollywood's golden era, a vintage which has become sweeter with each passing year.
 
I am a graduate student, with a 4.0 cumulative point average, and have completed numerous courses in education and social work at Springfield College and Roberts Wesleyan College. I am presently a student at Capella University, but am seriously considering a transfer to the graduate screenwriting program at Hollins (I have always wanted to write a screenplay).
 
I have completed research studies, on the topics of depression and effective anger management, using a cognitive-behavioral approach, single-subject and single-group designs, as well as multi-dimensional assessment (not limited to standardized measuring  instruments). I incorporate the arts and humanities, in my work, as they have proven themselves to be significant measuring instruments in the assessment and evaluation process.

'Beginnings' & 'Endings'...
masking the 'Ending', the
'Beginning' may be just in
sight...

http://www.great-e-scapes.com/wordsart/maskingtheend.html.

I am 'somewhere-in-between', a wanderlust marching to a different drummer, and enjoying my journey on the way up to the mountaintop.

Efriend

I
Pat:

email, after email, after email,
short to long and back again.
how many different topic
can we explore and not run     
into words or phrases that
stumble us one over the other.

 I guess it doesn't really matter
as long as we both understand
where the foul lines are and
step back in when we cross over,
and continue on as though never noticed


II

Aurora:

From the ocean’s roar
And tropic delights
To Fruit of the Loom
And the practicalities of life
We’ve discussed it all
In a world
That’s as close as the click of a button
And as far away
As the ever elusive water stars.

Pat Paulk & Aurora Antonovic

Senryu On Jazz

Richard H. Williams

I.
Louis Armstrong, jazz
trumpeter and "scat singer"
ambassador "Satch"

II.
Ella Fitzgerald
had awesome vocal technique
recorded tributes

III.
Billie Holiday
improvisational skills
with a peerless voice

IV.
Bessie Smith, blues and
jazz singer, she possessed a
magestical voice

V.
Charlie Parker, a
jazz saxophonist and head
of the "Bop" movement

VI.
Dave Brubeck, leader
of a famous jazz quartet
pianist, writer

VII.
Bix Beiderbeck, jazz
cornetist and composer
a tragic life style

VIII.
Benny Goodman, jazz
clarinetist and big band
leader, "King of Swing"



                                                                             
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IX.
Sidney Bichet played
saxophone and clarinet
artist of genius

X.
Duke Ellington wrote
original music such
as Mood Indigo

XI.
Lester Young, tenor
sax player, influential
from the "Swing Era"

XII.
Joe "King" Oliver
mentor of Louie Armstrong
taught young musicians

The End


And now some work that is keeping with the season of ghosts and goblins


HORROR AND MYSTERY WRITERS
Richard H. Williams

I
Poe was a critic,
poet, and father of the
detective story

II
Shirley Jackson was
master of gothic horror
and suspense stories

III
Stephen King---current
master of horror/terror
he is funny too

IV
Carson McCullers
set her five Gothic novels
in the deep, deep South

V
Bram Stoker was well
known for works on Dracula---
immortal figure

VI.
Mary Shelley penned
Frankenstein, the monster formed
from dead body parts

2

VII
Arthur Conan Doyle
the creator of Sherlock
Holmes detective tales

VIII
Agatha Christie
published nearly 100
works (plays, books, stories)

IX
Dashiell Hammett wrote
hard-boiled detective novels
introduced Sam Spade

X

Franz Kafka published
little during his lifetime
his works were brilliant

XI

Raymond Chandler was
inspired by Hammett. He wrote
detective novels.

XII

H.P. Lovecraft wrote
supernatural horror.
He was a loner.

3

XIII

Roald Dahl’s stories
contain supernatural
or bizarre features

The End


Closing Words

    Next month will feature an interview with Jeffrey Mackie, a poet, reviewer and critic who lives in Montreal.  He has a new chapbook and has been published in many diverse magazines and ezines.  It should be a good interview.  There will also be a review of his new chapbook "Graffiti Scripture".  Look forward for that and anything else I decide to throw into the ezine sometime in November.  

    The annual Christmas issue is also coming up so if there are festive works and poems of the season out there, please submit them.  As always submissions can be sent to pabear_7@yahoo.com.  It's still good after all these years.  
    The work contained is copyrighted by the various authors, do respect their work.