Friday, 27 January 2006, 3:20 p.m. - Inspiration
This week was time for the Juvenilus poem, just for kids. I'd been thinking about what kids like. Maybe it was in the shower, that it hit me: water! It's the rare kid that doesn't enjoy splashing in a pool, playing in the tub, jumping in a creek. So I've had water on the brain for a couple of days. The first two lines came to me yesterday, and this morning I sat down and bopped out the rest; somewhere along the way it occured to me to make a kid's dream follow the evaporation and condensation cycle of water.
You tell me if it works or not. Say your piece!
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( 3.1 / 2764 )Thursday, 26 January 2006, 6:07 p.m. - News
C&Q editor Sandy Brooks has accepted two poems, "Resolution," and an abbreviated version of "Rhyming Dictionary," for inclusion sometime this year. This will be my first time to appear in C&Q.
The Time of Singing issue arrived in the mail with my poem, "The Early Lights."
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( 3 / 2728 )Saturday, 31 December 2005, 6:10 p.m. - News
Lora Zill, the editor of the poetry magazine Time of Singing, just informed me that one of my UPLift poems, "The Early Lights," will go into the Winter edition.
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( 3.1 / 2834 )Wednesday, 28 December 2005, 12:59 p.m. - News
The Fall & Winter, 2005, issue of "Mobius, The Poetry Magazine," arrived in the mail today with my poem "I Love to Write" on page 35. This, after my poem "Nearly Spring" was published in the previous issue.
The magazine now changes hands, so we'll see what the future holds as far as more submissions there.
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( 3 / 2734 )Friday, 23 December 2005, 6:55 p.m.
The editor of Mobius, The Poetry Magazine, tells me the latest issue is in the mail with a poem of mine. I checked the PO Box this morning, but it hasn't arrived yet.
Our book-signing in the USA was a great experience, books are selling well.
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( 3 / 2291 )Wednesday, 26 October 2005, 1:05 p.m. - News
The editor of a poetry magazine is publishing a book of inspirational poetry and wants to use some of my work. She wrote, "I want to thank you for sharing your heart-felt poetry through the years. You have provided 'words of wisdom' in the most wonderful poetic ways. I believe there is great power in the poetry written from a man's perspective."[ add comment ] | [ 0 trackbacks ] | permalink |
( 3 / 2598 )Tuesday, 25 October 2005, 4:51 a.m. - Samples
Below are a couple of samples from the Cloudburst list. I cannot post more on the site, because they may be used by editors for publication. Once I publish a poem to the site, it is considered published.
A Faithful Leap
by J. Randal Matheny
As far as failing eyes can see,
the hurdles fill my line of sight.
Not rest, but struggles rush at me,
requiring more than human might.
At every mount, a faithful leap
will leave behind another test.
And every jump will surely reap
a clearer view of Zion's crest.
Copyright (C) 2003. All rights reserved.
Condescension
by J. Randal Matheny
A slice of sunshine cuts across my chest,
a dying day still laying claim to rule.
I watch the clock, ignore the waning west,
and play myself for a fool.
This slanted ray would raise me from my chair,
but I have other work to finish yet,
while dust is caught suspended in the air,
and I by furrowed brow beset.
At last a lowing glare I can't ignore,
to fill my eyes, announce the hour's end;
I thank the Maker's mark, in heavenly corps,
that he would to his creature condescend.
Copyright (C) 2004. All rights reserved.
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