ABOUT THIS BOOK Armbrust writes sonnets on a variety of themes, primarily addressed to his muse and his lovers. Since 1979, when his first book of poetry went to press, he continues to write, as if he opens a vein to pour his own blood onto the page to do it.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY Roger Armbrust, after a career as national news editor of Backstage magazine in New York City and teaching writing at New York University, returned to his hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas, where he has written a novel, published three e-zines, and produced several volumes of poetry, of which this is one.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
DOG HAIR
VIOLIN STRING
YOU AT SUNSET
HERE AND THERE
ADMIRING YOUR BACK
YOU WRITING AND DRAWING
PROSE POEM
YOU POSSESSING PERFECT MOUTH
SO IT GOES
THE LAWYER’S MARRIAGE PROPOSAL
IN MY MIND
STEPHEN FOSTER
SONG: THAT'S HOW I FEEL
OKLAHOMA COOL
SONG: MMMMM
SONG: THE WAY
SONG: TELL ME
SONG: LAY SOFT YOUR TOUCH
SONG: I GOTTA CONFESS
SONG: SURE CURE
HEADACHE
2:31 a.m.
SOAP BUBBLE
FINGERTIPS
SUPER MOON
KNOW
KIND AND GENTLE HEART
ROCOCO
THE CONTENT OF YOUR EYES
POWER
WHEN THE SONORAN DESERT
WHAT IS THE WHOLE WE HOLD HERE
THE ART OF PRINTMAKING
THIS DISTANCE HOLDS SO CLOSE
SOMETIMES THE NIGHT’S TOO MUCH
IMPRESSION
FEELING SO DEEPLY
LILACS
BLACKENED STORM AT 11 a m
YOU FEEL IT DON’T YOU
CHICAGO
COSMOS
POEMS WHILE WE DREAM
US
WHEN YOU SMILE
DECISIONS
HER CLEAR-RIVER EYES
A COLD MORNING HIKE
VISIONS
57 TREES
ARMBRUST IN LOVE
CONTINUUM
OUR PRIVATE TRANSPARENCY
WHAT CARRIES ME
ARCTIC
WE WHO LOVE
THE RING
LONELY NIGHT’S NOT SO LONELY
RITUAL
VALENTINE’S SECRET FORMULA
SELF-WILL
YOUR ART’S FUTURE SHOCK
YOUR BIRTHSTONE
Armbrust writes sonnets on a variety of themes, primarily addressed to his muse and his lovers. Since 1979, when his first book of poetry went to press, he continues to write, as if he opens a vein to pour his own blood onto the page to do it.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY Roger Armbrust, after a career as national news editor of Backstage magazine in New York City and teaching writing at New York University, returned to his hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas, where he has written a novel, published three e-zines, and produced several volumes of poetry, of which this is one.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
DOG HAIR
VIOLIN STRING
YOU AT SUNSET
HERE AND THERE
ADMIRING YOUR BACK
YOU WRITING AND DRAWING
PROSE POEM
YOU POSSESSING PERFECT MOUTH
SO IT GOES
THE LAWYER’S MARRIAGE PROPOSAL
IN MY MIND
STEPHEN FOSTER
SONG: THAT'S HOW I FEEL
OKLAHOMA COOL
SONG: MMMMM
SONG: THE WAY
SONG: TELL ME
SONG: LAY SOFT YOUR TOUCH
SONG: I GOTTA CONFESS
SONG: SURE CURE
HEADACHE
2:31 a.m.
SOAP BUBBLE
FINGERTIPS
SUPER MOON
KNOW
KIND AND GENTLE HEART
ROCOCO
THE CONTENT OF YOUR EYES
POWER
WHEN THE SONORAN DESERT
WHAT IS THE WHOLE WE HOLD HERE
THE ART OF PRINTMAKING
THIS DISTANCE HOLDS SO CLOSE
SOMETIMES THE NIGHT’S TOO MUCH
IMPRESSION
FEELING SO DEEPLY
LILACS
BLACKENED STORM AT 11 a m
YOU FEEL IT DON’T YOU
CHICAGO
COSMOS
POEMS WHILE WE DREAM
US
WHEN YOU SMILE
DECISIONS
HER CLEAR-RIVER EYES
A COLD MORNING HIKE
VISIONS
57 TREES
ARMBRUST IN LOVE
CONTINUUM
OUR PRIVATE TRANSPARENCY
WHAT CARRIES ME
ARCTIC
WE WHO LOVE
THE RING
LONELY NIGHT’S NOT SO LONELY
RITUAL
VALENTINE’S SECRET FORMULA
SELF-WILL
YOUR ART’S FUTURE SHOCK
YOUR BIRTHSTONE