Wordplay by Jeffery Martin

By Raja's Insight on December 12, 2018 • ( 1 )

The page doesn’t stay empty long

for creative energy runs like rivers

and waterfalls and family trees

Winter, spring, summer, and fall

are open and inviting

sharing a bit of themselves

whenever asked

Poetry skips over mental landscapes

like rocks over still water

words do not hide in difficult terrain

but instead stand naked and unashamed

in meadows of new beginnings

being reborn with each sentence

mystical magical immaterial riches

vaulting from white pages like rambling locusts

sounds are friendly silence friendlier

when thoughts shake hands and share pleasantries

There are no dark corners unapproachable or menacing

here there is always life or the potential thereof

Excerpt from the book Weapon of Choice

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About the Author

Author Jeffery Martin has written 10 books and contributed poetry to 7 anthologies. “Weapon of Choice” won the 2008 New Jersey Beach Book Festival ‘Best Book of Poetry’ and honorable mention in both the New York Book Festival and London Book Festival. Mr. Martin, a storyteller, has also used stories to inspire classrooms and youth groups in both New York and California. While living in Rochester New York he founded the BEHOLD Theater group (he hopes to kick start this again) which introduced to youth to various disciplines within the arts, ranging from Poetry to Fencing. Recently retired from the Los Angeles Unified School District he plans on taking poetry, drumming and storytelling on the road to reach a broader audience. He is currently writing a film script with hopes of releasing it sometime in 2018. His most recent book is “Jus Sayin” released in June 2017 is a myriad of thoughts he has shared over social media over the past few years.

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