Pokes & Perks... Poetry For The Rest Of Us
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This is a very unusual and highly enjoyable collection of poetry. It is original, quirky and deeply personal.
It moves from the observational to the biographical and is both reflective and introspective. The poems are about life, love, relationships, and nature.
The author’s poetry covers wide-ranging themes, but all express her great zest for life, in all its forms.
She writes about her experience as an identical twin and its impact on her life.
She writes about her life as a mother, of her long marriage to a much adored husband and others she loves.
She writes about people’s quirks, foibles and desires.
She writes about the natural world around her, expressing her deep appreciation, interest and reverence for all forms of life.
She writes about the state of the world with great astuteness and humanity.
Her poetry has wit, insight, humor and charm.
There’s a lifetime of experience in these poems, which will speak to the people who read it.
Trudy Aronson
Trudy’s background was initially in music and the arts. This is reflected in her poetry, which is both lyrical and highly individual. She was born an identical twin and grew up in a small village in western New York State, born to hard working immigrant parents. Trudy taught music after graduating from Syracuse University. It was there she met her husband when he returned from World War II as a decorated B 24 pilot. They moved to California where she raised a family, played flute in local symphony orchestras, studied art, and began to write poetry. She qualified in English as a Second Language at UCLA and taught advanced classes in California, Mexico and Japan. Prentice-Hall published an English grammar text that she wrote. Her love of all things creative continues.
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Pokes & Perks... Poetry For The Rest Of Us - Trudy Aronson
POKES AND PERKS
Poetry for the Rest of Us
BY TRUDY ARONSON
Copyright 2017 Trudy Aronson
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INTRODUCTION
I feel it is helpful to know about the poems’ author before reading the poetry, as so much is personal. Therefore, this is who I am.
I lived as a child in a small village in western New York State born late in life to hard working immigrant parents. I was an identical twin. My difficult relationship with my twin sister and parents impacted my life and is reflected in much of my poetry. I graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in music and became the public school music teacher in a small city where I met my husband when he returned from World War II as a decorated B 24 pilot. My husband and I moved to California where we raised our family and where I played flute in local symphony orchestras plus studying art.
When my children were older, I attended UCLA and was qualified as an ‘English as a Second Language’ teacher, which I taught in California, Japan and Mexico and wrote a grammar text for English (published by Prentice-Hall).
My involvement in the arts continues, and I have exhibited my collages and written poetry for the past 25 years. It is now 2017 and I have decided it is time to share these poems.
HAVE A GOOD DAY
Television News:
Planes collide. Two-hundred lost.
Tornado wipes out town.
Fire raging in the hills.
Children starving.
Elephants in the wild may disappear.
His face a merry moon-
The weatherman appears:
Sunshine all day.
Air warm and clear.
No rain in sight.
Have A Good Day!
WEEK’S VACATION
A rat killed an infant last week.
I mention the horror.
We are lying side by side
in chaise lounges at the beach.
We are sipping margaritas
which the white-coated waiter
has brought us.
My companion speaks:
Why live there?
Why live where there are rats?
I wouldn’t. You wouldn’t.
Shafts of blue
from the diamonds in her ears
pierce the sunlight.
Perfect match
with the blue of her bathing suit.
THEY SAY YOU CAN’T GO BACK
but I did.
Recovered a childhood
suspended in air
unable to land.
With each child born to me
I sipped the nectar
from their flowering;
dressed up in their sheen.
Years pass.
Clouds clear.
I find my own ground-
fertile diverse
and acquiesce to its request
for attention, cultivation,
and pursuit of my own singular bloom.
THE FILE CABINET
assumes a posture of importance
against my bedroom wall.
Promises reform.
Opens its gaping mouth
in ready eagerness to swallow…
alphabetically of course.
All functions and fiscal,
it challenges
my wanton ways; No more
frantic pursuit
of life-sustaining data.
Sanctimonious despot
of grandiose proportions,
the file cabinet
blocks my route
to inspiration; scoffs
at ventures that I plan;
thwarts the spontaneity
my creativity demands.
THE MOON
I am not friends with the