Bangin Up A Storm archive: http://elandfgallery.blogspot.com/2009/06/bangin-up-storm-lexington-nursing-home.htmlKickin' Poet needed to read both original and favored poetry at eight Lexington area nursing homes in eight hours. Poet should be prepared to read for approximately 15 minutes at each venue and to expect and encourage spontaneous interactions prior to, during and after each reading. Poet must be flexible, tireless, cranky, sincere and not to mention – one damn fine poet.
Sunny Montgomery
“I’ve been a writer since I was a little girl and I’m always searching out new ways to share. I’m certain this project is going to be incredibly inspiring for everyone involved and I would LOVE the chance to share my greatest passion with a part of our community (nursing homes) that we do not get to socialize with enough. Because after all, society is only as strong as all of its members cooperating together, right? “
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Jim Tobey
Here is a poem I have been thinking about for awhile. It’s about my Dad, James A Tobey (1922-2009) who passed away this past January.
My father will die
on a cold grey day;
just like the day he was born
in early December
in a small town
a stone’s throw
from the northern border.
Happiest in wool
he’d complain about the heat in summer;
and finally turned his wife
who’d loved the shore
and sun bathing
into someone
a little bit like him.
My father lived well
through many cold days;
died, and was born
on a single one.
