Roger Straight

Contests, Reads, and Challenges Roger Straight

Got fired up doing that first book and basically couldn't stop. The following achieve fileskept pulling me to process and compile and now you can see the results. It is lots of grunt workbut so enjoyable and then to hold the results in your hand is pure bliss that never gets old. Whenthat package finally arrives in the mail, I march, carrying it in two hands listening to thetriumphant music in my mind, back to the house to open and reread in unconstrained enjoyment. So, to continue with the mundane stuff, this records the middle five months of the fourth yearof my rhyming journey. I had recently discovered that I was not alone in my poetry addictionand became involved in the local poetry scene and begin entering poetry contests These journalentries record the firming of habits and the entry into the local poetry culture. This, also, completes my youth memories of travel and college years period. Contained herein, as usual, are multiple sonnets on daily living, dawn walking, nature experiences, and philosophical pieces driven by science and economics and political process thinking both current and in the 1780's. Also, for unknown reasons, a few 'Nam email memories and FB msgs were included (I must say these spoke to me). This free commenting broth is leavened by longer named pieces on weather experiences, College memories, weird happenings, and poetic connecting