«CONVERSATION»  by Ray Whitaker

«CONVERSATION»  by Ray Whitaker

It is difficult to understand your silence
placed value is in expression
what one says to another is part of the meaning of Life
the opportunities of hearing a loved one’s voice
sincerity is inherit in expression
silence connotates disapproval and perhaps even disdain

pterosauros fly silently
over the primordial earth below

As I ride one
The wind over my back
is quiet, whispering secrets  barely heard.

Sorrow at the loss becomes an influence.

Tears dry quickly in the winds aloft.
Aches fly as swift as the clouds

Author Bio

All writers and poets are writing out of «the Self» however there are directions that the self speaks into, that change. Now Ray’s writing is to put foremost in his  work, just who he is writing for. He intends on writing for the everyday man and woman. He firmly believes that poems need to reach into the everyday person’s pictures in their minds, and engage with those. This is where he aims to make a difference in his creative writing. He’s fulfilled when he sees that his work is provoking thought in his readers. Ray has five books published, and two chapbooks. His work has been published in fourteen different countries. He’s working on two new manuscripts now.Ray was a Delegate to the 2024 Writer’s International Panorama Festival this past January, and is a Delegate to this year’s 2025 Festival He participates regularly with several zoom poetic events worldwide. Among them, he has been spotlighted on a US National Poetry broadcast from Quintessential Listening Poetry Online Radio In April, ’24; and also an International Poetry Recital hosted by The Fertile Minds out of India this past April 19th, 2025. In May he was the reading featured poet in David Leo Sirois’ Spoken Word Online, associated with Spoken Word Paris. He is Moderator for Michael Lee Johnson’s FB “My Voice,Your Words- Poetry In Action” page; and Editor for Masticadores Canada Journal.
Can be found at FB: Whitjr1, and at Mascadores Canada

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«DAWN ON CLEAR CREEK» by Ray Whitaker

«DAWN ON CLEAR CREEK» by Ray Whitaker

Sky only now brightening
the darkness gradually saying adieu
colors of aspens beginning
to show more that their indeterminable white bark
that shone in the sleeping night.
This stretch of Clear Creek rocky
perhaps a twenty degree slope
white water having shone thru the night
it’s music a steady tempo
with occasional bass drum beats
of rocks crunching in the flow.
I can see the reddish bark of pine trees
across the creek now,
the orange still indiscernible
oh, the greens, silent, no breeze moving aspen leaves
in this August morning.
Yesterday, a woman came by the camp
this place, tented solitude, miles from anywhere
didn’t stay, didn’t say much
an almost unfriendly greeting over dog barks
leaving nearly as soon as she appeared.
Someone had camped in the spot before
recently, the grass having bent under weight of tents
trod underfoot
perhaps she was looking for something lost
left behind in the melee of packing up,
I will keep an eye out for that.
Having found my dawn’s morning
with the music of a fresh day
soft sunlight under a clear blue sky
just showing it’s vibrant color
of woods and roaring watercourse.
Here, having found nirvana

Author Bio

All writers and poets are writing out of «the Self» however there are directions that the self speaks into, that change. Now Ray’s writing is to put foremost in his  work, just who he is writing for. He intends on writing for the everyday man and woman. He firmly believes that poems need to reach into the everyday person’s pictures in their minds, and engage with those. This is where he aims to make a difference in his creative writing. He’s fulfilled when he sees that his work is provoking thought in his readers. Ray has five books published, and two chapbooks. His work has been published in fourteen different countries. He’s working on two new manuscripts now.Ray was a Delegate to the 2024 Writer’s International Panorama Festival this past January, and is a Delegate to this year’s 2025 Festival He participates regularly with several zoom poetic events worldwide. Among them, he has been spotlighted on a US National Poetry broadcast from Quintessential Listening Poetry Online Radio In April, ’24; and also an International Poetry Recital hosted by The Fertile Minds out of India this past April 19th, 2025. In May he was the reading featured poet in David Leo Sirois’ Spoken Word Online, associated with Spoken Word Paris. He is Moderator for Michael Lee Johnson’s FB “My Voice,Your Words- Poetry In Action” page; and Editor for Masticadores Canada Journal.
Can be found at FB: Whitjr1, and at Mascadores Canada

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«BLONDE BEAR» by Ray Whitaker

«BLONDE BEAR» by Ray Whitaker

Walking in the dead of night
a white movement even while standing out
the pines of the forest a backdrop
silent footfalls
no breeze, the only sounds nearby, the Rio Grande
rushing water flowing downhill.
Standing aspen trees, white barked
show his passing but briefly
now awakened, the Stellar Jay
comments without moving
head turning to watch,
fluffed out against the cool morning.
Dawn breaks the dark
into many fragmented pieces, shadows
high alpine meadow opening a vast space
where the places of a possibility
exist as they always have.
Like the Rock Art on the granite canyon wall
a message from even earlier.
circles and etched lines,
figures, pictographs, time matters not.
Now, is the eternal wonder

Author Bio

All writers and poets are writing out of «the Self» however there are directions that the self speaks into, that change. Now Ray’s writing is to put foremost in his  work, just who he is writing for. He intends on writing for the everyday man and woman. He firmly believes that poems need to reach into the everyday person’s pictures in their minds, and engage with those. This is where he aims to make a difference in his creative writing. He’s fulfilled when he sees that his work is provoking thought in his readers. Ray has five books published, and two chapbooks. His work has been published in fourteen different countries. He’s working on two new manuscripts now.Ray was a Delegate to the 2024 Writer’s International Panorama Festival this past January, and is a Delegate to this year’s 2025 Festival He participates regularly with several zoom poetic events worldwide. Among them, he has been spotlighted on a US National Poetry broadcast from Quintessential Listening Poetry Online Radio In April, ’24; and also an International Poetry Recital hosted by The Fertile Minds out of India this past April 19th, 2025. In May he was the reading featured poet in David Leo Sirois’ Spoken Word Online, associated with Spoken Word Paris. He is Moderator for Michael Lee Johnson’s FB “My Voice,Your Words- Poetry In Action” page; and Editor for Masticadores Canada Journal.
Can be found at FB: Whitjr1, and at Mascadores Canada

#Christmas #hotel #poetry #RayWhitaker

«THE GREEN AND WHITE OF ASPENS» by Ray Whitaker

«THE GREEN AND WHITE OF ASPENS» by Ray Whitaker

Still imagining the rapture
falling in with joy, pain, disappointment
belonging in the depth
healing, growing tall, bigness of persona
huge. Soaring like a solitary cloud
in a blue, blue sky.
Rapture sought by so many
and eluded by those
that multiply their efforts
a flock of robins, or cranes
seeking. Heading north
from winter’s playgrounds.
Seeing an obvious rapture
puppies playing with siblings
the grove swaying in cold mountain breezes.
Ageing gracefully holding grandchildren,
smiling. In a well lit corner of a friendly room,
warm blankets in winter’s bed

Author Bio

All writers and poets are writing out of «the Self» however there are directions that the self speaks into, that change. Now Ray’s writing is to put foremost in his  work, just who he is writing for. He intends on writing for the everyday man and woman. He firmly believes that poems need to reach into the everyday person’s pictures in their minds, and engage with those. This is where he aims to make a difference in his creative writing. He’s fulfilled when he sees that his work is provoking thought in his readers. Ray has five books published, and two chapbooks. His work has been published in fourteen different countries. He’s working on two new manuscripts now.Ray was a Delegate to the 2024 Writer’s International Panorama Festival this past January, and is a Delegate to this year’s 2025 Festival He participates regularly with several zoom poetic events worldwide. Among them, he has been spotlighted on a US National Poetry broadcast from Quintessential Listening Poetry Online Radio In April, ’24; and also an International Poetry Recital hosted by The Fertile Minds out of India this past April 19th, 2025. In May he was the reading featured poet in David Leo Sirois’ Spoken Word Online, associated with Spoken Word Paris. He is Moderator for Michael Lee Johnson’s FB “My Voice,Your Words- Poetry In Action” page; and Editor for Masticadores Canada Journal.
Can be found at FB: Whitjr1, and at Mascadores Canada

#Christmas #hotel #poetry #RayWhitaker