Exciting Beginnings, a Cento with Words from The Year of The Poet January 2014 Volume 1
A Cento poem is carved lines of poetry, taken out of context put into a new context creating something unique.
Needless to say i am so excited
about this venture
enjoy the Journey …. (William S. Peters, Sr. pg vi)
simply and intricately historic
a promise of no drama……….…………..(Jamie Bond pg 4)
the offering of ourselves
and all who we say we love
with a fertility born of sun………………..(Gail Weston Shazor pg 18, 23)
Follow the same path
I wanted everyone to know ………………(Albert ‘Infinite’ Carrasco pg 28, 29)
I did fly
from Salem, Mass.
upon the sky ……………………………….. (Siddartha Beth Pierce pg 38)
the dreams
and desires of her heart
in the guise of notes
on paper ……………………………………. (Janet P. Caldwell pg 52, 54)
The first gift
ancient & miraculous ………………………. (June ‘Bugg’ Barefield pg 66, 68)
feeds me
inhales and exhales of his life
in the rise and fall of his existence …………..(Debbie M. Allen pg 76)
Searching for your light,
for eyes that ………………………………….(Tony Henninger pg 90)
listened to her heart, to her body, her emotions
Her words never touched my …………….(Joe DaVerbal Minddancer pg 97)
kaleidoscope
the hope it will be more inclusive
but it is not, so he is reclusive……………….(Robert Gibbons pg 106)
To appreciate the world around me
I may breathe in impurities
I must breathe out purity and freshness
I need the strength to distribute ………….(Neetu Wali pg 114)
into action, creating and maintaining
distractions with various methods
of attraction doing the …………………….(Shareef Abdur — Rasheed pg 125)
playground of consciousness
And speak into
their way …………………………….…….(William S. Peters, Sr. pg 138, 139)
kiss once sweetness,
One cannot forget
But hey… ………………………………….(Terri L. Johnson pg 156)
Read all the poems in The Year of the Poet ~ January 2014 (Social Justice, Healing, and World Peace Building Poetry Series) (Volume 1) (Jan 27, 2014) https://amzn.to/3s51OsJ by Jamie Bond, Gail Weston Shazor, Albert ‘Infinite’ Carrasco, Siddartha Beth Pierce, Janet P. Caldwell, June ‘Bugg’ Barefield, Debbie M. Allen, Tony Henninger, Joe DaVerbal Minddancer, Robert Gibbons, Neetu Wali, Shareef Abdur — Rasheed, William S. Peters, Sr. Plus featuring Terri L. Johnson
