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A ROSE IN THE BRIAR PATCH
poems by DAN THARP
74 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9824276-0-6
Book Club Price $15.00 (includes shipping)
poems by DAN THARP
74 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9824276-0-6
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from the publisher’s comments on A Rose in the Briar Patch:
In A Rose in the Briar Patch, Dan Tharp blends the two
historical tendencies of romance, love and a broken heart. But why
should we again enter this ageless dance? Because indeed it is our
dance and we will dance it again and again. This heart, the romantic
heart, forgets. It must forget just so we can once again get lost, dance
and yes, feel.
All I’ve Come to Know of Me
Vast in the knowledge of myself...
do I see as I am seen,
hear as I am heard,
speak as I am spoken of?
And were someone
to write my life...
would I lend the flavor
of the poet to the palate of the reader
who rolls my words around —
the contours of her tongue?
Would I elicit latent fervency for
the few who peruse my words;
symbolize the sanctification of
my allegorical verse?
I’m well acquainted
with my shallows;
less accustomed to my depths
and I fear I know quite little of
the me I represent!
And yet if you look close enough
you’ll see within my words
all I’ve come to know of me,
exposed within my verse.
Improvise
For lack of a plan;
lack of a scheme –
I improvise
the moment.
In A Rose in the Briar Patch, Dan Tharp blends the two
historical tendencies of romance, love and a broken heart. But why
should we again enter this ageless dance? Because indeed it is our
dance and we will dance it again and again. This heart, the romantic
heart, forgets. It must forget just so we can once again get lost, dance
and yes, feel.
All I’ve Come to Know of Me
Vast in the knowledge of myself...
do I see as I am seen,
hear as I am heard,
speak as I am spoken of?
And were someone
to write my life...
would I lend the flavor
of the poet to the palate of the reader
who rolls my words around —
the contours of her tongue?
Would I elicit latent fervency for
the few who peruse my words;
symbolize the sanctification of
my allegorical verse?
I’m well acquainted
with my shallows;
less accustomed to my depths
and I fear I know quite little of
the me I represent!
And yet if you look close enough
you’ll see within my words
all I’ve come to know of me,
exposed within my verse.
Improvise
For lack of a plan;
lack of a scheme –
I improvise
the moment.
Dan began writing poetry in 1982 at the age of 18,
mainly as a means of expressing his pent up
emotions. Although many of those poems were
never seen, they served as a form of therapy for a
young man feeling his way through life.
Regretfully, most of them are now gone. Having
entered a religious period in his life, Dan discarded
all but a couple of those poems. He did continue to
write poetry, though of a religious nature... It
wasn’t until the early nineties that he hit a wall
and the poetry all but stopped. The inspiration was
gone.
It wasn’t until the spring of 2001 that Dan began
actively writing again. He has been writing ever
since and is grateful that the inspiration continues
to visit.
mainly as a means of expressing his pent up
emotions. Although many of those poems were
never seen, they served as a form of therapy for a
young man feeling his way through life.
Regretfully, most of them are now gone. Having
entered a religious period in his life, Dan discarded
all but a couple of those poems. He did continue to
write poetry, though of a religious nature... It
wasn’t until the early nineties that he hit a wall
and the poetry all but stopped. The inspiration was
gone.
It wasn’t until the spring of 2001 that Dan began
actively writing again. He has been writing ever
since and is grateful that the inspiration continues
to visit.
