Brian Keith Compton's Table Of Contents

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[Poetic Stumblings Into Serendipity] (E) # 1157792:
Everything I've posted since joining August, 2006 that encompasses 20 years of poetry.

[Route 66] (E) # 1213150:
The journey begins here, with many paths and side roads to discovery.

#1152475: Insightful to Serendipity (E) [Top]

Poems that have come from reflection or the unexpected pleasures of life. (1 item)

To Share In Your Garden (E) # 1172766:
What could have been, if she had not followed her desire for another.

#1155120: Natural (E) [Top]

Expressions of the poet's connection with nature and self. (3 items)

Crystalline (E) # 1190169:
Could the miracle of Heaven's message be lost on earth?

Wait For Snow (E) # 1172753:
Love like the season lives, dies and longs for return.

In Vain (E) # 1160971:
Life is cyclical and inescapable.

#1157792: Poetic Stumblings Into Serendipity (E) [Top]

Everything I've posted since joining August, 2006 that encompasses 20 years of poetry. (10 items)

The Unknown (E) # 1275091:
I'm inspired by music again, finding healthy tears to resurrect the unknown within.

As Deep As I Could (ASR) # 1335139:
We take a chance on acceptance, fail and try to find answers.

[AWARD WINNERS] (E) # 1161211:
Some of my poems recognized here at Writing.Com.

[The Poet's Last Pens] (E) # 1305084:
The last poems I will likely write. Some are unfinished.

[Natural] (E) # 1155120:
Expressions of the poet's connection with nature and self.

[Transcendence to Nirvana] (E) # 1158754:
Poetry venturing to transcend my limitations as a writer in search of a utopian nirvana.

[Insightful to Serendipity] (E) # 1152475:
Poems that have come from reflection or the unexpected pleasures of life.

[Writing In The Dark] (E) # 1158753:
The Eyes Have It (former title of this folder of poetry where I struggle with vision loss)

[Personal Favorites of the Poet] (E) # 1214244:
A great source of pride are these works that I share with my friends before all others.

[Snippets of Expression] (E) # 1166800:
What I express in a limited number of words.

#1158754: Transcendence to Nirvana (E) [Top]

Poetry venturing to transcend my limitations as a writer in search of a utopian nirvana. (1 item)

The Widening Chasm (ASR) # 1151264:
The expansive universe full of unknown taunts us from our prison earth.

#1161211: AWARD WINNERS (E) [Top]

Some of my poems recognized here at Writing.Com. (13 items)

Clutching Leaves (E) # 1145690:
Autumn is upon us. Experience mood changes as with the season.

Soar (E) # 1169069:
Like the tree, growing closer through faith that each tomorrow will come.

Careful Not To Sing (Censored) (ASR) # 1306079:
Coffee shop, writing community, anywhere...you're gagged by the complacency.

Old Log (E) # 1599485:
A naturist's kinship with a rotting log puts life, death and purpose in perspective.

Are You Safe In Your Houses? (ASR) # 1292664:
Satirical commentary on misunderstandings with depression.

Be My Eyes (E) # 1245862:
When the reader completes the writer's vision with much needed love.

A Slower Return (E) # 1222886:
Make the most of each moment...before it's gone.

Flower Of My Memory (E) # 1158939:
A rose pressed in a book is used to help remember True beauty.

Journey's End (E) # 1153551:
We trail where life calls us until we can venture no further.

Before I'm Rejected By You (E) # 1152712:
The artist fears to commit to his subject.

The Evergreen (E) # 1149934:
God gives what man destroys, then God gives...

Giving In (E) # 1145676:
Discovered in the drifting leaves is what life is all about.

Hidden Flower (E) # 1143050:
The gardener discovers true beauty and self among flowers and weeds.

#1166800: Snippets of Expression (E) [Top]

What I express in a limited number of words. (5 items)

The Other Side (E) # 1158687:
How mindless one can seem without true vision.

Such Longing (To Be Held) (E) # 1156780:
Just a little ditty I penned in need of the reader's attention.

Cold Without You (E) # 1162459:
What once was still lingers and hardens in the afterglow.

No Motion (E) # 1166797:
Ever get like this?

Sediment (13+) # 1160196:
Break up can be some mucky stuff.

#1170418: Mother, My Muse (E) [Top]

Poems and other works about the woman who inspired my vision to become a writer. (9 items)

My Oxygen (E) # 1633450:
Remembering the life and love she gave from one little molecule.

The Passing Days (E) # 1154212:
Passing time with the woman who filled me with a lifetime of inspiration.

Mother's Last Assignment (E) # 1171943:
Eulogy I read at my Mom's funeral in 2000.

The Evening Edition (ASR) # 1224867:
Who will be found in the light of a fading day?

Mama Loved Us (E) # 1152063:
Tribute to a tireless mother, may she now rest in peace.

Guardian Of Dreams (E) # 1160995:
The mother, the actor, the storyteller, the dream weaver captured a boy's imagination.

Momma's Happy Child (E) # 1172713:
We still need the assurances of Mom's love, even as adults.

[Photos Of Mom & Dad] (E) # 1205631:
Some early photos of Mom & Dad from about the time they met in 1945.

Ode To Your Mother...Winners In! CLOSED (ASR) # 1390406:
First annual event that paid homage to the women who brought us here.

#1173858: Of A Personal Nature (E) [Top]

Primarily auto-biographical in nature, but sometimes opinions on general things. (2 items)

2012: The Year We Flip! (ASR) # 1300042:
Time to reinvent, remap, and redress my approach to writing & life...before it's too late!

In The Shadows Of Glaucoma (13+) # 1176370:
My accounts of my struggles with glaucoma

#1173863: Non-Fiction (E) [Top]

The real stories. Some articles I've written for Helium.com, too. (2 items)

Date With The Headless Horseman (13+) # 1610699:
Wacky adventure to visit Sleepy Hollow.

Interviewing And The Dance (ASR) # 1411217:
There is an art to interviewing just like a dance where a reporter must take the lead.

#1173871: BKC's Fiction (E) [Top]

Short stories, novel starts and other fictional attempts. (2 items)

Fishing With Dad (E) # 1158381:
The accounts of my love fishing one day with Dad.

The Prankster (13+) # 1195045:
Father reaps what he sowed for a comedic, lonely son.

#1205631: Photos Of Mom & Dad (E) [Top]

Some early photos of Mom & Dad from about the time they met in 1945. (11 items)

Dad Sadles Motorbike (E) # 1205589:
Dad saddled up this stylin' ride sometime before he met Mom.

Mom & Her Sisters (circa 1925) (E) # 1202873:
Photo taken of my Mom and her sisters around 1925 in Centerville, SD.

Margaret Genevieve Cue (Early Mom Pic) (E) # 1205467:
Photo of Mom from the 40's. Most likely in South Dakota.

Dad Was A Snappy Dresser (E) # 1205585:
Dad in front of home in Iron Mountain, Mich. in his finest around 1945.

Kitten Caboodle (E) # 1205583:
Fun with kittens in this 40s photo from Mom's days in South Dakota.

The Young Big John (E) # 1205599:
They called him 'Big John' when he was young, the only nickname I ever knew he had.

Margaret Genevieve Cue (1940s) (E) # 1205457:
Photo from around the time my Mom first met Dad wearing a fetching hat.

Giving Mom A Lift (E) # 1205464:
Amusing my family by picking up Mom. In my defense of those shorts: it was the 80s.

Margaret Genevieve Cue (Mom On Porch) (E) # 1205579:
Photo of Mom on porch. Most likely in South Dakota.

Margaret Genevieve Cue (& Her Black Cat) (E) # 1205580:
Mom and her cat 'Bob' from early 40s.

Army Man (E) # 1205586:
Photo of Dad from Army days.

#1213150: Route 66 (E) [Top]

The journey begins here, with many paths and side roads to discovery. (4 items)

[Mother, My Muse] (E) # 1170418:
Poems and other works about the woman who inspired my vision to become a writer.

[Of A Personal Nature] (E) # 1173858:
Primarily auto-biographical in nature, but sometimes opinions on general things.

[BKC's Fiction] (E) # 1173871:
Short stories, novel starts and other fictional attempts.

[Non-Fiction] (E) # 1173863:
The real stories. Some articles I've written for Helium.com, too.

#1214244: Personal Favorites of the Poet (E) [Top]

A great source of pride are these works that I share with my friends before all others. (8 items)

Iron and Ore (E) # 1172717:
My recollection of youth spent along the rails covered by iron ore cast offs.

A Better Love Tomorrow (E) # 1162131:
An aging couple yearning for renewal, the nearer they draw to home.

Heart To Pilot (ASR) # 1151016:
Love's pursuit that soars and falls in this epic metaphor.

A Truer December (E) # 1169493:
Love departs and hopefully returns even stronger.

Lonely To Wonder (ASR) # 1165171:
The thrill of new love and sharing a kiss before rejection and the agony of defeat.

At The Hands Of My Creator (E) # 1265748:
Some visuals comparing art and life and revealing the one who masters it all.

Love's Prey (for the Lonely Hunter) (13+) # 1166868:
Who is the hunter and who is the prey?

Flavor For The Feast (E) # 1165197:
Obsession with preparing a feast and good conversation can spoil a good time.

#1305084: The Poet's Last Pens (E) [Top]

The last poems I will likely write. Some are unfinished. (7 items)

Forsaken (ASR) # 1387595:
From fame to infamy, a heavy price is extracted for former vanity in a cruel, cold world.

Complicated (ASR) # 1300026:
Simple, yet more complicated than it seems this pursuit of a dream.

Ignorant Pencil (ASR) # 1306072:
If the world around us could only speak of the wasted effort.

A Heart Such As Mine (ASR) # 1599342:
Pessimistic rant of a symbolic heart seeking freedom from the bonds of conformity.

W-I-N-T-E-R (E) # 1833744:
Winter revelations in an acrostic poem.

Bare (ASR) # 1830739:
Contrasting the seasons and feelings about life and experience.

Vagrant Liberty (ASR) # 1387317:
You do all that you can and then you are alone.

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