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Brian Keith Compton
    My main portfolio contains 2 items.
Folder links are in Red   *   Other Item links are in Blue

[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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