Impulse of the Lyric Moment

The lyric miniatures or snapjots I love to write each day turn time into the timeless. I work fast, and my writing tempo is rapid. That's partly because an intimation, or a revelation, may last only a nanosecond. A poetic epiphany is itself a moment, and a moment is, etymologically, something that moves. This book of "senior poetry" is a journal from July 2024 to February 2025 of moments from many decades, insights or feelings or pictures I wanted to cherish when made into wordsongs. I preserve the epiphanies, poetic disclosures, of everyday life: of paintings and musical compositions I regularly sample on computer sites; of colloquial e-mails memorable when framed in melodious verse; of spiritualities from a number of times and places; of animals and landscapes that have charmed and refreshed me. The brief lyrics are written in a variety of meters or regular rhythm patterns that are playfully and casually applied to suit changing moods. Read everythiing aloud, or the song won't be heard and you'll miss the real fun of the project.