Boulder © 2010, 2016, 2020 by Vernon Miles Kerr, vernonmileskerr.com Quirky, busy little Boulder With its sprawling, yellow brick university And Nineteenth Centry business district, Spread out at the foot of the Flatirons. Those jutting stone slabs seem to grow out of Boulder Not visa-versa. They thrust upward beckoning the hikers, Promising untold vistas higher up… Read More Travels | Boulder
St. Louis © 2010, 2016, 2020 Vernon Miles Kerr, vernonmileskerr.com What on Earth can compare to the Arch? No superlative is adequate. Nothing prepares you for that first glimpse, No travelogue, no picture in the Nat. Geo. Soaring above the downtown skyscrapers, Its satin-silver face reflects The sky and clouds, And the river, That Old… Read More Travels | St. Louis
Tokyo ©2010,2016,2020 Vernon Miles Kerr, vernonmileskerr.com She is more than huge, she is blatantly contradictory. She’s American-ish, but Japanesey; Familiar but exotic; Traditional but wildly avant garde.; Savoring but guzzling; Giddily young but staidly elderly. Near Shinjuku station it’s girls in blue jeans And tiny kimono-clad matrons popping into Starbucks. This immigrant from Seattle sits… Read More Travels | Tokyo
Turn Around ©2019 Vernon Miles Kerr, vernonmileskerr.com “Turn around, and you’re two, Turn around and you’re four, Turn around and you’re a young man, Going out of my door…” 1. We try to measure Time by watching growing-things Like kids and trees and patches of peeling paint, Or the testily-watched kettle… Read More Poetry | Turn Around
Genesis ©2019 Vernon Miles Kerr, vernonmileskerr.com In the beginning, God made essence; He held it between His forefinger and thumb, A tiny singularity. He gave it cyclical movement, frequency, Then sent it hurtling outward from the point of creation Giving it linear movement, progress. And God observed and noted outward progress And called it… Read More Poetry | Genesis
A Word of Thanks First of all, Thank you so much for your readership and comments on VernonMilesKerr.com. I will keep posting my own work, right here, but I have just created a new site which focuses exclusively on the art of writing in English. The name of this new site is Writers Class the… Read More The Art of Writing | Our New Sister-Blog
© 2019 Vernon Miles Kerr, vernonmileskerr.com This is the third iteration of “Fluidics” The reader can use our Search feature to see how the poem has evolved. VMK Fluidics III Ego, Power, Political Influence, Hedonism, Flow inward To be absorbed, And then to rot — In the stench of the grave. Empathy, Human Kindness,… Read More Poetry | Fluidics III
