Attached Link: http://home.attbi.com/~shessler1/poetry/poetry_introduction.htm

Just wanted to post a link to a web page I've had up for a while, including a few of my poems. Some have been published, some have not. I hope you stop by and browse around, and perhaps enjoy my words, mostly in free verse. Some of the poetry dates back to the 70's.

(And while there, I hope you stop by my Fractal Art Web Galleries!)

You've got some very nice poems there. Thanks for sharing. jon

Thought I'd post one here, just to whet your appetite...

"Lightning Bugs"

Warm springtime dusk-- Just right
for barefoot-running through
the back-yard grass so cool
and tickly; fresh and nice--
The flashes happen suddenly,
hidden at the corner of an
unsuspecting eye--
Now stop! Stand still;
don't breathe or blink,
for they may see and fly,
unseen, away!
Now over there! Up in the trees!
As night sneaks up to cool the breeze;
a Flash! and Flash!
Before you know you're darting
here and there across
the night-dark grassy lawn,
hands snatching at
a million zillion flecks
of winking yellow light--
You reach, and catch!
Your Mason jar is full
of blinking midnight
magic-lantern fire!
So, giggling, off you go to bed--
You keep your jar safe by your head--
You drowse to sleep, and smiling, dream
of whirring through the night on wings of
sprinkly, starry, winking, twinkly light.

COPYRIGHT 2001-2002 STEVEN A. HESSLER
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

I liked "The Drummer" a bit better than most I looked at. I looked at about 7 or 8. But, that's my defect...most here who know me know I prefer poetry that rhymes...LOL. Your fractal stuff looks quite a bit unique for what I'm used to seeing in the fractal galleries, too. More pastel, I think. Oh, and one more thing...I graduated in 69. It appears you might have, too.

Attached Link: http://www.mathsong.com/

All points covered--
-I graduated in '73.
-I chose pastels for my fractals to irritate a fellow fractalist who stated a dislike for pastels in fractels. It's part personal joke, and part personal preference, since I DO like pastels. (But don't tell him...)
-We all prefer what we prefer when it comes to things literary and artistic. That is not to say one form is inferior or superior to the other-- I understand personal preference well. We are who we are.
-Thanks for the turnon to mathsong.com. It's a great place with a lot of unique artistic works. It will take days to browse it all!

Welome Steve good stuff please see my post on where you can find gallery space for your writing at Rendie. I hope you'll join in some of the poetry challenges.