Favorites from the Jon Bohrn poetry collections

Dear Readers:

Thank you for visiting Contemplating August. I hope this section will help you decide if you want to spend more time here, as there are countless sites offering poetry on the web - at least 20,000 of them. Many are worth visiting, but some you will undoubtedly choose to pass by.

Please sample some of my work below. It is my hope that you will find something worthwhile here. If you do, maybe I've given you incentive to visit again. If not, at least you will have found out quickly. :-)

If you do decide to stay, you will find about 500 poems in what will soon be 20 on-line chapbook collections spanning ten years of writing. Please also visit the "About the author & site" section and my blog, which covers philosophy and writing-related topics.

Best wishes,
Jon
jon_bohrn @ augustpoetry.org

simile - literally, a comparison using the words "like" or "as". From "Last Days of May", the Fall '98 collection.

Ohio - a winter journey. From "~~Pirates~~ Parrots of 2nd Street", the 2003 collection.

instinct - the embodiment of a fear of those we don't know. From "After the Rains", the Winter '98 collection.

Fall - study of a season. From "hands of bridges", the Fall/Winter '00 collection.

Matt's Manifesto - a philosophy on time passing. From "Pervasive Transport", the Spring '00 collection.

Travels with Jane - a collection of short poems. From "~~Pirates~~ Parrots of 2nd Street", the 2003 collection.

[Da Gama returns] - stranded self-reflection. From "3 Rivers", the 2004 collection.

Lions - a eulogy. From "~~Pirates~~ Parrots of 2nd Street", the 2003 collection.

Icarus, later - the aftermath. From "Left of the Afternoon", the 2006-07 collection.

spaces - a change in surroundings. From "Signs in the language of traffic", the Summer '00 collection.

café noir (black coffee) - a look at a familiar stranger. From the "rampart" collection.

Gulf Coast, 1978 - Remembering someone loved. From "Autumn Crossing", the 2007 collection.

moment - a contemplation. From "Lands", the 2008 collection.

thought for Thursday - introspection on recurring events. From "Pervasive Transport", the Spring '00 collection.

Last days of May a growing anticipation of change. From "Last Days of May", the Fall '98 collection.

Santa Monica Pier - an evening by the ocean. From "Vacancies", the Summer '99 collection.

late August - that feeling of growing older. From "Under a Sky", the Summer '98 collection.

ancestry - our culture shaping our perception. From "Catal", the 2002 collection.

Departure - a loss of perspective. From "Signs in the language of traffic", the Summer '00 collection.

leaves - a reflection on time passing. From "Vacancies", the Summer '99 collection.

Athena - a "statement of incompatibility." From "Under a Sky", the Summer '98 collection.

Vienna, 1999 - coming to terms with history and ancestry. From "Carambique", the 2001 collection.

Seascape - a time and a place. From "Pervasive Transport", the Spring '00 collection.

carmine - the price of something worthwhile. From "Glass Panes", the Spring '99 collection.

wait - patient expectation. From "Clouds, intervening", the Fall '99 collection.

Sakura - we, as the conduit of events around us. From "Catal". the 2002 collection.

Oceanside II (Colors) - I really did think this was an original thought. My cynical self wouldn't let me turn it into a serious statement, though. From "Sketchbook", the Spring '98 collection.

Santa Monica Mountains - a place for the spirit. From "3 Rivers", the 2004 collection.

mass - a company of humanity. From "hands of bridges", the Fall/Winter '00 collection.

boats - memories and farewells. From "Glass Panes", the Spring '99 collection.

Realization - The fear of getting to know someone. From "On the Water's Edge", the Fall/Winter '97 collection.

Saskatchewan - an instinctive sense of connectedness. From "bounding of Elements", the 2005 collection.

Journey West - a cultural heritage. From "Catal", the 2002 collection.

Lands - Stopping in an important place. From "Lands", the 2008 collection.

remembering carol - A recollection from a friend's point of view. From "On the Water's Edge", the Fall/Winter '97 collection.

Article - a statement on child and sexual abuse. From "~~Pirates~~ Parrots of 2nd Street", the 2003 collection.

interlude - a temporary respite from guilt. From "After the Rains", the Winter '98 collection.

custody - the keeping of something precious. From "~~Pirates~~ Parrots of 2nd Street", the 2003 collection.

Gardening - the fragility of the living. From "bounding of Elements", the 2005 collection.

In the Volksgarten (Public Gardens), Vienna - coming to terms with childhood recollections. From "Autumn Crossing", the 2007 collection.

to a coil of razor wire - a fence and its purpose. From "After the Rains", the Winter '98 collection.

Return - Introspection. From "Lands", the 2008 collection.

seasons - facing the winter of one's spirit. From "lately, the silence", the Winter '99 collection.

Cathedrals - an examination of our creations and beliefs. From "Autumn Crossing", the 2007 collection.

a lifeguard laments the winter - reminiscing better days. From "On the Water's Edge", the Fall/Winter '97 collection.

Long Beach Winter - seasonal still-life. From "hands of bridges", the Fall/Winter '00 collection.

water's edge - turning to face the past. From "On the Water's Edge", the Fall/Winter '97 collection.

First light / Last light - A day's beginning and end. From "Lands", the 2008 collection.