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I have learned

that my electronic library
is temporary
mine for just so long as I can keep myself
     breathing
and supplied with
     currency for

wires    magnetic electrons    sailing
swirling    pulsing in waves    from one device to
. . . finally my brain

to bombard my 80 year old mind     in part

with simple reading    just me    and some words

a foray
an artist’s hunt for new ideas
new angles    new light
new shadows

I still work    I still learn

so much unread in my electronic library
and, I must now admit
     diminishing time

can a writer’s words
teach me how to plot better poetry
combine irreplaceable sounds

draw better lines    find better colors

carve deeper depths

design new kinds of fun



can a writer’s words
help me

see    hear    feel

   what I have never    or have always

seen     heard    felt
before

if so, read on

or try another

or write
design
create
invent

Selected New Poems — Bill Eberle

Thomaston, Maine — Artist Series

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