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A 1000 hit poem

"My wish" poem was a climber from the start. But I've watched other poems start fast and then stall out. So I've been both surprised and pleased to watch "My wish" keep climbing till it passes 1,000 hits today, October 14, 2005. My first 1,000 hit poem.  (1004 7:13 EDT USA)

When I started paying attention to my poetry my initial approach was to learn more about craft.  Not wasted time.  But I also started looking at poetry as a market, and what I found was that there are two broad catagories, which I called the English Dept and the Street Corner. I picked the Street Corner.

The second finding was that I could speak my mind with poetry much easier than I could using prose.  Personally, poetry has been a big help to me to sort out some of the tangle of my mind.  I said it and I felt better afterwards.

"My wish" is exactly that kind of a poem.

s/ henry


My wish
by Henry Burt Stevens
07/10/2005

my wish: to only build
sandcastles in readers'
minds, maybe their hearts

my poetry is free, only
air mixed with vibrations
wafting the ears

playing briefly with their
minds and looking for
a smile, a nod, perhaps a wink

other poets can have
the contests heaping glory
and riches on the winners

the fine literary publications
prestigious reading exposure
writers' retreats and summer camps

leave me the internet
the new Google Video, unlimited
poem sharing and chaos.
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My video, Top 13Video, is now posted on Google Video. Go to http://video.google.com enter Henry Burt Stevens in the search box. 11 minute video.Thank you, Henry

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Over 500 Hits
09/02/2005


Today two of my postings will break through 500 hits each.  One is a poem, "My wish."  The other is an article, "Brothers and Sisters."  I am very happy about this for two reasons. First, because of all the material I have up on AuthorsDen.com these have been reader selected as being the most important.  Secondly, the ideas expressed by each of these pieces are an expression of my way of doing things-my ideas of what I should be doing-my ideas of how I do my business and how I live my life.  In both pieces I speak my mind openly and sincerely.  Thank you readers of AuthorsDen.com. s/henry

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