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Patrick E Cochran

Poetry, My First Passion

Author: Patrick

Erudition (Story)

Posted on October 21, 2019January 10, 2021 by Patrick

He was not tall, but he was a thin man, narrow in most respects. Even as he spoke, one had… Read more Erudition (Story)

Fifteen Hundred Pieces (Story)

Posted on August 2, 2018October 23, 2019 by Patrick

It is with little joy I share this tale. Little joy, but some excitement, as it is more a confession… Read more Fifteen Hundred Pieces (Story)

Words Tell It All

Posted on July 31, 2018July 31, 2018 by Patrick

What more can be said? There is a universe of more, of greater! Words are not alone, they are chased,… Read more Words Tell It All

Words in Orchestration

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Patrick

Hayden, Mozart, Berlioz, Monteverdi, Wagner, Mahler, and Schoenberg . . . The masters of orchestration Dreamed words allowing instruments To… Read more Words in Orchestration

Word Painting

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Patrick

Six generations have come and gone Since Grandma explained the difference Between what is and is not art. It has… Read more Word Painting

We Seek Joy

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Patrick

We seek joy But little is found It is greyness And gloom abounds It hovers over us A vulture circling… Read more We Seek Joy

Visions from a Deeper Land

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Patrick

How can I write words to match? To echo, to hold sway within The wonder that builds with each Stanza… Read more Visions from a Deeper Land

Velocities of Change (A Poetic Essay)

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Patrick

And so as art, all art, we change with the age And thus each age increases its own frame Our… Read more Velocities of Change (A Poetic Essay)

Time

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Patrick

Things seem long to us, Longer than time itself. It is as if there were no end Between Monday and… Read more Time

The Storm Is Coming

Posted on July 31, 2018September 12, 2018 by Patrick

I can feel it circling, testing my resolve It should know up front before it strikes I am more durable… Read more The Storm Is Coming

The Feeling We Have Now

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Patrick

We have feelings for each other They are good feelings wonderful feelings as I listen To my favorite music, yes… Read more The Feeling We Have Now

Simply Words (a Poetic Essay)

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Patrick

Looking at these shelves of books I realize I have always taken For granted, that each one is Filled with… Read more Simply Words (a Poetic Essay)

Shouting at the Top of My Mind

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Patrick

Nothing is whole without the other To compare, to interact But interaction elicits change So now it’s not the same… Read more Shouting at the Top of My Mind

Poetic Ghost

Posted on July 31, 2018July 31, 2018 by Patrick

There is a ghost that haunts me Stalking me in my library, mischievous I wouldn’t want to exorcize her, shoo… Read more Poetic Ghost

Of Such Things We Dream

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Patrick

I wrote a story once About a childhood of one It helped explain this imagination That has chased me all… Read more Of Such Things We Dream

Like Nabokov

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Patrick

The page is bare, but the words are there. I am pushed to write about other things But words intrigue… Read more Like Nabokov

Lateralization

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Patrick

Built two-sided like good and evil Hot and cold, friend or foe The reconstruction is not complete Like Wernicke and… Read more Lateralization

Event Horizon

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Patrick

There are few who come near enough Near enough for me to see The nearer they come, the slower Their… Read more Event Horizon

Carefully Looking

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Patrick

Today I found myself wading in shallow water Choosing books to move from shelves to other Shelves, thinking nothing there… Read more Carefully Looking

Breath of Life

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Patrick

Saturated in sweat, shaking Can’t catch enough air in my lungs Heart racing, beating hard The weeds can wait I… Read more Breath of Life

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