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Robert J. Tiess
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April 2022
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The Humbling and Other Poems
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May We Learn from the Earth: Nature Poems and Reflections on the Environment
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Gracious Nature: Poems on Earth and Life
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NEW POETRY COLLECTION!
My new book arrives next week!
Gracious Nature: Poems on Earth and Life
You can find the book links and book reviews
at my website www.RobertJTiess.net
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BOOK REVIEW OF... Madame Eldridge's Wayward Home for Unruly Boys by Benjamin Ryan A free, unsolicited, and spoiler-free review by Robert J. Tiess Reviewed on May 10, 2024. When Elliot, a boy who "loved to lie," gets dropped off by his parents at a home fo ...more |
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John Compton's Melancholy Arcadia is at once introspective and enterprising, exploring the self while wrestling with larger worlds through a bold series of personal and provocative poems. The collection begins with "i never wished to be afraid of heig ...more |
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Since I discovered Maya, she quickly became one of my favorite contemporary poets for numerous reasons. I prize certain things in poets, such as authenticity, accessibility, compassion, humility, metaphor, imagery, originality, musicality, a willingne ...more |
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"In Robert J. Tiess's captivating collection, May We Learn from the Earth: Nature Poems and Reflections on the Environment, readers are treated to an exquisite and profound exploration of ecopoetry and the impact of human actions on our planet. With a"
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“Be more than symbol, strength, and dream. / Be light! Inspire! Revive! / Redeem!
(from Phoenix: Salvation)”
― The Humbling and Other Poems
(from Phoenix: Salvation)”
― The Humbling and Other Poems
“The past no longer limits me. / I drift on wind and live as free / above the houses, mountains, clouds, / the cities gripped by anxious crowds, / alighting where I will by day / whenever I decide to stay.
(from Now I've Become a Butterfly)”
― The Humbling and Other Poems
(from Now I've Become a Butterfly)”
― The Humbling and Other Poems
“A mouse would solve this handily, / except I like to probe unknowns / and be amazed by what I find / along the corners of your mind. / Wherever you will let me start, / l love to learn your ways by heart.
(from Amazed)”
― The Humbling and Other Poems
(from Amazed)”
― The Humbling and Other Poems
“I'm just a student, one who sees / the paradox of Socrates, / to understand I do not know / and yet enlighten as I go.”
― The Humbling and Other Poems
― The Humbling and Other Poems
“With one glove off, you trace the heavens, / fingers full of reverence...
(from Stargazers on a Winter's Night)”
― The Humbling and Other Poems
(from Stargazers on a Winter's Night)”
― The Humbling and Other Poems
“Tomorrows hinge / on one decision. / In all directions: / consequence.
(from Destinations)”
― The Humbling and Other Poems
(from Destinations)”
― The Humbling and Other Poems
“Let blessings only dwell here, yes, / not one phantasm of the past, / for now begins the exorcism / evicting darkness at long last.
(from Renovation of a Soul)”
― The Humbling and Other Poems
(from Renovation of a Soul)”
― The Humbling and Other Poems
“No, life's not wholly vanished here. / You only have to look for it, / behind, before, between these leaves, / above the broken ends of branches / where one small bluebird takes its pause...
(from Between These Leaves)”
― The Humbling and Other Poems
(from Between These Leaves)”
― The Humbling and Other Poems
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