Author, writer, poet
Chris Brockman
I Am a Writer
When the census comes again
I’ll reflect before I pen
The slot for occupation.
What occupies my mind
And helps me to unwind
Is writing, my avocation.
I'm occupied with truth
And a way to use "forsooth"
To make my point attractive.
I'm occupied with love,
To write the meaning of,
To make it interactive.
I'm occupied with fair,
To spread it everywhere
With words that call for justice.
I'm occupied with right,
To preclude the use of might
To forcefully adjust us.
I'm occupied with words
And frequently with birds
To give wings to my meanings.
I'm occupied with a way
To find exact words to say
That voice my philosophical leanings.
To write my occupation,
To cut out obfuscation
To answer clear and tight,
I'll simply write "I write."
Chris Brockman
Aubade​
The philharmonia of birds is
Tuning up to greet the nascent day.
A dove plays its breathy flute
Turning the twittering cacaphony
To a concerto for calm.
Night's mottled, muted memories
Still echo in the chamber
Of discordant dreams.
Sleep opera traces recede
As the sun rises, taps its baton,
And prepares to conduct a new day.
The concerto proceeds
In an uncertain key.
Morning or mourning,
The dove doesn't know
The difference.
Chris Brockman
I write because I need to communicate. Curt John Ducasse in his Philosophy of Art wrote that artists, including writers, are successful when what they create reflects back to them what they intended to create. I guess one can communicate with him or herself, all right, but I want to communicate with you who are reading this. I want to share truth and beauty, like any artist. I want to alert you to ugliness and evil. I want to share what I see and what I think and what I feel. Communication will happen when that sharing is successful, when you either simply understand where I'm "coming from," or you find a mutuality of mind, heart, or spirit. Whether you agree or don't agree, the sharing is the important part; successful writing is a window, more than a mirror. I see you when I write; I need for you to see me, or I have failed as a writer.
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Chris Brockman