Glass Awash

<p class=ql-align-justify><strong>Ken Gierke</strong> is a retired truck driver transplanted to Missouri</p><p class=ql-align-justify>from Western New York. After only ten years here he is actually coming to think of Missouri as home in spite of muddy water and a dearth of maple trees. While his poetry has appeared in several anthologies this is his first published collection.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Retired then transplanted from Western New York to Missouri I find myself missing familiar sights but remind myself that familiarity is a state of mind.</p><p>Time spent on or near the water has always been important to me. In a past life that meant boating and scuba diving. Today it means kayaking or walking along a river or stream. It may even mean sitting on a shoreline writing poetry. Photography has always been a favorite pastime so taking photos often is as important to me as the sights I see but those sights aren't limited to Nature. I find myself seeking angles and lines and as you might expect some of the most intriguing lines can be found in architecture but they also can be seen in groups of objects - and that includes people. Of course as I'm enjoying the outdoors or observing people and architecture all of this becomes part of my familiar. My goal is to write about my ever-broadening familiar.</p>