Poems from Lucian A. Sperta

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Published Author and Poet over 25 books in paper back and digital books Selected American Library Association 2015 Model Citizen 2013 Writer of the Month Meridan 1989 American Society of Authors Composers and Publishers since 1994 #8 Hot Top 100 Hot New Release in Poetry #1 Best in Photo Essay Amazon.com Some people think I expose myself too much in what I say in my poems, I don't consider myself a poet as much as I feel I am a story teller, how can one write subjected to other peoples point of view on how I write, what I write, and how I express myself. This is my journey and self expression is how I choose to deal with it; words, writing has been the outlet where I control without fear, without shame, the pen and paper will never betray you. A poet is one, I believe, can take a surgical scalpel to the soul and let it bleed what it truly feels.....
Plate full fork in throat A messy arena of internalized choices- Poisonous voices- Belly full, belching in the air- Ass stuck in this old...
Consistent with the times- The disease of the mind- This punishment for the unearned crime- Drowns me time after time- The world so grey,...
A word with you cold hard man- Threw me to the side- Didn’t care if I cried- “You’re a worm deep inside” Father, your words destroyed my...
Lines crisscross around this face The hair begins losing its place This fret of impermanence Constantly in a degenerative state A wasting...
I have no time to mourn death This is the answer to loss as I lay on my bed I know eternally where you are In a timeless space like a...

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