Mind Fields: December 7

Posted: April 26, 2024 | Author: artrosch | Filed under: Mind Fields, Poetry | Tags: Arthur Rosch, Mind Fields, Poetry, Writing to be Read |1 Comment

December 7

All experience is in you.

All suffering, all joy, all confusion,

all presence, all absence

is in you.

If I make a mis-step, you catch me.

If I can’t feel you catch me,

I fall and fall, and eventually I will

come to know

that I have fallen into you.

If I rise to a great height

and see my glory,

I will be standing in my own shadow,

for you are behind me.

If I feel alone, and yearn

for something until the pit of my stomach aches

with incompleteness,

you have meant for me to know that.

I am only where I am, watching, waiting

to be born, to live, to die,

to feel you with me, so certain am I

that you are everything.

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Arthur Rosch is a novelist, musician, photographer and poet. His works are funny, memorable and often compelling. One reviewer said “He’s wicked and feisty, but when he gets you by the guts, he never lets go.” Listeners to his music have compared him to Frank Zappa, Tom Waits, Randy Newman or Mose Allison. These comparisons are flattering but deceptive. Rosch is a stylist, a complete original. His material ranges from sly wit to gripping political commentary.

Arthur was born in the heart of Illinois and grew up in the western suburbs of St. Louis. In his teens he discovered his creative potential while hoping to please a girl. Though she left the scene, Arthur’s creativity stayed behind. In his early twenties he moved to San Francisco and took part in the thriving arts scene. His first literary sale was to Playboy Magazine. The piece went on to receive Playboy’s “Best Story of the Year” award. Arthur also has writing credits in Exquisite Corpse, Shutterbug, eDigital, and Cat Fancy Magazine. He has written five novels, a memoir and a large collection of poetry. His autobiographical novel, Confessions Of An Honest Man won the Honorable Mention award from Writer’s Digest in 2016.

More of his work can be found at www.artrosch.com

Photos at https://500px.com/p/artsdigiphoto?view=photos

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