The Art of Poetry

Mordestia M. York

Description

This work is a poetic collective of emotion, sight, sound, and feel. Entrapped by the simmering of life and one person’s thoughts that is written so that others may find some of these things when they open its pages.
The book titled “The Art of Poetry” is a signal of one woman’s journey, homage, and humbleness. This body of works and their varying styles and sounds are meant to capture anyone who needs the lines of these poems, and the emotions that they break apart. These words are from one woman and over the course of 30 years, come to you to soothe, delight, calm, reach, and entertain you. This work is not meant to flatter the author, but to entrance the most lavish of senses. This collection of words and phrases provide a range of thought and extension to one’s senses and feelings. Hopefully, this body of poetic work will lead many into their most favorite one poem. The end of a long day is the intent of these words, to soothe, to calm, and to penetrate what ails the heart, mind, body, and reader’s soul.

Sujets

• IUniverse
• Ars Poetica
• Poetry
• Amazon

Informations

• Publié par: iUniverse
• Date de parution: 18 mai 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781663252999
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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The Art of Poetry
 
 
 
 
 
 
MORDESTIA M. YORK
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
THE ART OF POETRY
 
 
Copyright © 2023 Mordestia M. York.
 
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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ISBN: 978-1-6632-5297-5 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-6632-5298-2 (hc)
ISBN: 978-1-6632-5299-9 (e)
 
 
Library of Congress Control Number: 2023908182
 
 
 
iUniverse rev. date:  05/17/2023
T his B ook is D edicated to the F ollowing P eople
To my mother Gisele Wilson who has inspired my strength, compassion, love, and support all my life I love you.
To Russell Knetzger and his wife Barb Knetzger, thank you for your friendship, your sharing of the faith that God instilled within you, your knowledge, and your mentorship, I will forever be grateful. To my daughter Gisele York, you are a special and bright light that even during my darkest days my love for you pulls me through to freedom. To my brother George Wilson, your humbleness and quiet nature leaves so very much to be desired, and these things are what I love and treasure about you, the most dear brother. Never scared or afraid of hard work and commitment to any task set before you I love you.
To Dr. Gregory Bushman, I will say “Good Talks” we have had and thank you.
Most Lovingly, my Mama Dear “Ethel Herman” I want you to know how much your love and kindness has meant to me during this process and all my life. You are sister to my grandmother, who is the core of these writings that I present. I thank you so much for your love and presence in my life.
To my grandmother who I am named for what I love truly and with these words I pray they are conveyed to all who read this. Mordestia Black, you were a woman of much kindness and love to give. I treasure the memories that you left behind. Without them, I would be naked and light. Through you, I became capable and strong, but also not forgetting the love that I enjoyed. How precious of a gem you were. No one shined brightest than you.
Contents
A Chief’s Prayer to the Heavens
A Lifetime
The Lover
A Lover’s Dream Catcher
The Mating Moon
A Passionate Heart
A Story for Makala
A Thing of Beauty She Is
Walking along a River’s Edge
Angel by My Side
Animal Spirit
Are Thy Words Set in Stone?
As I Look into the Mirror
The Fire
My Feet beneath the Sand
Walk
The Breaking of Day
The Dancing of the Trees
Blazing Horse
Blue Flame
The Dream Catcher of the Buffalo
Butterflies
Into the Night
Captured by Love
Clouded
Companion
Curiosity
Daddy’s Rose
Dear Brother
Dear God
To My Mom
Deer Walker
Dennis and I
Desire
Destined
Destiny
Distant Dream Catcher
Dream Away
Dear Dream Catcher
Spirit of the Dream Catcher
Dream Catchers
Dream Dancer
Dreamless Dream Catcher
Dreams of a Red Man
Dreams of a Warrior
Faithfully
Falcon Moon
Into the Distance
Intentional Encounters
Foot Trails along the Earth
Only One Night
Georgia Peach
Gray Raven
Happy Holidays
Mother’s Day
Heavenly Father
How Do I Love Thee?
Hummingbird
I Climbed the Mountain
Gazing Outside
I Ran through the Forest
A World Peaceful
I Rise
My Love
Searching
Deep Down
Thinking
Seeing His Glory
Within the Flowers
I Yearn
If I Had the Chance
I Stopped and Stared
Fierce
In This Light
Indian Rain
Intimate Fires
Lost
Lakota Sunrise
Lovely
Love’s Constant Forever
Maiden’s Dream Catcher
Misty Blue
Monopoly
Monumental
Moon and Sun
Moonlight Wolf
Morning Star
Moving Mountains
Can You See?
My Dream Catcher
A People
Soft Whispers
He Comes
Mystical Dream Catcher
Native Dream Catcher
Native Song
Caught by Surprise
Night Wing
Noble Warrior
Paradise
Pale Rider
Passions Flame
Pretty Baby
Promise Me
Raven Heart
Rebirth
Red Rock
Rendezvous
Rest
Resurrection
Rosebud
Running
Running Fox (Lakota)
Running Fox
Sailing
Savage Abandon
Savage Darkness
Savage Dreamer
Savage Glory
Savage Heart
Savage Intrigue
Savage Lies
Savage Nights
Savage Quest
Savage Rage
Savage Skies
Savage Storm
Savage Touch
Savage Wind
Savage Wrongs
Shadow Bear
Shadows in the Night
Shadows
Darkness
Rapture
Water’s Edge
Shooting Star
Sight Unseen
They Dance
Snake Eyes
So Deserving
Solace
Somber Seas
Spirit Guide Woman
Spirit Walker
Stand Still
An Old Friend
Step Aside
Stolen Thunder
Strangers
I Am
Lover to Lover
Such a Proud Man
Sun Fire
Taking the Time
The Bear
The Grieving
The Indian Dreamer
The Plain River
The Storyteller
The Traveler
The Walk in the Park That Day
The Wild Within
Wildflower
A Storm Comes
Holiday
Through the Eyes
Passage
Thunder Warrior
Torn
Tree Décor
Trick or Treat
Twilight
Blazing Passion
High on the Hill
War Bear
Warrior Dreams
Waves
Who I Am
Temptation
Wings of Glory
Wolf Calling
Wolf Eyes
Yellow Moon
The Scene
Long Shore
A Warrior and His Steed
A C hief’s P rayer to the H eavens
I, Chief,
Leader of my people
With the buffalo at my side,
Stand on this rock so high
So you can truly hear this prayer.
Send the hand of this mighty warrior
To me, I beg of you.
Lighten your spirits,
And make the buffalo plentiful.
A chief’s prayer.
A L ifetime
A lifetime awaits;
It lies in state.
A lifetime is long;
Those who see it
Are of the strong.
A lifetime of love
The unknown lies in front of—
A lifetime of pain,
Yet nothing remains the same.
A lifetime of responsibility
Living for fun,
A lifetime of none.
A lifetime I’ve loved you,
Never you once showing me
That you knew.
A lifetime you will feel you have suffered
When I leave you,
Your heart uncovered.
T he L over
A lover awaited the other.
For them, time stood still,
Waiting forever on that desolate hill.
United as one heart
Is to part one soul,
Spending a lifetime longing for each other
Just to have and to hold.
Power so great tearing at one’s world
Destroying it now,
Like discarding that once-in-a-lifetime pearl
Looking for another,
One’s true lover,
Eternity’s puzzles,
Destiny’s troubles.
Clinging to a soul,
Having so tight of a hold
Could make one’s spirit
Tired and cold.
Blazing forth like blades of fire,
Slicing through the heart,
Clean and inspired,
Sharing a love,
That which is most desired.
A L over’s D ream C atcher
A shaman once said,
Be respectful to the dead.
I dream at night,
Of us together loving in the night.
Oh, my lover, I miss you so much,
I’m afraid to dream of your touch.
To hold you in my arms again,
To have you, walking hand in hand,
Journey together across our sacred land—
I dream of you tonight,
A dream surrounded by a lover’s light.
A shaman once said,
Be respectful to the dead.
Keep them within your heart instead.
One night, one lover missed another;
This is how their dream catcher was said.
I dream at night,
Of us loving till the dawn of a new first light.
Oh, my lover, I miss you so much;
I’m afraid to dream of your touch.
To hold you in my arms again,
To have you walking beside me hand in hand—
Journey together with me across our sacred land.
I dream of you tonight,
A dream surrounded by a lover’s light.
One night, one lover missed another;
This is how their dream catcher was said,
Keeping them in each other’s hearts each night before bed.
T he M ating M oon
What is so special in a lover’s moon?
Could it be that beneath this moon,
As its light consumes us,
By nature we are as one,
Wife and groom?
A lover’s moon.
My mated one,
I will see you soon.
As the moon captures us
Beneath its light,
We will be thrust.
A lover’s moon
Is a special moon.
It lets us know
That we will explore our love
Very, very soon,
Beneath a lover’s moon,
The mating moon.
A P assionate H eart
A passionate heart,
A compassionate heart,
A gentle spirit.
Pain for another—
Can you not hear it?
If I could for you,