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    Conception of a Child
    Conception of a Child
    Conception of a Child
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    Conception of a Child

    By Scott Vanya

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    As a young man, in the first years of college, I was fascinated by simple beauties. As I have grown my experiences and life problems&solutions have grown broader and more complex (as is represented in my later works).
    This collection is from about 1986-1988 and harkens to a simpler time, similar to haiku and the flower paintings of O'Keefe.
    These poems have always held a dear and tender spot in my heart and I strongly believe they will in yours too.
    See if they do, and share them with those you love. They is how they were intended to be "used".
    Poetry DOES serve some purpose: To broaden the realms of Beauty in our world, individually and as a species.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherScott Vanya
    Release dateApr 17, 2014
    ISBN9781310322211
    Conception of a Child
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    Scott Vanya

    I've been writing for a very long time, what seems like my whole life, taking it seriously from the time I was about 11. Now, at 46, I think I may be starting to get the hang of it: Say what you feel, as passionately as you can, but always with an ear turned to those who are listening.Most of my more serious work is done at live performances, which i do totally extemporaneously, channeling the mood of the room as my fingers play on the guitar. You can see some of that if you go to "my" website. (Open Mics Austin is a platform I created to showcase the Spoken Word scene here in Austin, TX. Only a small role in which i play.)As far as I can tell what makes good writing is LOVE. Love ,plainly simply, and with no strings attached.I put these words/books before you, not so much because I want something back from it, because I think and feel like I feel my bones and my soul, if you were to see the world, experience it like it do, for even a brief moment, you would walk away from that happier, more alive, compassionate and in tune with all those around you.Peace, good will, and harmony. Let those be your guiding light.Agape forever,Scott VanyaPublication Credits:Stepping Stones Magazine, The Main Street Rag, www.carcinogenicpoetry.com, Texas Art Initiative, Phoenix New Life Poetry, Walt’s Corner, Manna, Perigee, Chicago Literary Review, Mobius, Cosmic Trend, Pitchfork, Romantics Quarterly, Artisan, Pegasus, The Neovictorian, Red Owl, The Story Teller, The Blind Man's Rainbow, Atlantic Pacific Press

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      Conception of a Child - Scott Vanya

      CONCEPTION OF A CHILD

       

      Scott Vanya

       

      Copyright Scott Vanya 2016

       

      Published at Smashwords

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      After CreationThe Eye and the World WithinRainOur Crystal Glacier CoreFlightwords, pawnsrings upon the waterAs the wind blows through my eyesthe strange bubbling froth, AwarenessAbove This Swaying WorldendlessThe Shadow of a Treethe forestempty seaPassing Shoresjourney upwards, from out the amnioticI Shed The Touchthis earth between my fingersThere on the BeachShell on Beachthis soundplantingBelow My Down Turned PalmevaporationH!canvaswaterwater in the palmsBehind These Diamond WallsThis my canvassed pageParchmentUrban Desert QuakesEach A Many Splendored BeastGentle FibrillationThe Cliff of GuessingSomething Whatcross stitchdancingon the shelfelsewherescaling fishFrom the SoulA Warm TouchCoronaBehind the walkwaysolitude, deafenedSmoke Belly Turned to Sunthere is such a cool and arid placesomewhereSacrificeA Life's MomentDo you rememberalldesert cactuspeace

      After Creation

       

       

       

      There is only this.

      The silence of the spoken word,

      we do not hear as orator

      throats moving leave

      Only the moments there

      Beyond the ripples of the Is'.

       

      We are able

      To be expressions emptiness

      When the burst of fulfillment

      Breaks water

      And there is this life's

      crying.

      Where we are forever unable to be the before

      But always here to enjoy the trying.

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      The Eye and the World Within

       

       

       

      With knees beneath the shoulders

      And palms upon the cheeks

      I sit upon the shore and see

       

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