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    Opus in Chromatic Words
    Opus in Chromatic Words
    Opus in Chromatic Words
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    Opus in Chromatic Words

    By Edward V. Van Slambrouck

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    From Jim Ahearns Introduction in Opus in Chromatic Words:

    If you like jazz, poetic expression, travel, and memoir, you need to look no further than Edward Van Slambroucks new book of poems cleverly titled Opus in Chromatic Words. How appropriate is his choice of title words: Opus (a creative work) and Chromatic (a word of color and music). These words are characteristic of his endeavors and his life as sung in his poetry. His poetry joins those elements with a quick sense of humor. Walk through the door of any one of his poems and you may end up tickling your funny bone and doing a little dance.

    Eds love for his family, his friendships during youth and adulthood, his school memories, his children and grandchildren, his beloved wife, Diane, and his trips to Alaska, Mexico and other world venues are all lit with poetic light in this book. He and his wife stay on Floridas west coast during winter, thus the sun of the southland appears in warm words in some poems. Beyond that, Eds ever-present saxophone permeates a life celebrated in word-images, framed with music and poetry. I suggest you take a trip through Opus.

    From Margo LaGattutas Introduction in Heart Music published in 2008:

    With his musicians ear, Van Slambrouck brings us echoes of those diaphanous feelings that exist even in the silences between the words. Poetry is the perfect form for his thoughts because it combines sound and image in a way that is as close to song as one can get, while still using language.


    OnSpring: A Family of Poems, Mr. Van Slambroucks first book was published in 2005. Peter Meinke, a noted national poet, commented the following: thanks for sending me your touching chapbook, Onspring, whose pages are heartfelt, moving, linguistically admirable and playful.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateAug 30, 2010
    ISBN9781450246163
    Opus in Chromatic Words
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    Edward V. Van Slambrouck

    Edward V. Van Slambrouck has published three books of Poetry during his literary-ripe retirement years. He was an engineer in the aerospace industry, which included computer programming for the moon rocket, Saturn. He also worked at Oakland University (Michigan) as a computer specialist, creating library systems, research tools and teaching courses in computer science. Later he retired from General Motors Corporation and completed his engineering career by establishing a computer training company, KETEC Inc. Mr. Van Slambrouck pursued the love-task of writing poetry throughout his adult life. He is a member of The Academy of American Poets and The Poetry Society of Michigan. Mr. Van Slambrouck lives in Orion, Michigan with his wife, Diane. He has six children and eleven grandchildren.

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      Opus in Chromatic Words - Edward V. Van Slambrouck

      Contents

      Acknowledgments

      Introduction

      Overture

      Opus in Chromatic Words

      Sitting on the Patio in the Morning Sun

      The Silence of Church

      Modigliani

      Living

      Joe and Max

      Love, Life and Laughter

      Life Will Flow*

      France, Greece, Mexico and Here

      Paper, Poems, Tones

      The Creek

      The Last Cruise

      Art Trio

      Mending America

      Ojai, California

      White Walls and Black Nights

      Field and Tree

      It Computes

      Trinity

      Monterey Jazz Fest

      Looking for Love

      Unrhymed Prayer

      The 1969 Moon

      If You Go, I Go

      Matisse

      Teachers

      Values Differ

      During Summer 1940,

      Free from Sin

      Sun on Water

      Music Hall Gig

      Flyboy’s Reunion

      Foxy Lady in a Photo Faded Tan

      About Mom

      T-Shirts

      White Spaces

      Saxophonists

      Harmony in Provence

      The Lily Patch

      Bears and Butterflies

      Monterey Music

      Carpenter Kin

      Four Touchdowns

      Sittin’ and a-Rockin’

      Tattoo

      Labor Day 2008

      Ornithology

      Break a Leg

      Candy

      Our House

      Dead Letter File

      Concrete

      On with the Show

      Autumn

      Brahms Fest

      Three Short Poems

      Books, Words and Sounds

      A Grasmere Church Tombstone

      De Soto Park Nature Trail in Florida

      Words

      CODA

      About the Author

      About the Editor

      Acknowledgments

      Four key individuals have aided me with their wisdom and guidance in the task of writing and producing Opus in Chromatic Words. I thank them for their time, friendship, and endearment. They are:

      poet Margo La Gattuta, M.F.A., an excellent poet and teacher. I do not know how to praise this gifted poet enough. I am indeed lucky to find such a bright person to help me. Read About the Editor on page 85 for more about Margo,

      my brother, Dr. Paul F. Van Slambrouck, Ph.D., who provided an abundance of guidance and encouragement. Paul is younger than I, and smarter, maybe,

      my friend and fellow poet James Ahearn, who graciously has aided me by suggesting changes. He has given me good guidance for my poetic endeavors. Jim is the current President of the Poetry Society of Michigan,

      and lastly, the dessert of my life, my wife and love, Diane, M.A., who has read much of my raw poetry and provided additional insight with an idea or a word texture.

      Other poets, who have aided me in one-way or another are Peter Meinke, Shirley Steinman, Julie George, Polly Opsahl, Carolyn Walker, Mono D’Angelo, and M. L. Liebler.

      Poems published elsewhere but reprinted in Opus in Chromatic Words (some with slight alterations) are:

      Tattoo —Gazette van Detroit,

      Break a Leg, Monterey Jazz Fest, It Computes, and

      Foxy Lady in a Photo Faded Tan—Peninsula Poets.

      Sun on Water—CreekFest Poetry Contest chapbook

      Introduction

      If you like jazz, poetic expression, travel, and memoir, you need to look no further than Edward Van Slambrouck’s new book of poems cleverly titled Opus in Chromatic Words. How appropriate is his choice of title words: Opus (a creative work) and Chromatic (a word of color and music). These words are characteristic of his endeavors and his life as sung in his poetry. His poetry joins those elements with a quick sense of humor. Walk through the door of any one of his poems and you may end up tickling your funny bone and doing a little dance.

      During my long-term friendship with Ed, I’ve seen his poetry develop into the whole spectrum of forms and free verse. His lyrical words are found in rhymed poems, pantoums, villanelles and his own forms of creative design. The dictum of tight language is present in each piece. Though his subjects remain broad, he stays true to the heartfelt issues in this dance we call life: his God, his family and his music. Ed’s forays into travel during the golden years have focused his attention on nature more than in his earlier works. If you’re a birder, you likely have experienced the scenes he transforms into his sound lyrics.

      I once read that poetry has but one requirement, that of praising as much as it can. Ed pays homage to his

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