New Poetry/Quote Book And An Invitation To Poets by BJ Neblett

 New Poetry/Quote Book And An Invitation To Poets by BJ Neblett

Check out this great new book of inspirational poems and quotes from my friends at Wingless Dreamer. Just click the image for more info and to purchase the book. And if you look close, you'll find a quote of mine!

Also, I have decided to open this blog to new and emerging poets. I am shooting for a target date of July, but please don't hold me to it. I am thinking of spotlighting three poems from three different poets whose works have received little or no publication. Check back here over the next few days or so, as I am still working out all the particulars. You will be able to submit your work through Submittable. If you are not familiar with Submittable, click here submittable.com to check it out and sign up. It's free.

I hope to be hearing from all the new poets out there!

Peace,

BJ

February Poetry 2021 by BJ Neblett

 February Poetry 2021 by BJ Neblett

Inside You

BJ Neblett

© 2015

 

I want to be inside you

 

Inside your mind

To know how you feel

Inside your thoughts

Your hopes your dreams and fears

Inside your arms

Protected and warm

Inside your eyes

To see and touch your world

Inside your laugh

Know you as a child

Inside your heart

And know the things you hide

 

I want to be inside you

And fill your life with love

I, Too by Langston Hughes by BJ Neblett

I, Too by Langston Hughes

Hello again. Seems I've been a bit remiss about posting here lately. Sorry about that, but I have no one to blame but myself... and maybe my publisher. I've been working hard to get my latest book finished. It is book two of the Planet Alt-Sete-Nine saga, titled Planet Alt-Sete-Nine: The Lost Princess. We are hoping for an early 2021 release. I'll keep you posted.
In the mean time I'll be posting here hopefully with a bit more regularity. Since there are many more who can, and have said it better than I ever can, here is the first of poems from others that still hold a strong relativity today. And after all, isn't that what good writing is all about?
Enjoy,
BJ

I, Too
by Langston Hughes

I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.

Tomorrow,
I'll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody'll dare
Say to me,
"Eat in the kitchen,"
Then.

Besides,
They'll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed---

I, too, am America.

For more about Langston Hughes: Langston Hughes
Thanks to poetryfoundation.org

Looking Back by BJ Neblett

Looking Back
BJ Neblett
© 1967, 1970, 2013, 2014
"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
                                                                F. Scott Fitzgerald
                                                                The Great Gatsby 
As one of my all time  favorite books concludes, I am again reminded of how desperately we sometimes cling to the past. And of how simple life can really be if we could only:
                                                                 Learn from the past
                                                                 Live for the present
                                                                 Look to the future.
                                                                           BJ Neblett
Enjoy these two poems from a different time, a different place and a (somewhat) different BJ.

Untitled

BJ Neblett

© 1967, 2013

I thought you said you loved me

When you asked me my name

I thought of how an hour from now

Would it still feel the same

But all that mattered was your laughter

It hid your last goodbye

Disguised as rain clouds in the air

And taught me how to cry

Untitled

BJ Neblett

© 1970, 2013

I wonder if you’ll ever think of me

Somewhere within your castle mind

Of crowded rooms

And sweeping halls

And ivory towers

And crumbling walls

That

            t

              u

                m

                   b

                     l

                      e

Through the caverns of time

You’ve set aside to live within

And the world

A microscopic toy to you

To play with as you will

Or destroy as you please