Briancummingssr

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Brian Cummings has written and self-published two cookbooks and countless articles, press releases and speeches over a long career in journalism and public relations. His poems have been published in the Ariel Chart International Literary Journal, Stick Figure, and one will be featured in the April 2022 issue of cc&d magazine. He is retired and lives near Dallas.

  March 2022     8 months ago

Submitted Poems 2 total

Awaken

He’s about to see another way,
Like a feather lifted on the hot breath
of the private hell
where crushed souls lay crouching, fragile,
straining for that glimpse
they’ve invested a lifetime in believing.
Hope will unfold like a golden Poppy...

by Brian Cummings

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Hope Springs

The voice reached back into a past
where we had birthed our hopes.

A late night call from a friend no more.
He wanted to talk.

We had nothing to say,
so we said it again and again.

Where did your hopes take you, he asked.
Not where...

by Brian Cummings

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added 1 year ago
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The pacing and the phrasing.

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