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Two Poems Published In Journals

7/16/2018

My first publication in both of these journals.

Ribbons Spring/Summer 2018 (Page 44)

my grandparents
would stop by
bring me treats and presents . . .
surprise visits
don't happen anymore

Frogpond Spring/Summer 2018 (Page 45)

roots and stump--
all that’s left
of our childhood treehouse

Latest Published Poem

7/12/2018

https://coloradoboulevard.net/poetry-corner-oceans-of-our-lives/

oceans apart
and somewhere in between
wave after wave
that sweep my feet at
different times in my life

Haiku Interview

7/10/2018

http://www.nahaiwrimo.com/home/meet-the-prompters/roy-kindelberger

I'm the daily prompter for July. I'm really enjoying this!

Latest Poem

7/5/2018

https://coloradoboulevard.net/poetry-corner-how-music-saves-us/

Healing
He sat at his keyboard. It’s set to Fender Rhodes. Because he likes that sound. He really didn’t know how to play. Yet he’d created the first notes to a song. His song. It echoes through his head. Like a song created over forty years ago. A song that eventually played for twenty-six minutes. A song that started with a single note.

in his forties
he left his old life
and started again
the healing begins
when he lets it

Book Signing: May 26th

4/22/2018

I'll be at the The Edmonds Bookshop on Saturday, May 26th, from 12-1, for a book signing. I haven't done one in awhile, so I'm excited. I'll be with two other authors. Here's the link:

http://www.edmondsbookshop.com/events.htm

Earth Hour Tanka Published

4/12/2018

https://coloradoboulevard.net/poetry-corner-earth-hour/

i doze in my chair
with accompaniment of
crickets and frogs
the campfire slowly fades
into the midnight hour

New Tanka Published

2/21/2018

Here is my latest published poem, with a picture. I hope you enjoy.

https://coloradoboulevard.net/poetry-corner-fragile-and-resilient/

the airplane
departed without me
a decision
to stay one more day
or maybe forever

Sometimes pivotal decisions can be ruled by fear. When fear is let go, the free mind can make a clear decision and serenity prevails. Roy Kindelberger is a children’s writer, poet, and teacher from Edmonds, WA.

First Place Award

12/29/2017

I'm extremely excited and surprised by the recent award for Broken Bridges.

Tanka Published

10/26/2017

https://coloradoboulevard.net/poetry-corner-the-world-to-come/

I've had a tanka prose published to this online magazine. Extremely well done. Great job to all of the poets and artists involved!

Here's my contribution:

I found a man with his hands in his face. Defeated. A former teacher, now in his late seventies. His Alzheimer’s progresses rapidly. Along with other health concerns. A list. He has trouble communicating his needs. But this is clear. As he sits on a bench. Clear, he’s emotionally exhausted. I go over and sit next to him.

deaths door
opens wider each day
a new journey
silently i put my arm
around his shoulder

Roy Kindelberger is an elementary teacher and memory care manager. He lives in Edmonds WA. Roy says: “As I make my journey through a memory care home, helping residents, I feel a connection. Even if it’s only for a moment. That connection of a handshake, a hug, a tear, a story, or a laugh. It most certainly puts things into perspective.”

Published Haiku

10/23/2017

I have two haiku in Jumble Box. I’m extremely excited.

Here they are:

the way--
the circle he paces
at the home

Page 123

falling leaves--
the day a tree branch broke
beneath my feet

Page 180