Body of Work

My Poetry

Rusty Alderson

2 min readSep 27, 2020

Today Is A New Day — Rejoice!

What I look forward to every morning

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Our Constant Companion

He Is Everywhere

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Waimea

The Grand Canyon of the Pacific

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Don’t Listen To Me!

I Clearly Don’t Know What I’m Talking About

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A Poem is a Feeling

Undeniable Enchantment

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Familiar Autumn

Serving Its Purpose

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The Poet’s Offering

The poet offered Unrealized potential Surprising insight

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The Dissonant Collection

I Can’t Make a Connection

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Autumn In The Rockies

Colorful Splendor

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Autumn

A Song for the Season

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It’s What We’ve Been Waiting For

Opportunity

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Solitude

Enlightenment

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In Dreams

We Are Gods

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Murmuration

It’s Spooky

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Cranes

A poem

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I Am

The sum of my experiences

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Morning on the Prairie

Pastoral Magic

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My Dreams Will Be Enough

They Will Have to Be

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Expectations

They’re Nefarious

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Prayer

A simple request

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The Generous Universe

Has Chosen Me

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Clarihew Anyone?

You’ll see it’s quite fun!

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Wringing Certainty From The Doubt

Trusting Love

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The News

A News Junky’s Lament

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Circadian Rhythm and Blues

The Human Condition

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Cats on Fences

They Know Me

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Sleeping Alone

In a Black Hole

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Answering The Call of an Infinite Soul

Fanfare for the Common Man

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Exegesis

Of Eternal Joy

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Brain Waves

A Poetic Frolic

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Spirit Realized

Introspection and Enlightenment

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Certainty

A Poem

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Bethany, You Are the Reason

For My Delight

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The Mote

Through tears I seek reasons It doesn’t make any sense What did I do to deserve Such pain, so intense

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Anamnesis

Savoring Youth

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My Medium Malady

It Drives Me Crazy

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America — For All of This…

A Thanksgiving Poem

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Subject Lines

From My Email

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Evening Dishes

Evening dishes Swaddled in the greasy, red film That corrupts all it touches Seek redemption From surface tension…

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Blue Chalk

On the sidewalk was an arrow Laid there in blue chalk Pointing to a companion circle Labeled ‘Happiness here’ And a…

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On Re-Reading “The Little Prince”

We wrestle with songs of sophistication Fabricating thorns and fierce defenses A rose in briar incarceration Wary of…

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Lucinda

You knew, long before reliable signs were there, The ageless mystery, normally full of promise, could not entice your…

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