Piano Bar

by Michael Tapia

Overview

Free verse poetry, with one exception "A Shared Secret." Various themes and settings, played through the collection as songs at a piano bar, often unnoticed by a crowd too concerned with immediate affairs and the noise of the crowd. "Disbelief" deals with a theme on how belief can lead to inaction all the while thinking that something is being accomplished; how belief can prevent action and the consequences of inaction which is answered by "Movement of One" where action is not dictated by the masses, an invitation to separate oneself from the masses. While social media today allows everyone to have a voice there is no equal power for the individual, overshadowed by vitriol. The individuals emerge from the darkness in "Fireflies": "Moving upon the breeze,/Drifting lights, unable to set the moment,/Moments illuminated,/Lives drifting upon the breeze." Various vignettes culminate in "Real Work": "For after work there will be wisdom,/When purpose will become Purpose,/And the real work will begin."

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161412695
Publisher:	Michael Tapia
Publication date:	01/10/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	191 KB

About the Author

Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. Retired from USAF. Stationed primarily in Berlin Germany. Worked as a Russian Cryptologic Linguist. Currently working with the Health and Human Services as a Works Advisor making determinations for Food Stamps, Medicaid, MEPD and Medicare Savings Plans.