Word and Mortar: persistent poems by Jim Gronvold

by Jim Gronvold

Overview

Word and Mortar is a collection of Jim Gronvold's rhymed poems that express appreciation of nature and the poet's personal conviction that life itself deserves our deepest attention. Jim is a former homeless shelter counselor and administrator who has written poems since he was a boy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780998718996
Publisher:	Oak Ink Press
Publication date:	10/02/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	108
File size:	706 KB

About the Author

Jim Gronvold is a former homeless shelter counselor and administrator. His rhymed poems express a deep appreciation of nature and his personal conviction that life itself deserves our deepest attention.

Table of Contents

NEW POEMS

Core 3

Speak 4

Views 5

Telling 6

Gap 7

Good Doers 8

Mortality 9

Eternal 10

Loose Bits 11

Shaping 12

Word and Mortar 13

from BACK RIVER

Bipeds 17

Wealth 18

Wonder 19

Quest 20

from OAK BONES

Great Mystery 23

Stream 24

Shine 25

Reactions 26

More 27

Mirrors 28

Share 29

Egos 30

Now 31

All Names 32

Reality 33

Evolving 34

We 35

Waiting 36

Life 37

Breath 38

Passing 39

Trace 40

Buried Treasure 41

Secular Humanist 42

from STAR THISTLE

Countdown 45

Here 46

Woven 47

Plows 48

Slow Learners 49

Curiosity 50

Doubt 51

Uncertainty 52

Rumors 53

Attention 54

Maybe 55

Chain 56

Care 57

Echoes 58

Diversity 59

Reward 60

Trust 61

Planet 62

Intent 63

from PITH & PIFFLE

Turning 67

Secular Spirit 68

Urgency 69

Heresy 70

Respect 71

Shelter 72

Shared 73

from WORD & MORTAR

Action 77

This World 78

from COGS TURNING

Presence 81

An Answer 82

from SPHERE SPUN

Earth 85

Myriad 86

Sphere Spun 87

Hallowed 88

This 89

Ours 90

Wishful 91

View 92

Sleepwalk 93

Fair Play 94

Dispute 95

Agreement 96

Propaganda 97

Misspeak 98

Persevere 99

A.I. 100

from CHURNINGS

Vitality 103

Skin 104

Trick 105

Many 106

Beyond 108

Adapting 109

Timing 110

Existential 111

Mix 112

Hope 113

Cracks 114

Stuck 115

Escape 116

Golden Rule 117

Reverse 118

Forward 119

Ration 120

Pieces 121

Art 122

Churnings 123

Hone 124

Sublime 125

Chance 126

Legacy 127

Life As Life 128