Tom Sterner
USA
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Tom Sterner
lives in Redding, California and Arvada, Colorado with wife
Kathy. He has been published in numerous magazines and on
the internet, including Howling Dog Press/Omega, Skyline
Literary Review, The Storyteller, and Flashquake. His
internet pseudonym is WordWulf. A native of Colorado and
proud father of five children and a stepdaughter, he writes
lyrics, sings and composes music with his sons. He is
winner of the Marija Cerjak Award for Avant-Garde/Experimental
Writing and was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2006 and
2008. Published work includes two novels, Madman
Chronicles: The Warrior and Momma’s Rain. |
Whose Spirit Dances
Years run through
the hands of our lives
sweat and blood, the bag of waters and tears
We weather the storm and mark them off
in a one by one by one
As we grow older, we slow down
wonder at their significance
worry the wants and ask the whys
and where-fors of what we have done
Life appears different
a kaleidoscope of dream moments
Are they any less important
those lived from the surreal
The lines that divide diminish
as we accept our wants and needs
amidst the myriad hopes and wishes
decide for ourselves how we feel
Maturity is sobering, an experience
that tends to chill us out, slow us down
We become more careful, hopeful and aware
alert to the ring of second chances
Our quickened blood is tempered
It runs cold and hot in our veins
A true wonder and beauty is the spirit
whose heart and mind still dances
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