Poem of the Day
Poem of the Day is a changing display featuring one poem and photo from my archives. See below.
For additional information about the poem and photograph, contact Marc
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The Weapon
It was such a hot day to end so cold
no one had ever been as wild and bold
they all thought he was their eternal fool
unable to return with deep and cruel
but when the time came the red spurted out
horrific and gutter rushed, without doubt
sunshine made it a rich crimson bright
his victims’ essence before the swift fight
the tool was worse than a knife or a gun
and it soared with an excruciating stun
with murderous rage he wielded his force
savagery not followed by remorse
on this airless day no one had foreseen
his electric fury, searing and mean…
and what shocked them was the weapon he chose
it was solely from words such destruction arose.
Copyright © 2001, 2015 Marc P. Anderson
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MarcWords
My poems arise from moods and thoughts generated by my own life and from placing myself in the lives of others.
For decades I have written poems and mated them with specific photographs in the belief that the two art forms can result in something even more fascinating when presented together. Sometimes I have taken a photo first and written a poem for it later. Other times the reverse occurred. A time span of days to years can separate the writing of a poem, the capturing of an image and their final mating.
I am not a poet. Instead I am a photographer who also writes essays and poems. My poems do not follow any rules. I write what I feel. The style of writing is usually accessible and the approach is often personal.
Many of my poems with stronger, controversial themes, which appear in a collection entitled MarcWords, have been categorized under the headings Life and Death, Race, and Love and Sexuality. They are accompanied by equally strong images including artistic nudes. In order to keep this website accessible and non-offensive to the general public, such poems and photo combinations are not included in Poem of the Day but they are available in MarcWords and other non-public web journals.