Glenn Currier

Official Website of this poet, writer, and thinker.

Morsels of joy and inspiration

FEEDING THE CREATIVE SPIRIT

My favorite book about writing poetry is one by Richard Hugo, The Triggering Town. This book has had a huge influence on my style of writing. Hugo says:

Your triggering subjects are those that ignite your need for words. When you are honest to your feelings, that triggering town chooses you. Your words used your way will generate your meanings. Your obsessions lead you to your vocabulary. Your way of writing locates, even creates, your inner life. The relation of you to your language gains power. The relation of you to the triggering subject weakens.

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FEATURED POEM

My Heart Print this poem only

Tomorrow makes its way into the history

of my heart – always a mystery to me

it is full of people, music, feeling, and strain

a morsel of ache and moments of drain

it has taken me

walked and run

from rising to setting sun

from shame to grace

from a lower to a higher place.

This old heart has filled me with tears

of sadness, joy, faith and fears

awe and anger, glorious heights

lowly dark and bruising disgust

love full of passion, pain, and trust.

Touched by victories over incredible odds

moved from darkness to cirrus gods

from squalls and brawls and angry shouting

snatched me from moments of demons and doubting.

Heart to beating heart in warm embraces

football in sandlots and youthful races

fearful greetings and tearful goodbyes

falling in love with her big brown eyes

heart to heart in evenings of sharing

from being apart to coupling and caring.

And so tomorrow I and my heart

go again for another new start

in the hands of healers

and angels from afar

whatever comes from this

if all is well or it goes amiss

I fear not whatever the course

for I have been - and will be - in the hands of the Source.

Written 4-10-19

Author's Note:

In April of 2019 I was hospitalized for observation while being put on a new drug for my heart arrhythmia. It was a more powerful drug, but it had possible side effects that they wanted to be able to observe in case there was a problem. As I write this note (7-10-20) it is more than a year after beginning on the new medication and it is working just great.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

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Congratulations to my friend Glenn Currier with the introduction of his new web-site. It already shows his professionalism and great sensitivity. This will be a plus to whoever happens to stumble on it accidentally or is directed to it by a friend. His poems are from the heart and very inspiring, entertaining, happy, sad, all emotions shown in such a beautiful and special way. What a plus for poetry!

Elizabeth Hobbs

Friend, poet and

lively creative

Spirit

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What can I say about Glenn Currier? First off he is a warm and inviting individual. For which I am extremely grateful. His friendship means the world to me.

As far as his poetry goes, he is masterful with his words. I love the way he so easily intertwines motion and emotion into every poem. Subjects such as light and darkness, right and wrong, pain and joy, faith and the lack thereof... all dance together eagerly across the page, delighting the reader with wonderment and pondering. Like a cool drink of water, all are extremely refreshed. It's my most earnest wish that his inkwell remain full.

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Thanks to a mutual love of Poetry, Glenn Currier and I first met online at the related website, Pathetic.org. As a kindred spirit, what strikes me the most about his writing is his ‘straight from the heart’ honesty in expressing emotions and experiences. His dedication to ‘the craft,’ has allowed him to become proficient in both Rhyme and Free Verse. As a result, I always look forward to his latest literary creations.

Chris Sorrenti (Ottawa, Canada)

Chris Sorrenti

Poet, Philosopher

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James Kenneth Blalock, Poet, and author of
"Born With Our Clocks Running"

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ABOUT ME

I write poetry for fun and fulfillment. Much of it has a spiritual theme because that is the emphasis in my life right now. I used to be a professional educator but my retirement has gratefully given me the time and space to nurture the creative and spiritual side of myself.

Some of my writing is about my relationships: with God, my wife, my friends, and family. But I try to let my imagination reign. I write from the space of my dreams, feelings, experiences, and spirit.

I love flowers, trees, and natural beauty. As I look through my photos to insert in this site, many of the folders are from our travels and most of them are of landscapes, flora, and architectural features. There are scads of pictures of cats who have blessed our lives.

The "our" in the above description is me and my wife to whom I've been married since 1969. Many of my poems are about her and things I've learned from her and our relationship of more than 50 years. It is interesting see how poems I write about my higher power often could also be addressed to my wife and soulmate, Helen.

MY STYLE

Recently I have been writing a lot of rhyming poetry, partly influenced by my friend, Dave Bates, who has been a member of two poetry groups that I initiated. I am a poor student of poetry, never having taken a course in it or studied it in detail. I mostly just enjoy writing using a variety of approaches. I write in blank verse and free verse, but also enjoy imposing a more traditional form on myself such as iambic pentameter or even haiku. Much of my poetry is on the websites pathetic.org and HelloPoetry.com for which I am immensely grateful because there I can not only publish my poems, but get feedback from other poets as well as provide comments to others. I do not often use fixed meter in my poems, instead, I rely on my own sense of rhythm in my writing. I suppose my background in and love of music has helped me in this regard.

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