I was asked by a friend to write a poem celebrating the 80th birthday of Kenneth Wooden. Mr. Wooden is a renowned author and child safety advocate championing a child's human rights worldwide, and I dedicate this poem to him and his efforts to make the world a better place. Lpf, Olan…
These is a collection of rondeau style poem that I have written. (Credit for cover, Olan L. Smith)…
This is a three quatrain poem with a rhyme scheme ofa,b,a,bc,d,c,de,f,e,f…
"Loss of Genius" is poetic reflection about the death of Prince. Lpf.…
Check out my Wattpad birthday story to celebrate 10 years of stories!…
I wrote this monostich poem the day after 9-11, and felt it expressed everything I felt at the moment, and it still fulfills my emotions. Love, peace, and freedom. Olan.…
A story of a memory about once long ago.…
seasofme tagged me in this challenge to write 20 things about myself, an exercise that I feel is important to help us do interviews, and to write biographies for editors, and publishers. If you are reading this then I have tagged you, and I hope you desire to participate. LPF, Olan.…
This is my first attempt at writing a haibun that I chose to do after reading Seas' haibun. I have attacked a Youtube video to give you an idea of the climb involved. The Middle Sister is the peak that you will see at the last of the video, and is one I refer to in this poem. I actually climbed both the Middle and the South Sisters for a college class title "The Geology of Oregon Underfoot" that I took many moons ago.…
This is the beginning of my haiku, senyru, haibun collection that I will build over time by adding new piece, and placing older haiku style poem in it.…
This Limerick is dedicated to my dear poet friend, James Harmon, aka Standing Bear.…
This short poem was written in the spirit of William Carlos Williams in response to my daughter’s Facebook inquiry, “How can I give a statement as to the subject of the poem if no one knows what the poem is about?” This is humor folks so don't take it as a critique of anybodies work; past, present or future, and a tip of the hat to Konstantsia for introducing me to this style of poetry.…
Quantum Mechanics meets the itsy-bitsy spider, and the universe is a stage.…
This 3 quatrain poem speaks meeting an eternal love.…
This is a free verse poem I wrote yesterday, May 12, 2014.…
This is based on MRI reading that show the brain forms the our words six to seven seconds before we actually say them, meaning the subconsciousness is aware of what we are going to say before it happens. This poem takes that fact and questions what brain is real living in the now, and which is reacting to the stimulus life presents to us.…
This is a three quatrain poem using free verse as its form.…
Free-verse, 3 quatrain poem. I first wrote this poem in 2012, and was amended 3-15-14, Olan L. Smith.…
I have added to an existing poem create a new collection of poems, from me, on human thought and potential. Love, peace, and freedom (LPF), Olan L. Smith…
Monostich poem consists of a single line, metered or unmetered. A poem is an artistic expression of a complete thought, an idea, or a story with a beginning, middle, twist, and ending; in this case the story is the summation of the creation story.…