Why Am I Telling You This?

Deep in the frozen night in upstate New York, C.M. considers the geese who winter around the Finger Lakes, connecting the contemplative with the whimsical in this poem from "How To Carry Soup" (Homebound Publications). 

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://cmrivers.com/2022/03/12/geese-flying-over/   

C.M. does a little bird-watching in this poem from his upcoming book, Along the Way: Poems for the Wayward (Homebound Publications).

In this nostalgic poem C.M. recalls the summer he turned twelve, 3000 miles away from his Oregon home, on a river in central Florida.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://cmrivers.com/2021/04/18/up-the-withalacoochee/  

C.M. considers transformation from a whimsical perspective in this poem from his collection, How To Carry Soup (Homebound Publications).  

C.M. fixes his eye on the seagull, bridging the gap between the contemplative and the comical with this poem from "How To Carry Soup" (Homebound Publications).

C.M. considers time, work, appreciation, humility, and the camel, in this poem from his upcoming book, "Along the Way: Poems for the Wayward" (Homebound Publications).  

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://cmrivers.com/2021/05/29/service-worker/