Jack Elliott Myers
(1941-2009) was a prolific writer who had been Poet Laureate of Texas in 2003.
I knew nothing of
his work before I read “Fragment” recently on the A Year Of Being Here website.
Here’s an excerpt:
“Remember when you
were little
and…
…you weren't afraid of anything in life
because there wasn't any difference
between everything in life and you?
Remember how large you felt?”
This offers electrifying
clarity of imagination and an invitation to think, suddenly, in focus, about
your innermost awareness of self.
That’s a fabulous
outcome bubbling out of a few words.
Wish I’d said that.
Note: The curator of
A Year of Being Here mentions that the provenance of the poem and the identity
of the poet are not explicitly known, but that Myers is the likely author.
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Carl Subber 2015 All rights reserved.
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