For A Season

Tom Poteet spent many mornings, before heading to work, in his favorite chair, meditating and writing poetry as the thoughts and images came to him. This process has continued during his semi-retirement. Mornings are the best time for Poteet to write. Most of his early morning poems are religious; but some are simply observations of the joys and struggles of getting through the seasons of his journey.

For A Season is a compilation of early morning poems without religious themes. For those who do not wish to know, or do not need to know Poteet’s thoughts on religion, For A Season takes us on a journey through time of a poet tackling the sine wave moments that confront him. Those moments include happiness and sorrow, joy and frustration, contentment and dissatisfaction, acceptance and rejection.

For A Season is broken into sections beginning with “Family and Friends” (My Back Yard) and ending with the song of the birds (With Song). Others sections include the “Writing” experience, “Observation” (analogies, metaphors and the observation of life), “Hopes and Dreams” (we all have them), “Love and Passion”, Poteet’s “Monterey Days”, “Country”, “Nature”, “The Elements”, “The Seasons”, “The Moon and Stars”, “The Flowers and Trees”, and “The Blues”. “The Blues”, the longest section, is Poteet’s immersion into disappointment and frustration in those perceived bleak seasons of his life. Poems, such as With My Heart Laid Bare, The Noises of My Mind, No Light In Sight, An Island and The Bridges Crossed address moments of feeling helpless; moments which are eventually replaced with hope.