BIO
Transplanted from Western New York, Ken Gierke has lived in Missouri since 2012. His love for nature, fostered by the Niagara River, continues in Missouri and is often featured in his poetry. His writing has appeared as two micro-chapbooks from Origami Poems Project and is included in several anthologies. He has been featured by numerous online journals, including Literary Revelations Journal, As It Ought to Be, Poetry Breakfast, Amethyst Review, Silver Birch Press, and Ekphrastic Review. Two of his poetry collections have been published by Spartan Press – Glass Awash in 2022 and Heron Spirit in 2024. His poetry can also be found on his website, https://rivrvlogr.com/.
Driving Back to a Love Supreme
Layer upon layer of clouds holding
a snow that never materialized
deliver a gray light,
but there’s joyful anticipation at the start
of this long drive home like a pulse
of contentment. A love supreme.
Piano pulls me forward with resolve
when Coltrane comes in,
pursuing that love,
as drums urge me onward.
Like a psalm rolling through me,
clouds give way to blue sky,
the hint of home drawing me closer
on this long cold drive.
New Heights, with Coltrane
that voice, among a frenzied pulse
of voices in Ascension,
their window brief
each branch outreaching the next,
never reaching the eagle as it banks,
passing overhead
as the tires drone, alive
with a pulse that thrives,
even as it succumbs
to a pulse that rises
even as it falls,
no missed beat
as the eagle continues
to rise, never faltering,
even as the sun sets
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Wonderful writing !
Thank you for sharing Gabriela 💕
My pleasure hon. Thank you so much for commenting.
You are so welcome 🤗❤️
xoxo
Thank you so much, Gabriela, for giving these a home.
My pleasure dear Ken.
Always wonderful to read Ken’s work! Thanks for sharing, Gabriela! 💓
My pleasure hon.
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Thank you, Cindy.