Brick Road Poetry Press

poetry made to edify

The mission of Brick Road Poetry Press is to publish and promote poetry that entertains, amuses, edifies, and surprises a wide audience of appreciative readers.  We are not qualified to judge who deserves to be published, so we concentrate on publishing what we enjoy. Our preference is for poetry geared toward dramatizing the human experience in language rich with sensory image and metaphor, recognizing that poetry can be, at one and the same time, both familiar as the perspiration of daily labor and as outrageous as a carnival sideshow.

Poetry by David Oates from The Deer’s Bandanna

 

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though almost invisible

this bright day

the toddler finds

its pale crescent

“Moo! Moo!”





second performance of the Nutcracker

“magic dust” glitter on everything





shining in the sun

plastic bags woven

in an osprey’s nest





as she turns

the glint of a diamond

on her nose






in the quiet

study room

a loud perfume







spring morning

the redbud blossoms

taste like raw peas






sailing trip

grapes taste

of sunscreen





as I walk

through fallen leaves

the smell, the sound