My Featured Blogger this week is River Dixon of The Stories In Between. I don’t know a lot about River, except that he lives in Arizona and writes short stories and poems (he’s authored seven published collections to date). The poem below approaches all-too-familiar territory: the pain of rejection. Sincere-but-amateurish love poems are legion. But that’s not River.
River’s imagery and ideas are fresh, polished, and distinctly his own. Whether the subject is unrequited love or pandemic-driven isolation, he’s always worth reading. Always. As his Amazon author page puts it, River writes about “the darkness and the light which exist in all of us…(and) through this exposure comes an understanding of the common struggles shared by each of us.”
This is a very effective description of what too many people get themselves into – addiction to a person.
As James Dobson said, the power in a relationship belongs to the person who cares the least. Sad, but true.
Thank you, Mitch. I really appreciate you sharing my work.
The honor’s mine, River.
I love River’s work. Thanks for sharing!
I have read this poem by River Dixon and liked it. Thank you for visiting my blog.
It’s very post-grunge. I like it a lot!
I love River’s work as well!
I can see why you shared his blog, and why he has published work. River is very good!
Hit me right in the feels. Good stuff.
I love River’s work amazing .Thanks Mitch to share