This Atmosphere
Do you like this poem?
Then check out my poetry book, Digging to China, released by Sweatshoppe Publications. This poem is in it, along with fifty others. Signed copies are available through Sweateshoppe Publications. It's also available on Barnes and Noble and Amazon.com.
This Atmosphere
is foreign to me.
It's
heavy--
nay, suffocating!--
like being buried
beneath
a fleece
blanket in
one hundred percent
humdity.
I'm not sure
how I got here but I'm
frantically looking
for a ship to fly
me back
to gentler
environs.
all rights reserved. Copyright Justin W. Price November 14, 2011
Thanks for Reading.
Thanks for Reading.
A FREELANCE WRITER, HONORS STUDENT AND GOVER PRIZE FINALIST, JUSTIN W. PRICE (AKA, PDXKARAOKEGUY) CONSIDERS HIMSELF A POET FIRST AND FOREMOST BUT IS ALSO A SKILLED SHORT STORY, BIOGRAPHER AND HUMOR WRITER. HIS POETRY COLLECTION,DIGGING TO CHINA, WILL BE RELEASED FEBRUARY 2ND, 2013 BY SWEATSHOPPE PUBLICATIONS AND IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ON AMAZON AS WELL AS YOUR LOCAL BOOKSELLER.
HIS WORK WILL ALSO BE FEATURED IN BEST NEW FICTION (2014 EDITION), AND HAS APPEARED PREVIOUSLY IN THE RUSTY NAIL, EFICTION, EFICTION HUMOR, THE CRISIS CHRONICLES, THE HELLROARING REVIEW AND THE BELLWETHER REVIEW. HE CURRENTLY SERVES AS MANAGING EDITOR OF EHORROR MAGAZINE AND THE BRIDGEONLINE NEWSPAPER. HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS THE POETRY AND CORRESPONDENCE EDITOR FOR THE BELLWETHER REVIEW.
HE WORKS AS A FREELANCE WRITER, EDITOR, AND GHOST WRITER, AND IS WORKING TOWARDS HIS PH.D. HE LIVES IN A SUBURB OF PORTLAND, OREGON WITH HIS WIFE, ANDREA, AND THEIR LABRADOODLE, BELLA.
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More of My Poems
- Human Still
a poem of self righteousness - Mentality
the first poem I ever published, 13 years ago. - The Mouth
a short poem about laughter - Pastels for Versace
a perhaps unfinished poem about conformity - The Beach Umbrella
an old man on the beach, enjoying his daily routine and his afternoon nap