Poetry Spotlight - Ben Ditmars

As I have said before, poetry is my first love. I am always on the lookout for good poets to share with you. I recently met Ben Ditmars on Facebook and became an instant fan of his poetry. Ben was kind enough to agree to share some of this work on my blog. Check out the links at the end to see where you can get Ben's books and how to keep in touch with him. Now, it is my pleasure to introduce Ben Ditmars.

Hello and thank you to Michelle Franco for letting me share some poetry on her blog.  I was hooked after reading River Jordan’s and her amazing sonnet.

I’m an author myself.  I write a broad range of things; fiction, poetry, plays and I draw gnomes for my friends.  The last one is not necessarily writing related but a fun bit of info.  I’m a random kind of guy.

Poetry however is my favorite.  It’s my guilty pleasure.  I feel freest writing it.  There’s something about the raw expression and honesty I can’t get enough of.  Primarily, I write observational pieces about myself and things around me.  I try to interpret the mundane and complex.  I’m not always a deep thinker but I try to explain deep things in ways that make sense to me.

Lately, I’ve been writing Haiku for an upcoming book, Haiku in the Night, that should be finished in the next few months.  I thought I would share selections from it.

Kiss my lips, phantom;

fill them with your mystery

and leave me the stars.

Beyond the sunset

Silhouettes of us hold hands

The past forgotten.

The tree knows one home

For its entire lifetime;

Dying if it moves.

Thank you so much for taking the time to share with us Ben!

You can connect with Ben on 

Twitter: @benditty  

Facebook Fan Page 

Goodreads 

Blog 

Check out Ben's published works:

Night Poems

Gnomes of Coyul

Ten Minutes in Heaven

Witherspork:

Amazon

Smashwords