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Original design for the "Be Patriotic" poster By Paul Stahr, ca. 1917-18
Herbert Hoover Library, National Archives and Records Administration

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Poetry has the capacity to turn the mundane and everyday into the magical and extraordinary. It has always been arcane and cabalistic in what it communicates and how. The poetry you will read in these pages is the common and pedestrian transformed and elevated into art. It is very much a poetry of people, time and place, of summer afternoons on the front porch steps or a day at the beach. It is the poetry of winter mornings and autumn evenings. It is the stuff that every life is made of.

Someone told me once that even the most ordinary life is extraordinary to the person who lives it. These poems represent my very ordinary life, that at times seems to me to be so extraordinary. It is a portrait of the interplay of inner and outer forces, of the spirit and body. It is a blending of light and shadow that communicates a meaning greater than its constituent parts. Its meaning reaches beyond the sentences, phrases and words, just as the world is much more than atoms and molecules. It is a life passed through the prism of poetry. It is a moment in time, captured, stylized and crafted.

I am pleased that you have stopped by to read my work. It is my great hope that if you have enjoy what you have read here, that you will link to this site or share this link with a friend. I would very much enjoy reading your thoughts and comments, so feel free to email me at dtanoury@gmail.com.

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