From Leslie Schultz, a nice review of Protective Coloration. Thank you Leslie.
Review of “Protective Coloration”
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The End Is Near / David Jibson
From Protective Coloration (Kelsay Books – Aldrich Press, 2020). Poem originally published in Peninsula Poets.
Driving Through Ohio – David Jibson
From Protective Coloration, (Kelsay Books, 2020). Avialable from Kelsay Books and Amazon.com.
Originally Published in Peninsula Poets – The Poetry Society of Michigan
Travel Advice…/ David Jibson
This poem was featured at the fall meeting of the Poetry Society of Michigan. It was a response to a prompt from Elizabeth Kerlikowske, the current president of the organization. “Write a poem giving someone advice. It could be an extended metaphor. And fun/clever/don’t even think of rhyming.”
Honky Tonk / David Jibson
I wrote Honky-Tonk, which originally appeared in Fried Chicken and Coffee, with a particular road house in mind. Its name came from the fact that its distance from each of three small towns in rural Michigan was seven miles and it was owned for a period of time by my mother. The poem is now included in Protective Coloration (Kelsay Books, 2020). It’s available from Kelsay and from Amazon.
Ursa Major and Ursa Minor
From Right Hand Pointing & One Sentence Poems and now included in Protective Coloration.
Lost / David Jibson
Lost first appeared in Alliteration, a magazine that has since disappeared. It was anthologised in Water Music. It’s now included in my collection, Protective Coloration, available at Amazon and at Kelsay Books.
News From Home / David Jibson
This poem originally appeared in Third Wednesday – long before I became editor of the magazine. It is reprinted in my collection, Protective Coloration, available at Amazon and at Kelsay Books.
Divorce / David Jibson
Divorce appeared in the spring 2020 issue of Peninsula Poets, the bi-annual journal of the Poetry Society of Michigan.
Four Sijo / David Jibson
This cycle of seasonal Sijo poems was first published by The Bamboo Hut and is now part of the collection, Protective Coloration (2020, Kelsay Books). It’s also available from Amazon.com.
Sijo is a Korean form comprised of three lines of 14-16 syllables each, for a total of 44-46 syllables. Each line contains a pause near the middle, similar to a caesura, Contemporary Sijo are often printed in six lines.
David K. Jibson 