From Leslie Schultz, a nice review of Protective Coloration. Thank you Leslie.
Review of “Protective Coloration”
Tag: Protective Coloration
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
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.
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.
What They Left Behind
This poem first appeared in the Waccamaw Journal from Coastal Carolina University and is now is included in my collection: Protective Coloration from Kelsay Books. It can also be purchased from Amazon.
If you’ve ever moved into a house after a previous owner or tenant, you may have had an experience like the one in this “list” poem, little clues left behind that tell you something about the people who lived there.
A free sampling from this book is available at davidkjibson.com.
David K. Jibson 