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Needs Immediate Response: Workshop leader for Journal Writing Class in Mt. Laurel

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Mount Laurel Township Recreation
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PoetsWednesday

582 Rahway Ave., Woodbridge, NJ

732-634-0413

Featuring

Edwin Romond

8:00 PM

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Open Reading to Follow

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Workshop at 7:00 PM

Workshop Facilitator: Edwin Romond

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Free

Refreshments Supplied by Wegmans

Donations Are Greatly Appreciated

Thanks to Cynthia Knight, BAC Director, and staff

 

PoetsWednesday Site: http://wednesdaypoet.typepad.com/

 

Directions: http://www.twp.woodbridge.nj.us/Departments/BarronArtsCenter/BarronArtsCenterDirections/tabid/754/Default.aspx

Contact: Deborah LaVeglia, Poetry Director, at [email protected]

Coming in April:  John Amen

Shifting Gears by Edwin Romond

Shifting Gears

 

The time it takes to snap my fingers

seems longer than the years

since I first held my son

on a bicycle then watched

him make his world a little larger

pedaling down our street and disappearing

onto the next before returning

with a Lindbergh grin to our driveway.

It all seems less than a breath

ago as I watch him now at age 11

commandeer his roaring dirt bike,

80 cc’s of galloping Honda power

shifting from first to fourth,

rocketing up, down, and around

the hills, his smile the smile

of one born for propulsion,

who could not be more different

from his father who thinks twice

before taking an escalator.

He screeches to a stop and asks

if he can give me a ride

and my love blinds my fear

as I get on the back, my old bones

and butt already feeling each lump

and bump on the motorcycle trails.

How quickly it has come to this

shifting of gears that I, his father,

depend upon my son for safe passage,

that I now trust him as he trusted me

to steer through all the twists and turns.

I put my arms around his waist as he revs

the engine, lets out the clutch and shouts

over his shoulder, “Hold on to me, Dad!”

And I do.

 

                        Edwin Romond

                        from Alone with Love Songs (Grayson Books)

 

Edwin Romond

Edwin Romond’s most recent book of poetry is Alone with Love Songs (Grayson Books.) He is the recipient of poetry fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and from both the New Jersey and Pennsylvania State Arts Councils. He is a five time Pushcart Prize nominee and Garrison Keillor has featured his poems on NPR. In addition to his poetry, Romond has written the book, music, and lyrics for two musical plays, Robin Hood and A Family Life, that were produced at New Jersey community theaters.

 

A native of Woodbridge, NJ, Edwin Romond now lives in Wind Gap, PA with his wife and son.

www.edwinromond.com