Marty RicKard

You Can Do Anything, Go Anywhere, Be a Billionaire



Posted: Monday, March 31, 2008

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Thought is magical. In the physical realm we are restricted, but there is a sphere in which we are not. That is thought. Thought goes anywhere and can be anything. Here is a poem I wrote about it.

 

THOUGHT
By Marty RicKard

I am thought
I go anywhere
I am anything

I travel under the sea
to planets
beyond the sun
past infinity

I stack myself
one on top
of the next thought
 

Sometimes
I fall

But I don't
have to fall
at all

I have no limits
for
I am thought

I go
faster than light
or I plod in the night

I fly
or die

You control me
or
I control you

It's tragic
when you lose
control of me

More tragic
when I take
control of you

I am pure
or evil
young
old
weak
bold

Dead foam
on a live ocean
or living foam
in the ocean
of the dead

I am a pauper
or a millionaire

I am clothing
you pound on rocks
beside troubled water
until I am
laundered
and well-shaped

Then I might become words
that you hang
on lines of steel
to flap
in the breeze
for the world to see
and examine for holes

Best be sure
I am mended
before you
hang me
in the sunlight 



Marty RicKard Bio
Marty RicKard attended William Penn College , Iowa State University and University of Southern Mississippi , from which he holds a BS degree in journalism and photojournalism. He also has a Masters Degree in photography, in addition to the Craftsman, CPP, and A-ASP degrees. Marty spent two years as a technical writer for White Motor Company, and has worked for the Charles City Press, Mason City Globe-Gazette, and Davenport Times-Democrat. He was co-owner of the weekly New Sharon Star, where he was twice named Iowa Master Columnist for his article, which was syndicated in twenty Iowa newspapers. For more than a decade Marty's regular column appeared in the Professional Photographer magazine. He has been published in many other magazines and newspapers, including Writer's Digest, Writer Advice, Golf Digest, Resource Magazine, Picture, Range Finder, and Darkroom. In addition to his writing credits, Marty has won numerous photography awards, has lectured in 48 states, and has traveled internationally as lecturer, and judge. He was one of thirty from the U.S. to participate in the first cultural exchange with China in 1986. He currently is a regular columnist for Lens Magazine, and a full-time writer of fiction and poetry. He is the author of two poetry books and one volume of short stories. He is an entertaining speaker.



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» left by Ruby Wooten
3 years 258 days ago.
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Hi Marty! Excellent poem! Very "thought" provoking! The best to you Marty. Ruby
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