Things to think about
Welcome
Welcome to the Website of poet Virgil Chabre. Author of four books of poetry: Silhouettes, Images,and Faded Memories; The Night She Left and Other Poems; Column One (Poems 1982-1992); and Washington D. C. (2010)
Contact virgilpc@cox.net
Anyone interested in discussing poetry or sharing their poetry, please contact me. All comments and responses are welcome and appreciated.
Poetry
Poetry is more than words spoken
Or words on paper
Poetry is more than life
Or death
It is jumping off a cliff
Not knowing there is water below
Or knowing there is water below
But you can’t swim
It is taking the wrong path in life
But finding the right destination
It is things you cannot tell your friends
So you hide them under your bed
And dream about them at night
You wake up with a headache
Trying to remember the dream
But it is just another lost poem
Lost poems are like ghosts
They can haunt you
They come back without using doors
Or windows
They are in the air that you breathe
Without poetry life
Would be silent
Quotations
“Every human being is a raindrop. And when enough of the raindrops become clear and coherent they become the power of the storm.”
-John Trudell
“He is not busy born, is busy dying”
“Even the President of the United States sometimes must stand naked”
-Bob Dylan
“Take a walk on the wild side”
“There is a little bit of magic in everything,
And a little loss to even things out”
-Lou Reed
“Three-fourths of philosophy and literature is the talk of people trying to convince themselves that they really like the cage they were tricked into entering”
-Gary Snyder
“My teachers could have easily ridden with Jesse James for all the time they stole from me”
-Richard Brautigan
My style
My poetry style is varied but consists mostly of free verse poems. I must commend some great teachers in my education process. Arlene Wesswick was a great English teacher who never let up on pressing me to do better. I had the honor of having her for my teacher in both high school and college. Ronald Gaskill was a college instructor who gave me the push to keep writing poetry. His class was always unpredictable and a place where imagination was the most important thing to keep writing. He left me so much to reflect upon. My quest for knowledge and writing are enhanced by the love I have for reading. Reading is the key to expanding your knowledge. My favorite authors are Herman Hesse, Richard Brautigan, Gary Snyder, Lyn Lifshin, Charles Bukowski and Robert Frost. I have also learned from listening to the music and lyrics of Lou Reed, Bob Dylan and John Trudell. Life is a learning process that continues on and the journey is never completed.
VIRGIL CHABRE
Virgil Chabre is the author of four books of poetry: Silhouettes, Images,and Faded Memories; The Night She Left and Other Poems; Column One (Poems 1982-1992); and Washington D. C. (2010)
Virgil Chabre has been influenced by Gary Snyder, Richard Brautigan, Lyn Lifshin, Javan, Lou Reed, John Trudell and Bob Dylan.
Virgil Chabre's poems are about realistic events that happen to someone every day, He puts words around everyday life.
He writes about Native American life and the history and challenges that they faced and continue to face today. He brings images of Native Americans to life with his poetry.
His poems are about war and the impact of war on people and places.
He writes about birth and death and the process and struggle in between
