Rick Belden helps men and women who are feeling stuck get their lives moving again. Visit Rick's website at rickbeldencoaching.com to schedule a free one-hour discovery session with him so you can start moving in the direction of having what you want most in life.
His book Iron Man Family Outing: Poems about Transition into a More Conscious Manhood is widely used in the United States and internationally by therapists, counselors, and men's groups. His interviews, poetry, and essays have appeared in books and on media platforms around the world, reaching an international audience of many thousands of men and women.
Thanks, Deanna. This encounter took place many years ago and I was realizing, in reading the poem again this morning, that I have almost no recollection of what the woman looked like. The one detail I do recall is that she was far more of a classic “girl next door” type than the rather cartoonish caricature of an aggressively sexual woman shown in the photo. And she was smart as a whip. The fact that I was taken by storm (and by surprise) by a woman I might have worked with or seen standing in line at the grocery store… Read more »
Wow, this is amazing. I’ve liked your stuff before, Rick, but man, this piece took my breath away.
I really like how you’ve stripped out a lot of the extra words that would bog down the poem and gave us the raw feelings.
Wow!
Thanks, Deanna. This encounter took place many years ago and I was realizing, in reading the poem again this morning, that I have almost no recollection of what the woman looked like. The one detail I do recall is that she was far more of a classic “girl next door” type than the rather cartoonish caricature of an aggressively sexual woman shown in the photo. And she was smart as a whip. The fact that I was taken by storm (and by surprise) by a woman I might have worked with or seen standing in line at the grocery store… Read more »