BOOKS:
A FAREWELL TO REASON (Poetry from 1991 – Late 1997) – Written under my pseudonym:”Echo” instead of my real name: Joseph M. Brennan Jr.
BURNING . . . BURNING BLUE (Poetry from Late 1997 – 2004)
POEM COLOR CODE:
Passion/Romance/Adventure
Melancholy/Misery/Sadness
Inspiration/Hope/Motivation
Reflection/Nostalgia
Personal Struggle
TOP POEMS (1991 TO PRESENT – 369 TOTAL POEMS WRITTEN)
A. THE BEST OF THE BEST:
STARSHINE (ALL THE WHILE) (Written: 23 Dec 2019)
THE WINGMAN (Written: 30 Sep 2023)
LOVER’S LANE AND LOST AGAIN (Written: 16 Dec 2018)
TO IGNITE A LIFE (A DETERMINED DRIVE) (Written: 21 Aug 2023)
THE BOY YOU NEVER KNEW (Written: 16 Oct 2000)
MOONLIGHT BAY (Written: 1 Aug 1991)
HAUNTED BY A SMILE (Written: 2 Apr 2021)
BLUE AND BROODING (Written: 9 Apr 2019)
THE LOW SIDE OF HIGH (Written: 6 Feb 2021)
THE ADVENTUROUS TYPE (Written: 24 Nov 2020)
BETTER DAYS IN THE SHADE OF RAIN (Written: 19 Sep 2020)
A LIFE OTHERWISE (Written: 14 Apr 2021)
THE DELICATE HALLS OF FUTURE (Written: 18 Oct 1999)
THE DAYS OF CHAMPAGNE (Written: 1 July 2022)
THE STARRING ROLE (Written: 26 Jun 1997)
DAYLIGHT (Written: 21 June 2019)
THE CANDLELIGHT CAFE (Written: 26 June 2022)
B. THE BEST OF THE REST:
THE INNOCENT SCAR (Written: 27 Jun 2020)
SMILE AT THE SKY (FOR ALL THE DAYS GONE BY) (Written: 25 Dec 2019)
WHEN YOU SMILE (Written: 17 Jun 2018)
REGRET SINGS RELENTLESSLY (THE HAUNTING TUNES OF TRUTH) (Written: 12 Mar 2023)
BLISTERS, BURNS, AND BLURS (A SCREAM BEHIND THE DOOR) (Written: 21 Jan 2024)
GONE WITH THE DAWN (Written: 30 Apr 2019)
MIDNIGHT YEARNING (Written: 11 Oct 2000)
FOR FEAR OF BRIDGES (Written: 10 Jan 1997)
ECHOES OF HOME (THE LONESOME ROAD) (Written: 16 Feb 2021)
THE DISTANCE (LOVE IS LOVE) (Written: 18 Oct 2020)
A BINGE BECOMES ADDICTION (Written: 10 Oct 2021)
THE SEEMING ETERNITY (Written: 3 May 2021)
THE SWIRLING HAZE – THE THUNDERING GRAY (I WADE INTO THE REPLAY) (Written: 4 Sep 2019)
PAGES ON THE RUN (IT MUST HAVE BEEN FUN) (Written: 30 May 2022)
GONE AND FOREVER LOST (Written: 5 Dec 2018)
FAR BEYOND (Written: 8 Nov 2018)
STARSHINE DIES (LAUGHING AT TIME) (Written: 28 Feb 2021)
THE TANGERINE SKY OF GOODBYE (Written: 13 Jun 2021)
A SIMPLE LIFE SERENE AND FREE (Written: 21 Sep 2018)
BURNING FOR THE LEAD (Written: 15 May 2022)
BETTER THAN ME (Written: 14 Feb 2021)
BURNING BLUE (Written: 12 Dec 1997)
A FAREWELL TO REASON (Written: 20 Mar 1996)
NIGHT DANCES (Written: 21 Oct 1995)
THE SHY GOODBYE (Written: 7 Aug 2016)
IN SEARCH OF SUNRISE SKIES (Written: 25 Oct 1998)
WANDERING ECHOES LOST (Written: 23 July 2000)
DREAM INFATUATION (Written: 14 May 1994)
ARROGANCE ADORES YOU (Written: 23 May 2021)
A HAUNTING MEMORY (IT’S NOT EASY) (Written: 9 May 2021)
DEEP IN THE SHADE (A PARADE OF GRAY) (Written: 3 Apr 2021)
A CRY OF SUNSHINE (Written: 12 Nov 2023)
THE DAWN BEYOND (Written: 17 Jan 2021)
TO THE MOON (I MOVED YOU) (Written: 30 July 2023)
A LAUGHTER IN BLACK (AND NOT COMING BACK) (Written: 19 Dec 2020)
THE SEA OF SADNESS (A MEMORY SO GREEN) (Written: 25 Oct 2020)
A HONEYMOON STILL IN BLOOM (Written: 12 Jul 2020)
THE SHADE OF WATERCOLOR RAIN (Written: 28 Dec 2019)
NOTHINGNESS (Written: 15 Nov 2019)
THE SHIMMERING SANDS (WHERE THE CANDLES DANCE) (Written: 5 Feb 2022)
BEYOND THE BLUR (THE COMING OF THE CURVE) (Written: 16 Jan 2022)
THE FALL OF WINTERTIME (Written: 2 Mar 2024)
WINE, RHYTHM, AND RHYME (A SMILE OF SPRINGTIME) (Written: 28 Aug 2022)
APPEAR (OR DISAPPEAR) (Written: 3 Jun 2022)
CHASING THE WAVES (OF THE L.A. HAZE) (Written 18 Aug 2024)
BROODING BLUE (SHADOWS OF TRUTH) (Written: 11 Dec 2021)
WATERCOLOR RAIN (Written: 16 Jun 1996)
A PALE GOODBYE (ROLLING WITH THE TIDE) (Written: 30 July 2022)
FINAL PHOTOGRAPHS (Written: 25 Jan 1997)
THE RELENTLESS ROAD (OF HOPE) (Written: 13 Apr 2024)
STONE PRIDE (Written: 25 May 2024)
A PALE FAREWELL (Written: 1 July 1997)
LIKE MICHAEL (Written: 27 Jun 1999)
YOUR REMAINING DAYS WITH ME (Written: 9 Jun 2000)
A WARM AND WELCOME GRAY (HAUNTS ME AGAIN TODAY) (Written: 7 Aug 2022)
THE LAMPLIGHTER (Written: 14 May 1994)
YESTERDAY’S RACEWAYS (AND ALLEYWAY SHADES) (Written: 14 Mar 2021)
THE VALLEYS BELOW (WHERE THE ECHOES GO) (Written: 21 Feb 2021)
WANDERING AIMLESSLY (A STREAM OF MAYBES) (Written: 8 Nov 2020)
A DANCE THAT COULD NOT LAST (THE HAUNTING STRANDS) (Written: 11 Jan 2023)
WHEN BEAUTY BLEEDS (I WISH I WAS LIKE YOU) (Written: 30 Oct 2022)
A SMILE OF STARSHINE (Written: 23 Jun 2020)
THE WHISPER AND THE BURN (Written: 23 Apr 2020)
THE LONE SHADOWED AISLES (Written: 27 July 2000)
REUNION FOR A NIGHT (Written: 29 Nov 1996)
THE NEON BLUE (Written: 5 Feb 1999)
A ROLL AWAY KISS (Written: 31 Dec 1995)
LISA LINGERS (Written: 10 Sep 1996)
TO BE ALIVE (Written: 22 Sep 2000)
A QUESTION OF DAYS (PART I AND II) (Written: 28 Dec 1998)
CASTLES BURNING (Written: 2 Mar 2000)
REMINISCENT WINE (Written: 7 Feb 2000)
THE SPECIAL ONE (Written: 15 Aug 1999)
WORLD ABLUR (Written: 18 Jun 1999)
GREEN ~ NUCLEAR WINTER’S EVE (Written: 24 Sep 1998)
A DANCING DREAM (NEARLY WITHIN REACH) (Written: 16 Jul 2020)
LIPSTICK TEASE (Written: 30 Sep 1995)
A SHY SMILE (ALL THE WHILE) (Written: 24 Jan 2021)
CITY STALINGRAD (1942) (Written: 25 May 1995)
GHOST CHANNELS (Written: 27 Sep 1996)
FROM EVERY SEAM (Written: 7 Feb 2000)
NIGHT WHISPERS (Written: 25 Apr 1995)
NOTHING PRISTINE (Written: 17 July 1999)
CLUTTER (Written: 15 Jun 2000)
FINE YOUNG MAN (Written: 1 Aug 1998)
A MONUMENTAL TOAST (Written: 1 Dec 1995)
ALL POEMS (1991 TO PRESENT – 369 TOTAL POEMS WRITTEN)
+2024 (14 Poems):
THE SHIMMER AND SHINE (OF A LIFE LEFT BEHIND) (Written 9 Dec 2024)
THE WARM AND WELCOME EASE (IN THE DAYS OF YOU AND ME) (Written: 1 Dec 2024)
CHASING THE WAVES (OF THE L.A. HAZE) (Written 18 Aug 2024)
BETTER DAYS (THAN TODAY) (Written: 27 May 2024)
+BLIND IN THE DAYLIGHT (THE WHYS, WHENS, AND WHYS) (Written: 26 May 2024)
STONE PRIDE (Written: 25 May 2024)
THE RELENTLESS ROAD (OF HOPE) (Written: 13 Apr 2024)
THE SEEMING ETERNITY (OF SPRING) (Written: 12 Apr 2024)
BLINDED BY THE SMILE (Written: 12 Mar 2024)
THE FALL OF WINTERTIME (Written: 2 Mar 2024)
BURIED IN THE DEEP (A PEACE WITHIN REACH) (Written: 24 Feb 2024)
CURIOSITY CLEARLY SEES (AND WARMLY BELIEVES) (Written: 4 Feb 2024)
BLISTERS, BURNS, AND BLURS (A SCREAM BEHIND THE DOOR) (Written: 21 Jan 2024)
LIVING THE LIES (OF PARADISE) (Written: 5 Jan 2024)
2023 (21 Poems):
ONLY TOMORROWS KNOW (THAT WHICH DIMS OR GLOWS) (Written: 4 Dec 2023)
THE TUNE OF ECHOES (TELLS THE TRUTH) (Written: 15 Nov 2023)
A CRY OF SUNSHINE (Written: 12 Nov 2023)
THE NIGHTS OF WINE, RHYME, AND STARSHINE (Written: 5 Nov 2023)
A PALE GLOW OF HOPE (THAT SWALLOWS THE SOUL) (Written: 4 Nov 2023)
MOMENTS IN BETWEEN (THE SPEEDING SCREENS) (Written: 8 Oct 2023)
THE WINGMAN (Written: 30 Sep 2023)
A SENTIMENTAL SMILE (WIDE ACROSS THE DAYLIGHT) (Written: 23 Sep 2023)
TO IGNITE A LIFE (A DETERMINED DRIVE) (Written: 21 Aug 2023)
REASONS TO RHYME (LAUGHING AT THE LINES) (Written: 20 Aug 2023)
UNTIL TODAY (A SMILE IN THE SEGUE) (Written: 13 Aug 2023)
DEEP INTO THE REACH (I YEARN) (Written: 12 Aug 2023)
TO THE MOON (I MOVED YOU) (Written: 30 July 2023)
TO BECOME ANOTHER (Written: 24 July 2023)
THE ARTIST IN THE SKY (Written: 13 Apr 2023)
SUPERFICIAL SUNSHINE (I WOULD CLIMB THE SKIES) (Written: 1 Apr 2023)
A RHAPSODY ON REPEAT (I NEVER KNEW YOUR NAME) (Written: 20 Mar 2023)
REGRET SINGS RELENTLESSLY (THE HAUNTING TUNES OF TRUTH) (Written: 12 Mar 2023)
A SECRET SMILE (OF A LIFE OTHERWISE) (Written: 4 Mar 2023)
A DANCE THAT COULD NOT LAST (THE HAUNTING STRANDS) (Written: 11 Jan 2023)
YOU LOOK GOOD IN BLUE (WHEN THE MEMORY MOVES) (Written: 1 Jan 2023)
2022 (29 Poems):
WHEN BEAUTY BLEEDS (I WISH I WAS LIKE YOU) (Written: 30 Oct 2022)
HALLOWEEN ON REPEAT (I SCREAM) (Written: 16 Oct 2022)
BATHED IN TURPENTINE (THE RAINBOW SKIES GONE BY) (Written: 23 Sep 2022)
ESCAPE AND ERASE (THROUGH FIRE AND FLAME) (Written: 4 Sep 2022)
THE LOST AND LONESOME AISLES (OF GOODBYE) (Written: 3 Sep 2022)
WINE, RHYTHM, AND RHYME (A SMILE OF SPRINGTIME) (Written: 28 Aug 2022)
TO DANCE THE DAYS AWAY (AND DANCE AWAY THE DAYS) (Written: 21 Aug 2022)
INTO THE FADE (LOST UPON THE PAGE) (Written: 15 Aug 2022)
A TUNE IN BLUE (FROM ACROSS THE ROOM) (Written: 15 Aug 2022)
A WARM AND WELCOME GRAY (HAUNTS ME AGAIN TODAY) (Written: 7 Aug 2022)
THE SUMMER OF ALL TIME (Written: 7 Aug 2022)
LONE SUMMER ROAD (WITH NOWHERE TO GO) (Written: 31 July 2022)
A PALE GOODBYE (ROLLING WITH THE TIDE) (Written: 30 July 2022)
THE RELENTLESS ROAD (OF ECHOES) (Written: 24 July 2022)
BE BOLD AND GROW (TAKE THAT ROAD AND GO) (Written: 23 July 2022)
THE ROUGH AND RUGGED ROAD (WHERE ONLY SHADOWS GO) (Written: 3 July 2022)
TUNED INTO THE MOON (I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU) (Written: 2 July 2022)
THE DAYS OF CHAMPAGNE (Written: 1 July 2022)
THE CANDLELIGHT CAFE (Written: 26 June 2022)
ALMOST MINE (WHEN EVERYTHING RHYMED) (Written: 24 Jun 2022)
THE CROWN (COUNTING DOWN) (Written: 5 Jun 2022)
APPEAR (OR DISAPPEAR) (Written: 3 Jun 2022)
PAGES ON THE RUN (IT MUST HAVE BEEN FUN) (Written: 30 May 2022)
BURNING FOR THE LEAD (Written: 15 May 2022)
THE GOLDEN LIES (OF GOLDEN TIMES) (Written: 17 Apr 2022)
FUTURE SKIES (FOR ALL OF TIME) (Written: 12 Feb 2022)
WARM AND WELCOME SKIES (A SMILE OF SPRINGTIME) (Written: 12 Feb 2022)
THE SHIMMERING SANDS (WHERE THE CANDLES DANCE) (Written: 5 Feb 2022)
BEYOND THE BLUR (THE COMING OF THE CURVE) (Written: 16 Jan 2022)
2021 (21 Poems):
BROODING BLUE (SHADOWS OF TRUTH) (Written: 11 Dec 2021)
A BREATHLESS BOOK OF RAPTURE AND RHYME (A MAYA OF THE MIND) (Written: 16 Oct 2021)
A BINGE BECOMES ADDICTION (Written: 10 Oct 2021)
LIVE A LIFE SO KIND THAT EVERYONE SMILES (AND EVERYTHING SHINES) (Written: 26 Sep 2021)
PLASTIC PAPER PARADISE (YOUR LIFE IS YOUR DESIGN) (Written: 28 Jun 2021)
THE TANGERINE SKY OF GOODBYE (Written: 13 Jun 2021)
ARROGANCE ADORES YOU (Written: 23 May 2021)
A HAUNTING MEMORY (IT’S NOT EASY) (Written: 9 May 2021)
THE SEEMING ETERNITY (Written: 3 May 2021)
A LIFE OTHERWISE (Written: 14 Apr 2021)
DEEP IN THE SHADE (A PARADE OF GRAY) (Written: 3 Apr 2021)
HAUNTED BY A SMILE (Written: 2 Apr 2021)
YESTERDAY’S RACEWAYS (AND ALLEYWAY SHADES) (Written: 14 Mar 2021)
STARSHINE DIES (LAUGHING AT TIME) (Written: 28 Feb 2021)
THE VALLEYS BELOW (WHERE THE ECHOES GO) (Written: 21 Feb 2021)
ECHOES OF HOME (THE LONESOME ROAD) (Written: 16 Feb 2021)
BETTER THAN ME (Written: 14 Feb 2021)
THE LOW SIDE OF HIGH (Written: 6 Feb 2021)
A SHY SMILE (ALL THE WHILE) (Written: 24 Jan 2021)
THE DAWN BEYOND (Written: 17 Jan 2021)
2020 (25 Poems):
A LAUGHTER IN BLACK (AND NOT COMING BACK) (Written: 19 Dec 2020)
THE CANDLES STILL BURN (FOR BETTER OR WORSE) (Written: 29 Nov 2020)
THE ADVENTUROUS TYPE (Written: 24 Nov 2020)
THE DANCING REIGN (LOST IN THE TRACE) (Written: 14 Nov 2020)
WANDERING AIMLESSLY (A STREAM OF MAYBES) (Written: 8 Nov 2020)
THE SEA OF SADNESS (A MEMORY SO GREEN) (Written: 25 Oct 2020)
THE BURNING URGE (AND THE BLUR) (Written: 24 Oct 2020)
THE DISTANCE (LOVE IS LOVE) (Written: 18 Oct 2020)
IN THE DAYS OF DANCING (AND DREAMING) (Written: 27 Sep 2020)
BETTER DAYS IN THE SHADE OF RAIN (Written: 19 Sep 2020)
A DANCING DREAM (NEARLY WITHIN REACH) (Written: 16 Jul 2020)
A HONEYMOON STILL IN BLOOM (Written: 12 Jul 2020)
THE INNOCENT SCAR (Written: 27 Jun 2020)
A SMILE OF STARSHINE (Written: 23 Jun 2020)
THE ETERNITY OF SPRING (I STEPPED INTO A DREAM) (Written: 14 Jun 2020)
BEYOND THE ENTRANCE (OF THE PASSING TENSE) (Written: 14 Jun 2020)
+THE COLOR AND THE BLUR (Written: 13 Jun 2020)
+SOMEDAYS AND YESTERDAYS (THE ECHOES REMAIN) (Written: 9 Jun 2020)
THE WHISPER AND THE BURN (Written: 23 Apr 2020)
+A MOMENT MOVED (Written: 17 Apr 2020)
+THIS COVID-19 (Written: 12 Apr 2020)
BURNING, BURNING BLUE (Written: 26 Feb 2020)
THE SOMEDAY PLACE (Written: 6 Feb 2020)
A MILLION MILES BEHIND (WHEN DAYLIGHT SMILED) (Written: 15 Jan 2020)
A PLACE WITHOUT A NAME (Written: 13 Jan 2020)
2019 (23 Poems):
THE SHADE OF WATERCOLOR RAIN (Written: 28 Dec 2019)
SMILE AT THE SKY (FOR ALL THE DAYS GONE BY) (Written: 25 Dec 2019)
STARSHINE (ALL THE WHILE) (Written: 23 Dec 2019)
AN ENDLESS CHAIN (OF YESTERDAYS) (Written: 28 Nov 2019)
***ACROSS THE BAY (THE DAYS WILL SAIL) (Written: 28 Nov 2019)
***BEYOND THE TURN (THERE WILL STILL BE LOVE) (Written: 22 Nov 2019)
MY GREATEST BLISS (AND ALL THE HOURS MISSED) (Written: 17 Nov 2019)
NOTHINGNESS (Written: 15 Nov 2019)
***LOST IN THE LACK (AND NO TURNING BACK) (Written: 30 Sep 2019)
THE SWIRLING HAZE – THE THUNDERING GRAY (I WADE INTO THE REPLAY) (Written: 4 Sep 2019)
***FUTURE DAYS BEHIND (Written: 4 Sep 2019)
***BURNING THE CURVE (Written: 28 Aug 2019)
YESTERDAYS ABLAZE (Written: 13 Aug 2019)
***THE MANY SIDES OF GOODBYE (Written: 12 Aug 2019)
***A NEW DAY DAWNS TODAY (AND EVERY DAY – SONG) (Written: 23 July 2019)
WHEN UP FALLS DOWN (SONG) (Written: 23 July 2019)
WHEN TOMORROW COMES (SONG) (Written: 22 July 2019)
IN LOVE WITH THE DARK (I ONCE HAD A HEART – SONG) (Written: 21 July 2019)
ENOUGH (SONG) (Written: 20 July 2019)
THE ELECTRIC STING (Written: 7 July 2019)
DAYLIGHT (Written: 21 June 2019)
GONE WITH THE DAWN (Written: 30 Apr 2019)
BLUE AND BROODING (Written: 9 Apr 2019)
2018 (18 Poems):
***LOVER’S LANE AND LOST AGAIN (Written: 16 Dec 2018)
GONE AND FOREVER LOST (Written: 5 Dec 2018)
***NO ONE, NOTHING, AND NOWHERE (Written: 2 Dec 2018)
WHAT ONCE WAS TRUE (Written: 28 Nov 2018)
THE OUTCAST (Written: 26 Nov 2018)
FAST FORWARD (Written: 17 Nov 2018)
FAR BEYOND (Written: 8 Nov 2018)
OUR FIRST KISS (Written: 22 Sep 2018)
A SIMPLE LIFE SERENE AND FREE (Written: 21 Sep 2018)
WHEN YOU SMILE (Written: 17 Jun 2018)
**UNTIL IT BURNS (Written: 17 May 2018)
THE PLUMBER (Written: 15 April 2018)
***AN ALMOST TOUCH (Written: 12 March 2018)
THE WAIT (Written: 4 March 2018)
THAN EVER BEFORE (Written: 4 March 2018)
THE SILENCE (Written: 27 Jan 2018)
A NEW EARTH (IN REVERSE) (Written: 24 Jan 2018)
NOT THE ONE (Written: 1 Jan 2018)
2017 (9 Poems):
CRYPTOCURRENCY (Written: 31 Dec 2017)
TWENTY-NINE: A SMILE OF WINE (Written: 13 Dec 2017)
MAD MARTINI MOON (Written: 11 Dec 2017)
THE BREW OF YOUTH (Written: 4 Dec 2017)
CANDY APPLE RED (Written: 15 Nov 2017)
WHEN YOUR HEROES BECOME YOU (Written: 12 Nov 2017)
A PICTURE OF WORDS (Written: 6 Nov 2017)
OF RESTLESS WANT (Written: 3 Oct 2017)
THE WANDERING TURNS (Written: 1 Jan 2017)
2016 (10 Poems):
THE HAUNTING INTENSITY (Written: 18 Oct 2016)
BEYOND THE HAZE (Written: 4 Sep 2016)
THE TURNING OF THE TURN (Written: 12 Aug 2016)
THE SHY GOODBYE (Written: 7 Aug 2016)
THE DYING GREEN (Written: 5 Aug 2016)
ADDICTION (Written: 27 July 2016)
THE HAUNTING HOUSE OF DREAMS (Written: 16 July 2016)
THE CALL (Written: 24 Jan 2016)
THE FALL (Written: 11 Jan 2016)
2015 (6 Poems):
THE SOOTHING SEA OF MEMORY (Written: 30 Aug 2015)
THE PAGE OF FUTURE DAYS (Written: 28 Feb 2015)
WHEN DREAMS COULD TRUST (Written: 8 Feb 2015)
THE BEGINNING OF THE END (Written: 30 Jan 2015)
2014 (9 Poems):
THE WILD AND WINDING RIDE (Written: 9 Nov 2014)
YOUR SMILING SECRET (Written: 2 Nov 2014)
WHEN LONELINESS CRIED (Written: 25 Oct 2014)
***I APOLOGIZE (Written: 18 Oct 2014)
SHY BEHIND THE SMILE (Written: 11 Oct 2014)
THE TWISTING TURNING TIDES (Written: 4 Oct 2014)
WHEN THE FUTURE BECOMES THE NOW (Written: 27 Sep 2014)
BY YOUR SIDE (Written: 20 Sep 2014) – m.e.
2013 (4 Poems):
THE STORM (Written: 31 Dec 2013) – m.e.
THE FAMILIAR WARMTH (OF WINE) (Written: 15 Dec 2013)
GAMES THAT SEEK TO ENTERTAIN (I TURN AWAY) (Written: 29 Sep 2013)
THE WORDS UNHEARD (TURNS AND BURNS) (Written: 5 May 2013)
2012 (3 Poems):
TO THE MOON (I WOULD HAVE FOLLOWED YOU) (Written: 22 April 2012)
A NOTE TO GOD (Written: 26 Feb 2012)
I WATCHED (FROM AFAR) (Written: 7 Jan 2012) – s.f.
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Late 1997 – 2004 [126 Poems (36+90)]:
(I’M LOOKING) FORWARD TO THE FADE (Written: 11 Sep 2004)
ETERNALLY YOURS (Written: 3 April 2004)
POLITICAL SNOW (Written: 15 Feb 2004)
IT SNOWS EVERY DAY (IN L.A.) (Written: 19 Sep 2003)
ADVENTUROUS PLAY (Written: 26 May 2003)
NEXT TIME (MY CANDLE OF HOPE) (Written: 30 Sep 2002)
PERCEPTIONS OF ALL (Written: 9 Sep 2002)
YOU COULD EARN A PROMOTION! (Written: 25 Aug 2002)
WORDS FOR THE COMMON HERD (Written: 21 Aug 2002)
THE PAIN THAT STILL REMAINS (Written: 12 Aug 2002)
FROM MILE TO MILE (Written: 16 July 2002)
IS LOVE NOT ENOUGH (I STILL DREAM) (Written: 16 July 2002)
THE PAIN UPON THE PAGE (Written: 16 July 2002)
A WONDERFUL TIME (Written: 1 July 2002)
CRYSTAL (Written: 30 May 2002)
TEASING MY EACH AND EVERY NEED (Written: 26 May 2002)
CENTER STAGE (Written: 26 May 2002)
THE BLADES CHURNING . . . CHURNING (Written: 4 April 2002)
MISTY WATERCOLOR WORDS (Written: 4 Mar 2002)
SURRENDER TO SHAME – I SAVOR THE PAIN (Written: 20 Jan 2002)
SCATTERED PICTURES AND WORDS (Written: 29 Oct 2001)
SOCIETY’S NEW KINGS AND QUEENS (Written: 31 Aug 2001)
SURREALISTIC (Written: 25 Aug 2001) m.e.
THE GIFT (A DREAM LIFELONG) (Written: 11 Aug 2001)
TRAILER TRASH (Written: 11 Aug 2001)
THE HOLLOW SHAPE OF GOODBYE (Written: 22 July 2001)
MORAL COMPROMISE (Written: 29 Jun 2001)
RETROSPECTIVE RAIN (Written: 2 Jun 2001)
30-MINUTE SMILE (Written: 31 May 2001)
THE CONFUSED AND THE ABSOLUTE (Written: 28 May 2001)
TWO DIMENSIONS WIDE (Written: 20 May 2001)
A HOLLOW DISGUISE (Written: 14 May 2001)
THE MEN IN MY LIFE (Written: 30 Oct 2000)
THE DAYS OF FUTURE PASSED (Written: 24 March 2000)
THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT (Written: 14 Dec 1999)
*MIDNIGHT UPON THE BLINDS (Written: 14 Aug 1999)
The Remaining 90 Poems from Late 1997 – 2004 Are Provided in the Following Book:
BURNING . . . BURNING BLUE (Poetry from Late 1997 – 2004)
Featured Poems From Above Book:
THE REST OF YOUR LIFE (Written: 14 June 2003)
MODERN DAY REFLECTION (LONDON ~ 1940) (Written: 17 May 2002)
LINGERING PICTURES AND WORDS (Written: 2 Jan 2002)
DEEP OCTOBER BREEZE (Written: 1 Nov 2001)
HISTORY’S BIGGEST JOKE (Written: 31 August 2001)
THE BOY YOU NEVER KNEW (Written: 16 Oct 2000)
MIDNIGHT YEARNING (Written: 11 Oct 2000)
TO BE ALIVE (Written: 22 Sep 2000)
WANDERING ECHOES LOST (Written: 23 July 2000)
THE LONE SHADOWED AISLES (Written: 22 July 2000)
CLUTTER (Written: 15 Jun 2000)
YOUR REMAINING DAYS WITH ME (Written: 9 Jun 2000)
CASTLES BURNING (Written: 2 Mar 2000)
FORBIDDEN HEARTS THAT HOVER (Written: 2 March 2000)
FROM EVERY SEAM (Written: 7 Feb 2000)
REMINISCENT WINE (Written: 7 Feb 2000)
THE DELICATE HALLS OF FUTURE (Written: 18 Oct 1999)
THE SPECIAL ONE (Written: 15 Aug 1999)
NOTHING PRISTINE (Written: 17 July 1999)
LIKE MICHAEL (Written: 27 Jun 1999)
WORLD ABLUR (Written: 18 Jun 1999)
THE NEON BLUE (Written: 5 Feb 1999)
A QUESTION OF DAYS (PART I AND II) (Written: 28 Dec 1998)
IN SEARCH OF SUNRISE SKIES (Written: 25 Oct 1998)
GREEN ~ NUCLEAR WINTER’S EVE (Written: 24 Sep 1998)
FINE YOUNG MAN (Written: 1 Aug 1998)
BURNING BLUE (Written: 12 Dec 1997)
1991 – Late 1997 (52 Poems):
A FAREWELL TO REASON (Poetry from 1991 – Late 1997) – Written under my pseudonym:”Echo” instead of my real name: Joseph M. Brennan Jr.
Featured Poems From Above Book:
MOONLIGHT BAY (Written: 1 Aug 1991)
DREAM INFATUATION (Written: 14 May 1994)
THE LAMPLIGHTER (Written: 14 May 1994)
NIGHT WHISPERS (Written: 25 Apr 1995)
CITY STALINGRAD (1942) (Written: 25 May 1995)
LIPSTICK TEASE (Written: 30 Sep 1995)
NIGHT DANCES (Written: 21 Oct 1995)
A MONUMENTAL TOAST (Written: 1 Dec 1995)
A ROLL AWAY KISS (Written: 31 Dec 1995)
A FAREWELL TO REASON (Written: 20 Mar 1996)
WATERCOLOR RAIN (Written: 16 Jun 1996)
LISA LINGERS (Written: 10 Sep 1996)
GHOST CHANNELS (Written: 27 Sep 1996)
REUNION FOR A NIGHT (Written: 29 Nov 1996)
FOR FEAR OF BRIDGES (Written: 10 Jan 1997)
FINAL PHOTOGRAPHS (Written: 25 Jan 1997)
THE STARRING ROLE (Written: 26 Jun 1997)