Visions
I recited this poem, “Visions,” at the 10.10.17 Vallejo City Council meeting where I was officially proclaimed and appointed the 2017-2019 Vallejo Poet Laureate.
Visions by D.L. Lang
No photo can quite capture
this moment’s true beauty,
for moments, like all people,
were meant to be free.
Words,
they fail to pinpoint
just what this place means to me,
for words are but stardust
in this universe full of dreams.
How wonderful to have landed
in this corner of the earth,
where the streets are lined
with stories of history and rebirth.
To your visions
of our metropolis
to what she was, is,
and can still be,
Vallejo,
I am grateful
to be a voice among thee,
for together we form a chorus,
praising our beautiful city.
You can view the video here: youtu.be/Ro30pT_7X_0
Resting on my Laurels
$9.99eBook: $5.99
Resting on my Laurels contains poetry written, performed, and published during D.L. Lang's tenure as the 2nd Poet Laureate of Vallejo in addition to other never before seen poems.
About the Book
Resting on my Laurels contains 86 poems including many written, performed, and published during D.L. Lang’s tenure as the 2nd Poet Laureate of Vallejo. It contains such favorites as “Ancestral Honor”, “Millennium Vision”, “Use Elevator to Exit Reality”, “Train Whistle Polka”, “Benicia Bound”, “Love Poetry Capital Blockade”, “Visions,” “Vallejo, California,” “Elegant Stag,” “Little Watercraft,” “Listen!” and many, many more written and performed in 2017-2018.
Read poetry posted on the blog from Resting on my Laurels.
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List Price: $9.99
5.06″ x 7.81″ (12.852 x 19.837 cm)
Black & White on White paper
130 pages
ISBN-13: 978-1983939778
ISBN-10: 1983939773
BISAC: Poetry / Women Authors
Smashwords ISBN: 9780463718933
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Also available to libraries through OverDrive, Baker & Taylor Axis 360, Tolino, Gardners (Askews & Holts and Browns Books for Students), Bibliotheca CloudLibrary, Odilo and Califa’s Enki.
Complete list of poems included in this volume:
Rebel Verse
Know
Hey, Daydreamer
Mandatory Vacation
Dust Storms May Exist
Woody
Living Lyrics
Orion
Taking a Trip on the Mother Road
A New Day
Stars
What’s in a Hat?
For My Favorite Hobo
Resting on my Laurels
To My Favorite Protest Singer
Wandering Stars
Offerings
Buried Treasure
Disarmed
Terms of Endearment
Reunion
How
Here
This Isn’t
Rays of Hope
Afflatus
Read the Signs
Mind Blown
Dancing
A Single Heart
Bibliophile
There is Always Good News
Solidarity Salutes
Metaphor
Clear-headed Underwater
Back Catalogue
Upward Spirals
Why D.L.?
That which the Realtor cannot Itemize
To the Tenth Generation
My Soul’s Citizenship
The Storm Shall Pass
The Missing
The Lottery of Birth
I’m Tired of Waking Up in 1933!
Why???
In These Times
The Time Has Come
Xennial Luddite
Occupational Hazards
Fascinations
Firestorm
Secondary Sorrows
Inevitably of Existence
Performance Anxiety
It Ain’t What it Seems
Highway Snobbery
In Times of Action
What 3 Words?
Delayed Response
State of the Poet
Pain Relief
Fame
The Gallows of Public Opinion
The River
Beliefs
Visions
Vallejo, California
Charlottesville
Ancestral Honor
Millennium Vision
Unbound
Little Watercraft
Dreaming of Better Days
Elegant Stag
Players
Ignite
Listen!
What A Gift You Have Given Me!
Use Elevator to Exit Reality
Wrapping It Up
For Newman
Train Whistle Polka
Love Poetry Capital Blockade
Benicia Bound
Libraries Ignite Universes
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All of my gigs have been cancelled until further notice. Please stay safe everyone. If you would like to support me at this time, please consider buying one of my books from your favorite online retailer.