Romantic verse
	To You if ever you should go — Poetry by Mark Rector You Don't Have To, by Mark Rector copyright 1984 For Being There, by Mark Rector copyright 1976 I still think about you, by Mark Rector copyright 1985
More Spiritual Poetry
	Vanity and the Obvious, by Mark Rector copyright 1979 This Too Shall Pass, by Mark Rector copyright 1978 Another Virgin Spring, by Mark Rector copyright 1980 Rummaging through Aunt Emma's Photographs The Moment, by Mark Rector, copyright 1974
An eclectic mix of styles
	In the company of solitude, by Mark Rector copyright 1978 The kiss, by Mark Rector copyright 1978 Sticks and stones, by Mark Rector copyright 1987
Prose and Writings
	Tonight I cried, by Mark Rector copyright 1999 The Audible Voice of God, by Mark Rector copyright 2000 A.D. A Tribute to the United States of America, Cited by Mark Rector in 2001, author unknown. Famous Quotes on Computers, Programming and Technical Writing

[This started out as a letter to the editor, but after a few sentences I noticed that it had a rhyme scheme and meter. I left it in prose form, what do you think, is it poetry or is it memorex?]

In the company of solitude At the park the concrete benches lining pavement face within, towards fountains Phillistines have placed to entertain their TeeVee eyes. Behind their backs, some necks unfeathered, mottled geese and necklaced mallards bask on mossy gracious banks. With leather paddles folded underneath their downy undersides (so many prayer rugs free-assembled), they watch as brother swan on still lagoon the silent water glides. No fingers forage bags of peanuts, no lips are smacking--chocolate browned. They leave no litter, rather glean it, leave their picnic pleasant ground. Life comes easy for a mallard, never lonely in a crowd. When I go to the park I join him. But when I want to be alone I sit among the chatty heathen, perched on benches, watching stone. ~Mark A. Rector < TOP >

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