NEBRASKA POETRY .COM
Featuring Nebraska Poetry and Events

BREAKING NEWS:  Steven Robert Heine launches NEBRASKA POETRY. COM This site will feature poetry contests and information about poetry events in NEBRASKA. It is intended to bring NEBRASKA poetry to the World!

Welcome to the NATIONAL POETRY LEAGUE!

Sports teams have their leagues, so why not poets? Now we have a National League. We finally got a league of our own!

The National Poetry League is a NONPROFIT organization.

Out goals are to:

1) Promote and fund poetry contests at Fairs and schools.

2) Promote self-publishing of poetry.

3) Promote State and City Poet Laureates.

4) Promote local poetry groups and poets.

If you would like to contribute to the NATIONAL POETRY LEAGUE, please send your tax deductible donation to:

The National Poetry League, PO BOX 7574 Salem OR 97303.

Send mail to: Steven Robert Heine

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NEBRASKA POETRY LINKS:

 

Poetrymenu.com

 

Zoopress

 

University of Nebraska Press

 

Nebraska Arts Council

 

Electronic Library

 


FUN LINKS FROM ALL OVER!

 

Louisiana Recipes

 

TESH.COM

Online Slang Dictionary - Welcome

Mark Twain Museum

Howstuffworks

Dollywood

Federal Publications  Many Free!.

OLD TIME CHURCH HYMNS

Neebraska From Space cam!

Steven Robert Heine Official  Site

Bible On Line

Billy Graham Ministries

FREE TICKET TO PARADISE

VIRTUAL TOUR of Silver Creek Falls Park.

 

POEMS BY STEVEN ROBERT HEINE

A WEDDING POEM

 

This day you shall rejoice together,

for in your hearts love's spirit flows.

 

Stand tall and proud and walk together,

as through the years your young love grows.

 

The silver moment, locked in time,

when you would somehow meet...

 

has caused your souls to cry with joy,

and raised you to your feet.

 

Take now the cup of God's provision,

and drink richly through eternity.

 

For in His Plan from time's beginning....

your love was meant to be.

© copyright 2002 by Steven Robert Heine.

AMERICA

In Humbletown a flag still flies.

Floating proudly in the breeze.

 

And down below the farm folk toil

in fields that roll like lush green seas.

 

A builders hammer pounds the air,

as a church is raised from virgin wood.

 

Three children play, not far away

in a park built where a shack had stood.

 

An old man looks out from his porch

exclaiming with a heavy sigh:

 

"America, America

long may your proud flag fly."

© copyright 2003by Steven Robert Heine

HAPPY NEW YEARS

In every year

if a man is lucky,

 

he'll meet two or three people

who become true friends.

 

And he'll set new places

at his table of feasting

 

as he celebrates

when at last the year ends.

© copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine

DREAMER

Look far away

for a little while,

and tell me the dreams

that you see.

From the fountain of love

that flows from your heart,

great things will soon come to be.

© copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine.

A REQUEST

You cannot see

the silver seeds,

my restless soul hunts after.

But hold me now,

inspire me

with love and pain and laughter.

© copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine.

OASIS

You were first

to fill my glass.

 

Sparkling love

you freely shared.

 

Thousands passed

my wretched way.

 

But none till you,

reached down and cared.

© copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine

SUNSHINE

 

You are in my heart

and there to stay.

Like the sunshine

you warm me,

in a special way.

© copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine

MARGE

There came one cool, crisp Halloween,

a princess I had never known.

Who led me to a World I had not yet seen,

but long had hungered to be shown.

Her eyes were like the Autumn moon,

her voice like the Autumn air,

and I feared my dream would end too soon,

as I drew her close and held her there.

 

Like tiny, precious drops of gold

were the moments that we shared.

Embraces were exchanged and secrets told,

but real love was never dared.

For she was destined to become but a memory

and I knew I'd soon have to go.

So I told her that she'd always be a part of me...

and she always will, I know.

© copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine

HAPPY NEW YEARS

In every year

if a man is lucky,

 

he'll meet two or three people

who become true friends.

 

And he'll set new places

at his table of feasting

 

as he celebrates

when at last the year ends.

© copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine

MEDAL OF LAUGHTER

If I've made you happy then I've won,

a victory over sorrow done.

If knowing me has made you laugh,

then raise a toast in my behalf.

Everything that I could do, to make your load lighter for you...

I did enthusiastically, that fondly you'd remember me.

© copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine

A DEEP LONGING

I wish you weren't so far away,

so horribly, terribly far.

I want very much

to share your laughter...

but far away... you are!

© copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine

ONCE A RACEHORSE

Once a racehorse born in time,

to fight against the mocking hordes.

Cursed to plow a farmer's field,

he rose to meet the race of Lords.

 

Beside the multitudes he stood,

stumbling, shaking at the first.

Determined ever in his quest,

his legs leaped forth with one great burst!

 

A thousand knights stood on their toes

to watch him duel the pious kings.

And then they wrapped him in the joy

that victory over hunger brings.

© copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine

LILIES

Writing, I think is for younger men.

Whose eyes see more hope than mine.

Whose pens float freely through the night,

like cups overflowing with wine.

Writing is for dreamers, whose dreams like roses bloom.

Who hold the hearts of the World in their hands

as they sit alone in their room.

Writing is for less freer men,

who have never been chained by defeat.

Unscarred by love and courageous by habit,

they conquer each hurdle they meet.

Writing is for less wise men, who have never known great pain.

Believing in beauty as much as themselves,

they create again... and again!

So the lilies of the field do blossom in the spring.

Falling gently to the earth when they've given everything!


NEBRASKA POETRY dot COM

 

Letter from the President:

 

Dear Readers and fellow poets:

 

I have spent a lifetime promoting and writing poetry. Much of my time has been spent setting up poetry contests at State and County Fairs. Now we have the opportunity to promote poetry in many more communities through the National Poetry League.

 

With your help, this nonprofit organization will support literacy and poetry projects for decades to come. I invite you to contribute, any amount, and leave a legacy of your own. I promise you, your contribution will be logged and your legacy will make a difference in your state and internationally for decades to come.

 

Our immediate goal is to be able to pay for web space and to set up offices.

 

Sincerely,

Steven Robert Heine.

 

the National Poetry League,

PO BOX 7574 Salem OR 97303.


Membership Information:

 

Bronze: $9.99 per year.

Silver: $49.99 per year.

Gold: $99.99 per year.

 

Make check payable to:

 

THE NATIONAL POETRY LEAGUE!

P.O. BOX 7574

SALEM, OR 97303


Purchase BEYOND THE FRONTIER

 

Click above link!

302 Collected Poems by

Steven Robert Heine

includes:

A WINTER'S HARVEST

AUTUMN MAGIC

SPRING RAIN

OF SUMMERS LOST

A SECRET SEASON

& Essays on poetry


THE CARPENTER - Click link to purchase!

60 poems, paperback, autographed, 1st edition.


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Nebraska Poetry Dot Com

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Missouri Poetry Dot Com

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Georgia Poetry dot com

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"If you have family, tell them you love them every day. You never know when you might not get another chance." srh

 

STEVEN ROBERT HEINE

 

Steven Robert Heine Official Web Site


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COUNTY FAIRS DESERVE THANKS!  Several county fairs on the in the United States have added poetry to their exhibits. Poets now have many more places to exhibit their work and get it read. If your county fair doesn't have a poetry contest, tell them to contact us  and we will help them to set one up. For a detailed article on how to set up county fair poetry contests, visit stevenrobertheine.com

If your State or County Fair does not have a poetry contest, ask them to start one. Tell them you or your poetry association will be glad to help manage it.

 

Here are some sample rules:

 

HOW TO SET UP A POETRY CONTEST

 

1) All entries must be matted.

 

2) No entries may use wood frames, glass in frames or metal. (Glass gets easily broken at a fair and can be dangerous. Wooden frames are difficult to hang).

 

3) The fair is not responsible for copyright protection of each poem.

 

4) All poems must be original.

 

5) All poems must have a secure means of hanging on the mat.

 

6) All poems must have at least a size 14 font. (Poems written too small cannot be read when they are displayed).

 

KEEP CLASSES OF POETRY SIMPLE!  Poetry displays at Fairs are designed to draw people to poetry that many not have a knowledge of poetry.

 

Sample classes, learned from years of displays.

 

  • Rhymed.  12 to 32 lines.

  • Free Verse. 12 to 32 lines.

  • Children's Poetry.

  • Teen Poetry.

  • Fair Theme Poem, 8 to 24 lines.

  • Short Poem, 2 - 8 lines. (can include haiku)

  • Artistic Form. (poem put into artwork).

Why not sponsor a cash award for your fair to give out in your name?