Mr. Wilson was BORN IN 1941 IN Ithaca, New York and was raised in the Finger Lakes
Region of upstate New York. He was employed by the Traveler’s Insurance Company for 27 years from 1967 to 1994.He retired in 1994 and became disabled with his diabetes and heart conditions. He continues to live in Vernon, CT .In 1989 to 1991 he had 65 poems published in various publications. His poems are drawn from his own life’s experiences. He presents rich images through the strong and interesting use of his poetic vocabulary and language. He has continued his poetry
to the present and is proud to be a poet of two centuries. He encourages others to keep poetry alive. In 2009 Mr. Wilson has had poems accepted for publication by:
Westward Quarterly, Cloud Appreciation Society, Nomad’s Choir, The Poet’s Art
Star*Line , Write On.!!, She-mom (A Brilliant) Record. Ceremony and Fullosia,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
James Webb Wilson
The Film Ran in Reverse
The film ran in reverse
We saw the combine put wheat in the field
We saw the old barn falling together
We saw the cat jump up on a large post
We saw the catcher pitch the ball to the pitcher
We saw a log sawed and chopped
Reassemble itself back on the wood pile
We saw the end throw the football
Over his shoulder to the quarterback
We saw jet planes in weird retrograde
A diver came out of the water arcing
Up to land feet first on the spring board
Rabbits and squirrels in reverse
Going where they’ve always been
Then when my Dad backed up the car
It looked oddly normal
Two reversals made it right
In Their Own time Defined
We walk along a time line with fashions and fads
Of common products and commercial ads
Novels of the nineties can now refer
To Nintendo, Walkman, CD’s and fake fur
Word processors, lasers and microwave dishes
To cable –HBO, Sports Channels
Query languages – relational data bases
We see the trail of life littered
With the signs of the times
Recycling bins in purposeful hues
Crash diets, the Heimlich maneuvers
Closet doors with slots and louvers
We shall remember these littered time
The fast pace of change
Technology builds in obsolescence
Resale’s, upgrades, to better
Their quota, the market share
We talk the time line
Anachronisms nonverbally defined
