The Painter & The Poet
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THE WIZARD OF WORDS
Some have voiced that I’m a Wizard
Writing words in sculptured rhyme
Exposing found emotions
Succinctly slowing ticks of time
By creating phrases slowly
I scribe lines upon a page
With words found throughout creation
Bound by love and sometimes rage
Some tell me I’m a Wizard
As to how rapidly I write
At the speed of six white horses
Flying swiftly into night
I draw upon my boundaries
Coaxing feelings to my hand
To give back with life’s commotion
In ways that are not planned
I’ve been told that I’m a Poet
And my lines soar with snow white birds
For I am the Poet of my universe
The Wizard of life’s Words
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THE PAINTER & THE POET
The Painter, Ben Tomlinson & The Poet, Rolfe Dennis Barbata decided to place their styles of creativity out where all could view and decide for themselves as to their talents. The Painter & The Poet is such a venture.
The Watercolor Images that Mr. Tomlinson has created seem to leap from within each page while his Artistic Interpretations dictate delicate brush strokes as they caress the Multitude of Papers that his Paints adhere to.
Mr. Barbata's Gift for Rhyme is lain before you to seep into the depths of your soul.
Turn the pages of THE PAINTER & THE POET and let delicate structures of art caressed by poetry entrap your soul.
About the Author
Rolfe Dennis Barbata & Benny Neal Tomlinson as the Co-Authors of this book, have been friends for the better part of 27 years. They both share a common interest in both poetry and in art, they each have their own unique methods in the creation of their styles of art.
Rolfe began composing his rhymes when he was in his early teens and Ben began to really get good with his choices of Mediums around 25years ago. Ben's renderings are of what he views throughout nature and within life itself, he improves his talent with each and every stroke of his brush, in many ways he is a Natural Talent.
Rolfe writes of the moment and he writes with the compassion of life. His ability to quickly write down his feelings at a moments notice continues to amaze nearly all those who witness his gift in action. Rolfe has amassed well over 6,000 poems and short stories in his continuing lifetime and hopes to put all into print eventually. Rolfe graduated William Howard Taft High School in California in 1964 and it was about then that he started putting his unique talent for composing rhyme to paper. He went into the U.S. Navy in 1965 and took correspondence classes from U.C.L.A. and Manila University, completing a majority from each College. Rolfe still learns of life and living each and every day that he draws a breath. He still writes and only now has he started to do Readings at a local Barnes & Nobel in Encino California on the last Saturday of each month.
The Painter & The Poet is the first joint venture for these two artists and it looks to be a great melding between the two.