Dr. Stephen F. Mayer
THE OBSERVANT POET
Poetry and Engineering: Finding Your Balance to Become Your Best Self
It can be hard to find time for yourself and find some activities to relax your mind and feed your soul. It’s important to find balance in your life between your right brain and your left brain to keep you sane because, “the right brain keeps us in the present, while...
On Mindfulness and Poetry
The discussion of mindfulness and one’s ability to live in the present has taken center stage for some time. We routinely hear the importance of “Now.” Intellectually we know that we cannot relive or undo the past, and certainly we cannot predict the future. Mark...
When Spirit Leads: An excerpt from Exploring Life One Poem at a Time
A time before of unhappiness and strife yearning for a joyous and peaceful life A heart troubled and in need of healing it was difficult to express the turmoil I was feeling But now with firm ground under my feet my heart skips to a new beat In a...
My Stalwart Cottage: An excerpt from Exploring Life One Poem at a Time
My little cottage by the sea stands as strong as can be inside I’m protected from the winds that soon will batter me As I walk out the door, I’m still awestruck by the greenery waves crash and churn on the shore completing this incredible scenery I walk to the...
Should You Copyright Your Self-published Book? I Did.
Let me start off with a disclaimer – I am NOT a lawyer and this blog post should not be used as legal advice. What I am sharing with you is how I handled my copyright concerns when self-publishing my first book. Since I always want to understand my risks, I have an...
Publishing your first book? It takes Teamwork.
Have you ever taken the time to read the “Acknowledgements” section in any published book? In the past, I must admit, I just skipped over it. That has changed! With the publication of my first book of poetry, I came to deeply appreciate the skills and expertise that a...
Start Writing Poetry Now!
Writing, like many things in life, is about just getting started! In most human endeavors, we all find times where we procrastinate or simply can’t find the internal motivation to get started. My commitment to writing began over the 2019 Thanksgiving holiday. I...
Poetic Alchemy
I began writing poetry in earnest in the Autumn of 2019. I was already 67 years old. Although I had always embraced the work of the Romanticists, my interest in writing lay dormant for decades. So, what finally led to the outpouring of emotion and creativity through...
Let’s get started!
This is my first blog as The Observant Poet™. The purpose of the blog is to reach out to writers that enjoy journaling, writing poetry, essays, and short stories. I am by no means an experienced author. Rather I wrote my first collection of poetry in 2020. It was a...
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