eyeballs glowing ole fred rogers
on a TV heard to say
each & everybody has
their own special way
mister r.’s cathartic
sound bytes on some velvet screen
reassuring awkward kids
stressed out adults also
occupying gentle spaces
etching smiles onto faces
bubbling up
proclaiming warmly
mister r. venerated
stalwart of community
cagey triumphant
authentic congenial
sharing with a ragtag world
cordial rays of hope
Rob Lane Wilder’s re-structuring of modernism is quirky and unique. His is an instantly recognizable style. Counter to trends, wilder freely embraces rhyme, OgdenNash-like. wilder builds on archetypes made iconic by Duchamp, Dali, Grosz, Berryman, cummings and Pollock. This author explores philosophy, psychology, and spiritual transformation. Merging what’s inexplicable with the surreal, wilder cleaves to formerly unknown, dreamy realms. Some publishing credits include Poetry New Zealand, Pacific Review, Chronogram, The Seattle Review, TheBoston Literary Review, The Libretto Review, Cordite Review, Poetry Quarterly.