David L. Painter
David Painter is a Northeast Ohio poet and photographer. His aim is to capture his point of view on the world through nature, culture, architecture and history.
About David L. Painter
David Painter is a Northeast Ohio poet and photographer. His aim is to capture his point of view on the world through nature, culture, architecture and history.
Dave's love for photography began in the 1970s with the purchase of his first Minolta SLR camera. Through his keen eye, Dave became a member of the Cleveland Photographic Society and the Chagrin Valley Photography Guild. For the last decade, Dave has added poetry to his creative repertoire. Ex- panding his interests to the human condition, fiction and history; his favorite era being the Civil War. Much of Dave's poetry is inspired by his photography; the perfect marriage of his two passions.
Dave is a member of many poetry groups including Allegory Alley, Scribbles Writing Organization, Poems and Unpoems, Writers Writing Poems and Out of Your Write Mind. Additionally, he is active in The Pixel Photography Club and the local historical society.
Dave was born and raised in Charleston, W.V. but has made the Greater Cleveland area his home for the past fifty years. He is married with two kids.
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Forgotten Book — poem unrhymed
David Painter is a Northeast Ohio poet and photographer. His aim is to capture his point of view on the world through nature, culture, architecture and history.
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The Boxwood tree and the graveyard man — poem unrhymed
"...fake tears are now dried in the evening sun..."
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Blue Mountain — poem unrhymed
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The Bridge — poem unrhymed
"...Standing there I could feel the slip of time..."
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The Courier — poem unrhymed
"...he nodded at each as if all knowing..."
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Think me not a fool (diary of a widow) — poem unrhymed
"It has been seven years since you departed..."
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Silent Lover — poem unrhymed
"...ever self-conscious to its fate or hunger or necessity..."
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Still Life — poem unrhymed
"...it had given added life to this quiet place..."
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Shooting stars – A Holocaust story — poem unrhymed
David Painter is a Northeast Ohio poet and photographer. His aim is to capture his point of view on the world through nature, culture, architecture and history.