mike hiler poetry

                                                                                                Reflection On Water  /2.     The price we pay to water for its being two thirds of us is, in thrust, saturation.   The colors of the blood, each separately, mirror the curtains from rage to delight.   Saliva, stickier than a toad's (which is the tongue) bleeds on into the conversation of what we are passing through.   Oils, enough to dot the ground for one winter and then dry out toward the Earth's center.   The protean of one mountain or one estuary seeking resolution. The episode of the search for the body of a friend lost at sea, a sunset, a pearl, an opal: all aflame ---- .   To rise upon a triangle of satin, Stretch across the web it casts at noon tomorrow and fall, in pieces, out of that rainbow of reason there on the surface, reflecting sky. (Photo by Kristin Hiler)   2. 

                                                                                               BREAKWATER'S EDGE   /1. (Photo by Kristin Hiler)      

                                                                                               PUSH -1.3                                                                                                                          In Two Parts                                                  Second Edition   With “Stones Source”                            Mike Hiler                                                       The pocket of Death's jacket   Is filled with stones  for the living.         PUSH   version 1.3 ©   2021   Eyecon Yakima, WA (Photo by Jo N. Miles)  

  Index                                                             Index of  Push  and  Stone’s Source (Photo by Jerry Johnson)               Introduction                                                         i             BREAKWATER’S EDGE                                     1.                Reflection on Water                                         2.              Deer Lake  (*Buckskin Larch)                         3.              Surface                                                              4.             Clear and Subtle Mind                                      5.              A Day in the Life                                                6.              Have you Seen                                                 7.              The Singer                                                          8.             Once                                                                    9.             For J.N.                                                            

    The Eyecon lookout icon and the  PUSH  graphic were designed and hand printed by Mike Hiler     Technical assistance was provided by Rich Haydon, the “Eyecon Adjunct.”   PUSH (1.1)    was first published  by the Eyecon label  In CD format and updated to 1.2 in anticipation of a paper and glue release.   PUSH Edition 1.3 is now a serial social media release Presented through an Eyecon project           PUSH   Edition 1.3 ©   2021   Eyecon Yakima, WA           Relevant Publication Information for PUSH   The following poems from  PUSH  have been published in small poetry journals or limited edition newspapers:   1. Deer Lake 2. Shell 3. Yakima Harvest (Earth Harvests the Traveler) 4. Fifth Day of Virgo 5. Opening 6. The Seventh Wave 7. For J.N. 8. A Place in Time Photos by Mike Hiler, except where noted    

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  The Story of PUSH       In 2003 an unusual bit of information surfaced about a new computer technology.  My friends and I had been hearing that someone, somewhere was copying electronic text documents and photos onto Compacts Discs (CDs) with a small, affordable, home unit.  Hard to believe there was a time before this was possible, but in 2001 it was revolutionary.  Before the CD there was the floppy drive with limited capacity.  Now you could design and store a large volume of text and photos with little effort.     Working with Rich Haydon of TAPJoE Press, we envisioned how this would change the world of the small poetry press.  Our first “wild Idea” was that small publishers could now copy their book, with multiple photos and images, for a fraction of the cost of a published paper book and sell them for a fraction of the hard copy price.  CD’s would be easy to mail the old fashioned day or electronically and PDF would secure the content.  The cheaper sales price would mean that b

  Book List     Mike Hiler   14 collections, 7 releases: 1977 - 2021 (44 years)     1.  Sticks , shared release with Mike Cochran. 1977, Cochran  2.  Logbook, Dreams of a Secret Aviator ".  1988, small press     release.     Journey  -Backpack Edition 1990, TAPJoE Poetry Journal.            3.  Journey North for Summer             4.  Kamikazi   5. Graphs of Para, a Poets Notebook.   1998, Eyecon    PUSH - 1.1.   2004 CD release, Eyecon, 2021, Social Media Release,                  - Blogspot serialization - Yakima             6. Breakwater’s Edge           7. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors           8. Stone’s Source    Buckskin Larch and Bedrock.   2011, Cave Moon Press                    - Available on Amazon           9.  Buckskin Larch          10. Bedrock   Listos.   2017 Cave Moon Press - Available on Amazon          11.  Campfire Smoke           12 . Praise           13. Stone          14. Listos      

  Mike Hiler Poetry                              Brief Biography of The Author   Mike Hiler graduated from the University of Missouri in 1966 and taught junior high school mathematics in Kansas City for two years.  In 1968 he enrolled in the Institute of Allende in San Miguel, Allende, MEXICO and received an art degree from San Francisco State College in 1970.  Since that time he has worked in the Pacific Northwest as a fire lookout, a Wilderness Ranger and trails manager, and an administrative technician for the U. S. Forest Service, retiring in 2005.     Since 2005 Mike and his wife Kristin have camped extensively throughout the Pacific Northwest.  Mike has pursued the Ceramic arts at their home in Yakima. They are actively rehabilitating the old Jumpoff Lookout station in theTieton Basin, west of Yakima.    Mike has written and published numerous articles on the history of Central Washington, trails maintenance, and Wilderness issues.  In 1987 he published a "Study Guide to the