Bastion

Jose A. TovarJuly 17, 2018

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Bastion

written by: Jose A. Tovar

Yes!
(You must
rise above it all...)
I resolve to climb
life’s rugged mountain
—rugged as my spirit—
this bastion of the desert
amidst a wilderness of hope.
I set my eyes on Daunting Peak:
future’s herald awaiting my ascent.
Her soaring whispers encouraging my travels
into moonlit dreams and unknown shadows.

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Jose A. Tovar

Inquiring freethinker undertaking a journey of moral and intellectual transformation: I strive, I search, I hunt for the hidden and forbidden, mold it into poetry, and let the shadows within me burst free...

B.A. in Political Science, former Analytical Linguist, and lover of liberty.

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I live in the small town of Long Lake, Minnesota, west of Minneapolis. I worked many years as a sales and technical training instructor. I began writing seriously in 2011 by writing a poem a day for a year. I loved the process and stayed with, focusing on rhymed poems and haiku. In 2015 I met a fellow writer who encouraged me to begin writing short stories. I did. In early 2018 I submitted my first story on-line and it was featured on CafeLit. I have been off and running since then. Bridge House Publishing is releasing a collection of twenty-seven of my stories later in 2020. I love the process of coming up with an idea and creating a story that hopefully has both emotional impact and is interesting to read. I have no plans on stopping. Many thanks to Spillwords for featuring my stories, and thank you to those who read them and who voted for me. It is truly an honor to have been selected as Author of the Month.