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Wanderings: Selected Poems by D.L. Lang
Wanderings is a chapbook featuring a small sampling of poetry previously published between 2011 and 2017 in D.L. Lang’s first nine full length poetry collections. It includes award-winning poems that have received ribbons or rosettes at county fairs. It contains poems inspired by Oklahoma, the San Francisco Bay Area, Judaism, and a few of her other favorites.
D.L. Lang is a contemporary American poet and spoken word artist. The author of over a dozen poetry books, Lang has been writing poetry for over 25 years. She has performed her poetry on stage hundreds of times at protest rallies, county fairs, literary festivals, open mics, poetry circles, bookstores, libraries, and live radio broadcasts.
From 2017 to 2019 she served as Vallejo, California's Poet Laureate. Her poems have been awarded with numerous county fair ribbons, transformed into songs, used as liturgy for prayer, and to advocate for peace, justice, and a better world.
The scribe of over 1,200 poems from haiku to free verse to masterful rhyme, covering a wide variety of topics, D.L. Lang has poetry that's sure to delight. Lang dabbles in both gritty realism and surrealistic wordplay, sorrowful elegy and uplifting affirmations. Her poetry is a mixture of topical political commentary, religious devotional meditations, and poetic autobiographical memoir. Her words take you on journeys deep into nature, memory, spirituality, and the whisperings of the heart.
She is the author of Tea & Sprockets, Abundant Sparks & Personal Archeology, Look Ma! No Hands!, Poet Loiterer, Id Biscuits, Barefoot in the Sanctuary, Armor Against The Dawn, Dragonfly Tomorrows & Dog-eared Yesterdays, Resting on My Laurels, The Cafe of Dreams, Midnight Strike, and This Festival of Dreams. She has also released a chapbook compilation entitled Wanderings, a Jewish poetry compilation entitled Paradise Collectors, and her debut spoken word album entitled Happy Accidents, and is the editor of Voices, Verses & Visions of Vallejo.
Her poetry has also been published in the Benicia Herald, Poets Are Heroes Magazine, ReformJudaism.org, Poetry Expressed, Frost Meadow Review, and the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles. Her poetry has been anthologized in A Poet’s Siddur (Ain’t Got No Press, 2017), Light & Shadow (Benicia Literary Arts, 2018), Marin Poetry Center Anthology, Vol. 21 (2018), and Verses, Voices & Visions of Vallejo (2019).
D.L. Lang is a contemporary American poet and spoken word artist. The author of over a dozen poetry books, Lang has been writing poetry for over 25 years. She has performed her poetry on stage hundreds of times at protest rallies, county fairs, literary festivals, open mics, poetry circles, bookstores, libraries, and live radio broadcasts.
From 2017 to 2019 she served as Vallejo, California's Poet Laureate. Her poems have been awarded with numerous county fair ribbons, transformed into songs, used as liturgy for prayer, and to advocate for peace, justice, and a better world.
The scribe of over 1,200 poems from haiku to free verse to masterful rhyme, covering a wide variety of topics, D.L. Lang has poetry that's sure to delight. Lang dabbles in both gritty realism and surrealistic wordplay, sorrowful elegy and uplifting affirmations. Her poetry is a mixture of topical political commentary, religious devotional meditations, and poetic autobiographical memoir. Her words take you on journeys deep into nature, memory, spirituality, and the whisperings of the heart.
She is the author of Tea & Sprockets, Abundant Sparks & Personal Archeology, Look Ma! No Hands!, Poet Loiterer, Id Biscuits, Barefoot in the Sanctuary, Armor Against The Dawn, Dragonfly Tomorrows & Dog-eared Yesterdays, Resting on My Laurels, The Cafe of Dreams, Midnight Strike, and This Festival of Dreams. She has also released a chapbook compilation entitled Wanderings, a Jewish poetry compilation entitled Paradise Collectors, and her debut spoken word album entitled Happy Accidents, and is the editor of Voices, Verses & Visions of Vallejo.
Her poetry has also been published in the Benicia Herald, Poets Are Heroes Magazine, ReformJudaism.org, Poetry Expressed, Frost Meadow Review, and the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles. Her poetry has been anthologized in A Poet’s Siddur (Ain’t Got No Press, 2017), Light & Shadow (Benicia Literary Arts, 2018), Marin Poetry Center Anthology, Vol. 21 (2018), and Verses, Voices & Visions of Vallejo (2019).
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Published January 9, 2018
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30 books45 followersD.L. Lang is an internationally published poet whose work appears in over 80 anthologies worldwide. She served as poet laureate of Vallejo, California from 2017 through 2019.
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May 22, 2022
Band of sisters
This selection of 25 short poems reveals the major themes of the poet: acceptance, sisterhood, fear of change, longing for simplicity. Some read as if lyrics to new folk songs, with recurring rhymes, including a passage with one rhyming sound ending 8 successive lines. If you are a devotee of the group mind of communes, kibbutzes or cults, you should find much cause for happiness here.
This selection of 25 short poems reveals the major themes of the poet: acceptance, sisterhood, fear of change, longing for simplicity. Some read as if lyrics to new folk songs, with recurring rhymes, including a passage with one rhyming sound ending 8 successive lines. If you are a devotee of the group mind of communes, kibbutzes or cults, you should find much cause for happiness here.
December 14, 2021
𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒏
𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅
𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔
𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒘𝒏,
𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔
𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔
𝒃𝒆𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈,
𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌
𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚
𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍
𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔
𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒖𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚
𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚
𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈
𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒅,
𝒔𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚,
𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅
𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕.
𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅
𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔
𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒘𝒏,
𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔
𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔
𝒃𝒆𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈,
𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌
𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚
𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍
𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔
𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒖𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚
𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚
𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈
𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒅,
𝒔𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚,
𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅
𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕.
November 24, 2021
Joyous Read
I loved the imagery and the tremendous sense of optimism that is blended into each poem. They describe experiences in eloquent terms and they leave you wanting a bit more. Which is how it should be!
I loved the imagery and the tremendous sense of optimism that is blended into each poem. They describe experiences in eloquent terms and they leave you wanting a bit more. Which is how it should be!
January 22, 2021
Great work!
Well polished and great writing! Really loved the poems about Judaism since I feel it is underrepresented in literature and prose.
Well polished and great writing! Really loved the poems about Judaism since I feel it is underrepresented in literature and prose.
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