Peter Bruckner: Seven Poems, Visual Gallery

Seven Poems by Peter Bruckner

About the Poet

Whenever asked to write a bio, I am never able to use the same note twice. When filling out an application for a craft fair, where I sell the energetic jewelry I design and make, the fact that I have traveled the world (literally) teaching the twelvefold art curriculum of the Waldorf School is irrelevant. To the editor of a poetry journal it is confusing information to know that I have three children and five grandchildren. That I am well thought of as a writer of short stories, plays, fairytales, and am working on the sequel to my novel Castle in the Clouds is of little interest to a committee commissioning a stained glass window for their church or community center. That I lived in a Camphill Community for twenty-five years and was a Waldorf school teacher for sixteen, and co-creator with my wife Tina, of The Marionette Theatre of the Stars for fourteen years, even I find hard to believe, although I have photographs to prove it and still meet people who fondly remember the songs, the stories, the pageants, the magic.

Although I have worn a variety of hats and will still occasionally try on yet another one, here I am only introducing myself as a poet which is the one constant golden thread that runs through my biography, as I have always considered myself to be a poet, dictating poems before I was able to write and bringing a poetic sensibility to all my endeavors. With this selection I have tried to balance those that speak directly to our present time with those that have a more universal, uplifting mood. Presently I am “putting out to the Universe” the wish to find a poetic dwelling-place where I can focus on my writing, as I have reached the age when the light at the end of the tunnel grows brighter with each passing day. —Peter Bruckner ( pbwindrose@aol.com) www.facebook.com/WindroseStudio

Visual Arts of Peter Bruckner

Below, stained-glass windows (in the Karl Koenig Schoolhouse of Beaver Run, Camphill Special Schools, shown here in three sections) illustrate the “Child of Light” fairytale of Rudolf Steiner.

Left section: Father Truth

Center section: the Child of Light

Right section: an imagination of the three soul forces, protected by the rainbow from Ahriman (green, far right)

Below, drawings: “The Poignant Moment”

Hand painted scarves:

Poster for the play “The Judgment of Paris” A short video gives a feel of the production at www.youtube.com/watch?v=P01fUXMzeaM

Below, Waterfall in Iceland “Golfoss”, watercolor

Energetic gemstone jewelry:

St.George / St. Michael and the Dragon, silk banner 4x5 ft