Imagery Poetry
Experimental poetry for images and events of our age.
The Story of Bus Stop Poetry, LLC
I, Mark M Pierzchala, am the creator and sole owner of Bus Stop Poetry, LLC. I am an emerging poet, a senior. I seek to experiment with new poetic forms made possible by modern technology.
Experimental poetry combines verse with existing or published texts, images, sounds, and/or video as relates to the modern age.
The first experimental form is with images such as photographs or drawings. I call this imagery poetry. See the Imagery Poetry sample for an example that uses messages posted on a bus stop.
The name of the company comes from my first Imagery Poetry called "At 22nd and Penn". This has more to do with the messages posted on the bus stop than the bus stop itself. See the Sample section.
Samples - Imagery Poetry
These are samples of Imagery Poetry where images and verse combine to tell a story.
The blue buttons are about the National Debt (really) and its progression over time. Where else are you going to find a poem about the National Debt? And from the POV of a bus stop?
The green buttons are about ghost bike and ghost shoe memorials.
The orange buttons are about the 25th Anniversary Remembrance of the 9/11 attacks on the US and the 11 Montgomery County, Maryland, residents who lost their lives that day.
All samples use cell phone images captured by Mark Pierzchala over the past several years.
Contact and Privacy
Please send inquiries to BSP@BusStopPoetry.com.
Email is currently the only way to contact me. I archive all emails. I check email several times weekly.
I try to answer all legitimate emails. I do not respond to vile emails or spam.
Currently, I do not seek to collect your personal data. If you send me an email with any personal data, that personal information will be included in the email archive.
Currently, I do not collect any analytical data through this website through my own volition. My domain host does, but I do not use their data at moment. I will in the future.
I do not allow you to post on this website.
Rights
All poetry, images, and experimental media content on this website are the intellectual property of Bus Stop Poetry, LLC, owned by Mark M Pierzchala, unless otherwise noted. No part of this website, or any images or documents it links to, may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the owner, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.
All poetry and artwork on this website are original, thoughtful creations by me, Mark M Pierzchala. I do not use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to write poetry. I use AI sometimes to conduct research. However, much of my research is based on published paper or digital materials, on web searches I conduct, from my observations, or other personal sources.
I do not seek or knowingly accept confidential or proprietary information. Please do not send any.