Poems to Make You Think

By Douglas Anderson

ILLUMINATIVE/INTERPRETIVE/IMAGINATIVE THE WORLD IS CHANGING AT SUCH A RAPID PACE THAT IT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO KEEP ABREAST OF ALL THAT IS OCCURING ON THIS CELESTIAL GLOBE. IT IS TIME TO DIFFERENCIATE BETWEEN THE IMPORTANT AND THE UNIMPORTANT. RELATIONSHIPS ARE OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE. THIS ACCUMULATION OF SHORT POEMS IS AN ATTEMPT TO EXPRESS WHAT MOST PEOPLE FEEL DEEP DOWN INSIDE BUT ARE OFTEN INCAPABLE OF LIVING OUT IN A PRACTICAL WAY. MEMORABLE OCCASIONS, SIGNIFICANT FAMILY EXPERIENCES, AND FUTURE EVENTS EACH SOMEHOW SUCCUMB TO IMMEDIATE PERSONAL CHALLENGES. INTENTIONALLY SET ASIDE A FEW MOMENTS TO REVEL IN THE BEST OF THE BEST AS DOUG ANDERSON UNRAVELS TRINKETS OF REFRESHINGLY SATISFYING GEMS. YOUR LIFE WILL BE ENRICHED AND YOUR IMAGINATION ENLIGHTENED.
EXCERPS FROM "POEMS TO MAKE YOU THINK"
"Bite The Bullet. Don't Talk Back"
"Waiting Is Never An Easy Thing"
"We All Have Walked In Shoes Of Pride"

LISTEN/LEARN/LIVE/LAUGH/LOVE

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Jan 27, 2010
• ISBN: 9781450205115

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About the Author

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Image311.PNG Doug was born in a small rural Midwestern town and lived there until he married in 1956. He went on to gain his th.D. while fathering ten children, yet still found time to keep physically fit by completing more than one hundred ten full running marathons His ability to stay focused and organized has enabled him to author fifty plus musical compositions and, at the same time, host a twenty three year running television program. Blessed with an innate passion to discover the voice of natural surroundings has enabled him to share, through poetry, insights into areas seldom seen with the naked eye, yet so evident to those seeking answers to the true meaning of life! Fifty two years of married life has provided helpful experiences that are so vividly woven through the expressive poems shared in this uniquely compact book.

Contents

I.   Talking

A Buyers Market

A Cold Winter

Aint None Better

Definite Value

Expectations

It’s True

Just Observing

The Beauty Of Rain

The Easy Life

What Can I Give

II.   Taming

Almost Meaningless

Do Right

Human Frailties

It Actually Is Real

No More Excuses

Personal Growth

Prejudice

Reach Higher

The Only Way

True Or False?

III.   Teaching

Be Aware

Content To Be Here

Controlled Or Uncontrolled

Light The Way

My Chimney

Preparation

Real Love

Thanks Honey

What A Cool Tool

You’re A Winner

IV.   Teaming

Everything I Need

What A Picture

I’m Blessed

Open Doors

Sweet Friendships

The Unexpected

This Is The Life

Use Your Tools

We’ll Never Know

We’re Different

V.   Teasing

A Considerstion

Forget Me Not

He Knows

Seeing Is Not Always Believing

The Game Isn’t Over Yet

There Are Answers

True Sweetness

You Never Know

What Did They Mean?

Why Bother Yourself?

VI.   Testing

Brrrr!

Fear

How About That?

Maybe, Maybe Not

Pretty Scary

The Right Time

There Is An Answer

The Unwanted

Walk In Victory

What’s The Problem?

VII.   Training

A Profitable Quest

Different Views

What A Picture?

Getting Used To It

Impressions

Lessons In Love

Sweet Times

Those Little Foxes

Watch What You Say

Who’s At Fault?

TALKING

A BUYERS MARKET

How do all those stores keep afloat