Potpourri of Poetry and Song

By Lydia Esmer

Readers of this book will discover amazing variety, not only in themes, but also in poetic style. Lydia herself invented a three-syllable line of carefree verse that she employed in her "August Love in Tennessee". Her poems are a veritable visual feast much like a painting, owing to her adroit use of descriptive terms.

The author has mastered the art of poetic storytelling, as well. We witness the character of five individuals unfold in a three-page poem. See "A Mother's Quilt". Lydia's poems are decidedly upbeat and reflect the joyful hope that characterizes her life as a Christian.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Aug 24, 2011
• ISBN: 9781481716789

Lydia Esmer

Lydia Esmer is a Spanish specialist and a classically trained soprano, fluent in English and Italian as well. She has taught Spanish at all academic levels and was employed as a church soloist before her marriage. Her interests include cooking and baking, paintings and sculpture by the masters, listening to and performing classical and semi-classical music, coaching young voices, reading, good movies, and walking in the early evening with her husband, Gerald. Lydia's poetry reflects her love of beauty, not only through the descriptive images that appear on every page, but also through her use of color and rhythm. Several of the poems which appear in this publication are copyrighted songs for which Lydia also composed the melody. She is an author who has followed her own star, listening to her inner voice and waiting for God to speak. She has always been drawn to the truths of the Bible and the miraculous in the Christian experience. The author is privileged to sell her work as individual laminated poems at various locations in Middle Tennessee. Through the initiative of a manager of a prominent Florida hotel, Lydia's poems are being sent to our service people in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Potpourri

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Poetry and Song

Lydia Esmer

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First published by AuthorHouse 10/10/2011

ISBN: 978-1-4634-2823-5 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4817-1678-9 (ebk)

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Brain Fever

CHAPTER I SEASONS and NATURE’S WONDERS

SAGUARO

The Marvelous Moon

The Rose

TO A SNAKE

August Love

SEPTEMBER ROSE

Golden Days (Ode to October)

November’s Song

Chapter II Love--Lost and Found

Don’t You Know?

Cryin’ on a Sunny Day

That’s the Way It Is

How to Stay Married

Chapter III God and the Christian Life

Pledge of Allegiance to the Cross of Christ

You Have Chosen Us

My God is With Me

THE INNER ROOM

Only a Moment

A Savior This Way Comes

The Sign

CANCIÓN DE JESÚS

SONG Of JESUS

BLEST

HE IS

Vanquished

Gonna Dance

Chapter IV: DREAMS-MEMORIES-NOSTALGIA-TRADITIONS

TO A TEAPOT

My Valentine

Lilacs in the Rain

Grown-Up Christmas

CHAPTER V: OVERCOMING

Perfect Fit

The Latch

Acknowledgements

The publication of this book would not have been possible without the excellent education I first received from my parents, who both had wonderful stories to tell from their own life experiences. It is also to their credit that I owe my adventures in reading good books. Not a day passed during my growing years and even up until their advanced age that I did not see my parents engrossed in reading material, which they were often enthusiastic about sharing.

Secondly, I owe much to the great poets of yesteryear who inspired me with the beauty and intensity of their writing. Chief among these are William Cullen Bryant, Emily Dickinson and Edgar Allen Poe.

Finally, gratitude belongs to my eternally patient husband, who is always able to assure me that I haven’t lost a poem or parts of my manuscript irretrievably in the labyrinth of the computer. I