Words of Love: Hello from a Far off Place

By Peter Anthony

Here the reader will find a story of love, its beginning, the way love grows, the heartaches of expression and separation, and the blessings of love as it becomes present in the lives of two people - expressed in this collection of poems written for my wife during 15 years of courtship, love, and marriage.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Aug 6, 2007
• ISBN: 9781467825658

Peter Anthony

Peter Anthony has worked as a software engineer and as a freelance sportswriter and columnist. He divides his time between the US and Switzerland.

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Contents

Introduction -

Prologue - By Margaret Rose

Chapter 1 - First Kisses -

Chapter 2 - Inspired -

Chapter 3 - Questioning -

Chapter 4 - Lives Together -

Chapter 5 - Missing You -

Chapter 6 - Love’s Promise -

Chapter 7 - Days and Nights -

Dedication -

These words are dedicated to my love, my dearest friend, and wife - Marge - who was at first surprised by their reason for being, yet graciously accepted them into her life, and through the years has allowed them to grow.

~ Peter Anthony

Introduction -

Synchronicity - at its simplest is defined as a meaningful coincidence. On August 22, 1989, because of the changes in the economy, I started a new job, in a new industry. I was excited about the possibilities for growth in my career.

I still remember hearing the song The End of the Innocence on the radio as I drove to work my first day. The very next day (as I would learn sometime later), a new customer service representative would start work at the same company and would soon be working in the same location as I was.

This book is a collection of poems written over the years 1992 to 2006. It is a story of love, its beginning, the way love grows, the heartaches of expression and separation, and the blessings of love as it becomes present in the lives of two people.

This is a journey of the heart, of every heart, in any place, that has ever reached out to touch love, and by doing this has felt its longing, known its joy and the reason that a flowering rose is a symbol of love’s promise, and also why its stem is dressed with thorns.

In sharing these words it is our sincere wish that all those who read them, come a little closer to love. Understand that love is meant for all of us, can come to us at any moment, and as much as we would like to choose, it is a moment that chooses us. What will we hear when love calls?

One day while sitting in the rain, listening to a voice I think I have known forever, I began to hear it -

Quietly around the two,

fell the fleeting day …

Let’s walk a while now, take a journey of the heart, as we share these Words of Love …

Peter Anthony

Prologue - By Margaret Rose

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In early 1992, the courtship began. Pete was so enamored, but I knew he was married. We worked together for several years and often had lunch or spent a few moments together. We became the best of friends. Little did