Thoughts in Poetry

By NJ Brooks

Thoughts in Poetry is the perfect title for my book as the words reflect my
thoughts during different phases of my life. Some poems are dedicated to
"special" people and others, to the valuable lessons I've learned over the years.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Aug 10, 2011
• ISBN: 9781463437961

NJ Brooks

Neila J. Brooks was born in 1945, in Muskogee Oklahoma to Paul and Mattie Brooks. She has lived most of her life in Colorado, spending her formative years in Craig Colorado. The gift of storytelling runs deep in her blood. Her mother, Mattie was known to submit her writings to various magazine and publications in the 1960's. Mattie's dream was to become a writer. As a single mother of four children, Ms. Brooks would often use stories to entertain, educate and sometimes, terrify her children with late night tales of ill-mannered children. Neila’s relationship with art has spanned over 5 decades ranging from wax sculpting, ceramics, greeting cards, "dot art" to knitting just to name a few. Authoring and illustrating books for her grand and great grandchildren have become family treasures. In this phase of life, Ms. Brooks is satisfying a long time dream of publishing a selection of her poems. Her words are delightful and heartfelt. Her aim is to open her heart and mind for ones enjoyment and hopefully to offer inspiration to anyone who might have the same passion to share a bit of them selves with the world.

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Contents

*Author Biography

A Better World

A Vision To Me

Beyond The Rainbow

Can You Imagine

Christmas All Year

Christmas In My Heart (Within)

Do You Ever Wish

Don’t Cry In The Dark

Dreams

Friends of Love

God is Touching

God Loves Me Today

Heart Keepsake

Heart Sigh

I AM

I Can Do Anything

I Know Why

I Look and I Listen

I Remember Days…

I Will Love Again

If I were like you,

I wouldn’t be Me.

In Search of Me

It Couldn’t Be Me

It’s About Life

Just Take It Like It Is

Just To Be

Little Children

Loving From The Inside Out

Make Believe and Peace

My Child

My Lord, I’m Learning

Old-Fashioned

One

People Bouquet

Spring

The Same Old Road

To Move On

Watching Over Me

World Change

My mother’s poems

About the Book

Thoughts in Poetry is dedicated

with love and devotion, to the memory

of my grandmother,

gama,

Angeline Collins, Devereaux

*Author Biography

Neila J. Brooks was born in 1945, in Muskogee Oklahoma to Paul and Mattie Brooks. She has lived most of her life in Colorado, spending her formative years in Craig Colorado.

The gift of storytelling runs deep in her blood. Her mother, Mattie was known to submit her writings to various magazine and publications in the1960’s. Mattie’s dream was to become a writer.

As a single mother of four children, Ms. Brooks would often use stories to entertain, educate and sometimes, terrify her children with late night tales of ill-mannered children.

Neila’s relationship with art has spanned over 5 decades ranging from wax sculpting, ceramics, greeting cards, dot art to knitting just to name a few. Authoring and illustrating books for her grand and great grandchildren have become family treasures.

In this phase of life, Ms. Brooks is satisfying a long time dream of publishing a selection of her poems. Her words