Who We Are: Our Lives and the Human Condition

By Herbert Spohn

Herbert Spohns poetry is rooted in his life experiences. In his collection of free verse, Spohn illuminates elements of the human condition, such as romantic love, identity, aging, death, and childhood in postWorld War I Germany.

Spohn, an migr from Nazi Germany and decorated World War II veteran, relies on both his personal and professional backgrounds to share his unique reflections on life. With a style that is at times warm and lyrical, analytical and searing, and sensual and thought-provoking, Spohn encourages others to look inward and rediscover emotions about such relatable subjects as falling in love, the betrayal of an aging body, and the pain of loss.

Who We Are is a poignant and sophisticated collection of poetry that shares one mans reflections as he looks back on an imperfect, yet fulfilling, life.

Words float at random

arrayed in patterns on the surface.

Meanings they seem to yield

seduce us readily into belief.

When they disaggregate

we do not know we are betrayed.

Misled by ineluctable formations,

we walk in truth until we fall.

Words can lead us into regions

where our pain resides.

Yet they can lift us into ecstasy,

and bring us healing love.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Feb 5, 2013
• ISBN: 9781475970562

Herbert Spohn

Herbert Spohn, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, researcher, and author of the short story collection Broken Glass and Other Stories and a compilation of poetry titled Do You Know Me? Do I Know You? A widower with two children and six grandchildren, Herbert lives in Topeka, Kansas.

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ISBN: 978-1-4759-7055-5 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4759-7056-2 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2013900492

iUniverse rev. date: 02/01/2013

Contents

Acknowledgements:

Romantic Love

Falling in Love

Being in Love

Romantic Love and Its Vicissitudes

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