Enticing My Delight

By William Flewelling

"The collection is a delight. What I especially like are its sprightly juxtapositions -- every poem that follows every other poem strikes a different note -- surprises by its sudden shifts & differences in tone & content. It really gives a marvelous sense of the poet's diversity. "By Happenstance Together" could almost be its title.


"It really is a joy. It bursts with pleasures."

Guy Kettelhack, poet, author, artist, violinist

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Jun 28, 2012
• ISBN: 9781477228289

William Flewelling

I am a retired minister from the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) living in central Illinois. Led by a request from Mildred Corwin of Manua OH when I arrived there in 1976, I long developed and led a series of bible studies there and in LaPorte IN and New Martinsville WV. These studies proved to be very feeding to me in my pastoral work and won a certain degree of following in my congregations. My first study was on 1 Peter, chosen because I knew almost nothing about the book. I now live quietly in retirement with my wife of 54 years, a pair of dogs and several cats.

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Published by AuthorHouse 06/21/2012

ISBN: 978-1-4772-2829-6 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4772-2828-9 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2012911304

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Contents

Foreword

The Maple At Price Ridge Crossing

Again, The Maple At Price

Ridge Crossing

Upon Arrival

A Fleck Of Orange Glow

Amid The Chatter-Afternoon

To Wit

I Miss Them Now

One Snappy Retrieval

Inside, But Not Quite

Out For Perusal

While Looking Up

One Red Checker

Tired Mothers And Little Girls

A Hem

The Hand

Not Often Seen This Year

Veteran’s Day: 2011

Conjuring A Muse

Martha

Margaret

The Sudden Flurry Rises Free

Young Woman Sweeping Past

The Conversation Not Overheard

In Sober Concentration

Attentive To Her Public

Postlude

Within Her Hands

Lone Caregiver

They Come With Care

At Window Banking

With Shovel For A Shove

A Stab

Of 7 December 1941

Interior Motives Organizing

In Spite Of All

Arrival

Farewell

Departing The Familiar Teller

Two Crows, Apart

Acrobats At Pastoral Delight

From One Glance Up

An Amiable Distraction

The White Dressed Girls

For Independence Day

From The Rail

The Ultrasound Photos

Today’s Fulfillment Of The Years

As Small Talk Goes

Beneath The Garden Window

A Distant Recognition

By Happenstance Together

Within A Pause, As Two Alone

With Working Concentration

Beyond The Ridge Line

Blackberries!

Draped Shoulders

As Accolade, Not Afterthought

The Extra Technical Technique

The Tantalized

This Mother’s Strength

Unto The Parting

The Round Within The Frame

The Pacing At The Pacing

Of The Queue

The Sermon Watcher

One Little Fawn

The Mist Below The Overcast

Procedural Aftermath

Beyond The Hollow, Overhead

Near The End Of A Working Day

Nocturne-Serenade

Daffodils

That Long Way Down

Late Latent Glow

Watching The Thunderstorm

Blow Through

A Formerly Troubled Afternoon

A Grateful Solitude

A Briefened Canteen Stay

Lest I Mend

With All That’s Left Unseen

Perhaps A Realization

A Sadness Underlies

As He Waits His Time

Toward A Lighted Face

Organ Improvisation

While Waiting For The Flight

Some Other Chore In Mind

Farmstead Iris Garden

Intent On Entrance

Come Over To Visit A Bit

Warmly, In A Moment’s Calm

West Virginia Poet Laureate

From The Neglected Blur

Abandon Demonstrated

Pentecostal Freshening

In Weighted Summary

Fluttering Upon My Fancy

As Patience Flows

Stark Marks Against the Overcast

Years After Viet Nam

Drawn From Her, Unawares

Perhaps A Realization

For The Three