Footsteps: Poetic Reflections on the Opposite Sex and Life's Other Contradictions.

By Larry Morgan

Whens the last time you read a poem that touched your heart, captured your imagination, or made you laugh out loud? A gifted writer who has traveled the world reflects on Relationships, Women, Real Men, Life, and Humor. From the romantic and profound to the clever and absurd, FOOTSTEPS will leave you with a smile on your face and a glow in your heart. This is a book youll share but want back. These are poems youll read again and again.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Jul 18, 2013
• ISBN: 9781475997576

Larry Morgan

Morgan was born in 1944 in a three-room shack in the Nantahala Mountains of North Carolina. He is the seventh of ten children. In 1956, his family moved to Guilford County near Greensboro, NC. He graduated in 1962 from Colfax Union School. Despite receiving several basketball scholarships, he chose to stay close to home by attending High Point University, graduating in 1966. Morgan holds a Master of Education and Education Specialist degrees and principal's certificate from the University of NC-Greensboro. His teaching career began in the fall of 1966 at Ferndale Junior High in High Point, NC. Later he taught in Davidson County before becoming the principal of Nantahala School, his alma mater. He went on to an administrative position in Randolph County, NC, from which he retired in 1996.

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iUniverse rev. date: 08/07/2013

CONTENTS

RELATIONSHIPS

FOOTSTEPS

ACHE

ALWAYS NEVER

BEATING DEAD HORSES

BREATHLESS

CANDLES

CASABLANCA

DARLIN

DECISION

FRESH CUT FLOWERS

GOING THRU THE MOTIONS

HE NEVER SAID THAT HE COULD FLY

HEARTS IN MOTION

ICK ON YOU

LITTLE LIES

ONE NIGHT STAND

POINTS OF LIGHT

QUICKIE

TANGO

TIME AND SPACE

TWILIGHT COMET

UNFINISHED LOVE SONG

US IN LITTLE WORDS

WORDS IN WAITING

WOMEN

CHANGE OF LIFE

DAUGHTERS

EASY

FORGET IT

GIFTING

GRAVITY

ODDS ARE

OUT ON A LIMB

RABBIT HABIT

SHADOW WOMAN

SHE

SIX IN THE MORNING

TABLE FOR TWO

THAR SHE BLOWS… NOT!

TIGHTROPE

VAPOR

WHO YOU ARE

REAL MEN

BLINDERS

CHORES

COWBOY

DOUBLE PLAY

HE NEVER

HUNG

I MAILED IT TOMORROW

KATZ

LAST MAN CLUB

LIVING WITH ME

OLD LEAF

ONE DAY SHY

PARTNERS

REUNION

SENTRIES

SOMETIMES THE WORDS WON’T COME

SPLIT DECISION

LIFE

ACCOUNTING 101

BORROWED TIME

BOTH SIDES NOW

BURN OUT

CALL WAITING

CAR BUFF

CHOICES ARE

CLIPPED FOR TIME

DANCER

DOG STYLE

FLIGHT OF THOUGHT

GOING DOWN?

HELLO GOODBYE

HIGHER BEING

HINDSIGHT

HOME ALONE

IN TIME

LEGACY

MORE OR LESS?

NOMADS

OLD BEGINNINGS

PENTAMETER

PHOENIX

PICTURES ON THE BABY GRAND

PLAYBALL!

REMEMBRANCE

RETIRED

SCORE CARD

SEPARATE WAYS

THE DOWNHILL SIDE OF FIFTY

TIME

UP STREAM

WHOSE KILLING WHOM?

WIND AND SAND

HUMOR

BOOMER

BROKE BACK MOUNTAIN (CONDENSED)

CAN YOU DIG IT?

CAT AT BAT

CHANCES ARE

COMPUTER CAT

CRYING WOLF

DOWN LOAD

FIXED

GENE POOL

GENOME

HANG IN THERE

HIGH SCHOOL REUNION

IF YOU DIDN’T NEED THE MONEY

KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID

LIFE’S LITTLE AGONIES

MONSTER MASH

PAPER OR PLASTIC?

PHYSICS

SIZE MATTERS

SKY MILES

SPIN DOCTOR

TAKING STOCK

TAX TIME

THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER TODAY

THE PARTIES OVER

THERE OUTTA BE A LAW

THINK ABOUT IT

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD

WRITERS BLOCK

This book is dedicated to the women in my life, most of whom treated me better than I deserved.

RELATIONSHIPS

The best you can hope for in a relationship is to find a

mate whose flaws you can tolerate.

FOOTSTEPS

I’ll always be your soul mate,

For our hearts and our minds are as one.

Though cast up on different beaches,

We walk neath the same distant sun.

While separate shores we may wander,

That sun casts its light on the land.

Look over your shoulder beside you,

My footprints you’ll see in the sand.

ACHE

I have no plans,

I have nowhere to be.

I have an ache in my heart

That won’t let me be.

I feel underfoot,

I seem out of step.

Like a tune out of rhyme,

A conductor inept.

Let’s both just