In the Middle of the Night

By Larry Pollock

I am often visited in the middle of the night by a muse. When awakened by the muse, I rush down to my office. By the time I get there, I have a fully developed piece. I write it down like an artist paints a watercolor. Most of the pieces in this book materialized this way. I might wish to take credit, but mostly Im just grateful.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Sep 4, 2013
• ISBN: 9781452580517

Larry Pollock

Larry Pollock is a management consultant in the Detroit Metro Area. He has participated in outdoor adventure activities such as Outward Bound Courses and bungee jumping in New Zealand with his three sons and a 15-Day Spiritual Yoga Journey in Tibet. He lives in Bloomfield Hills, MI.

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ISBN: 978-1-4525-8050-0 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4525-8052-4 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-4525-8051-7 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2013915002

Balboa Press rev. date: 08/29/2013

Contents

Introduction

Nobody Knows

C’mon Dad

Open

The Mongolian Wrestlers

The Dance

House of Sand

Good Father

My Beloved

Beaver Island Weekend

Dad

Rude Awakening

My Moment with a Tibetan Buddhist Monk

It Seems Important

Adrift

Boyhood Dreams and Fantasies

Beyond the Perfect Design

Giving Your Heart

Who Are They?

Poem With No Name

Leaving

The Tree

Place

What To Do?

Bread Crumbs and Cancer

Confession?

Words, No Words

Touching

My Patio Weeds

The Green Pasture

Ants On My Peonies

Resolution!

The Seasons of Our Lives

Insight?

Acceptance

Unnamed

Mrs. Stokesbury and The Orange

Arriving

Tongue-In-Cheek Maxim

Lost

The Point

Dad

Tulum

Something Quite Delicate

An Important Phone Conversation

What Up?

The Nocturnal Bird

Bit by Nature

A Wall

Mom

The Stoplight

The South Dakota Roadside Attraction

The Toll Bridge

For my sons –

Benjamin, Alexander, and Zachary.

And in memory of my son, Joshua,

who was born and died on the same

day in August 1982.

Introduction

I am often visited in the middle of the night by a muse. When awakened by the muse, I rush down to my office. By the time I get there, I have a fully developed piece. I write it down