The Spring Rain: A Seasonal Collection of Poems

By Quinn Graw

Writing poetry for nearly twenty years, Quinn Graw has had a number of poems published in various anthologies. Covering a wide selection of topics including friendship, faith in God, nature and depression come a unique Christian view of human nature. This first book of poetry chronicle the beginning of his writings in the 1990s.

Starting with the winter season then going into The Spring Rain, many of these works deal with the majestic creations within the four seasons that God has created.. From current events to personal struggles there are a variety of works here to reflect upon the ups and downs of our day to day lives.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: May 8, 2013
• ISBN: 9781475988666

Quinn Graw

Quinn Graw, currently a freight receiver at Manning Tru Hardware, has a number of poems published in various anthologies including in the Poetry Institute of Canada’s recent publication – Island Wonders. Being single he resides in his hometown of Manning, Alberta, Canada.

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ISBN: 978-1-4759-8865-9 (sc)

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2013907960

iUniverse rev. date: 05/01/2013

Contents

The Poet’s Pulpit

Section 1: Faith in God

The Black Angel

The Cure to Being Blue

A New Song That I Know

Peace Be with Those

The Writing Dream

Thankfulness

The Witness

New Age of Lies

Dirty White, Ugly Blue and Lots of Red

The Leaf

You Need a Title?

The Fountain Pen

The Sound of Anger

If Jesus Is a Farmer

On an Eagle’s Wings

Just a Little Stuff

Section 2: Family and Friends

Will You Be a Friend?

Give and Take

Outside Love

My Future Wife

Best Place I Know

Salute to the Pioneering Prairies

Single for Now

Family

Ireland: A Land of Green

The Working Man’s Time

Section 3: Odds and Ends of Poetic Rhyme

The Cat

To Read the World Over

The Stamp

The Plague

The Russian War

Sundown

Dakota ’87

The Garden Court

Intermania

In the Camp

Death of a Fairy Tale

Canadian Dream

Alberta West

Unlocking Secrets

Castle of Camelot

The Right Writer

Section 4: Seasonal Poems

Minus-Forty Ice

Cabin Fever Twice

Snowbound Storm Returns

Cold Canada

Season’s Delight

The Fall’s Delight

Changing of the Season’s Guard

Islands of All Time

Solitude Music

The Summer Heat

In a Season of Summer

Bicycle Circles

The Spring: Version 2

The Spring Rain

The Spring Rain

A Collection of Devotional, Family,

Seasonal and Other Poems

The Poet’s Pulpit

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I vividly remember the sunny afternoon of the ninth of June in 1994 when I was creating my first real poem. I was sitting at my old student desk, and sunshine poured through the window. Listening to the chirping birds galore, I could feel the near perfect breeze counteracting the blazing sun in an empty blue sky. I wrote several poems before that point, but I hadn’t considered myself a writer—or a poet. On the day I wrote The Spring Rain, I tapped into a