My Lonesome Rose: A Soldier’S Book of Poems

By Mario Liberatore

This collection of poetry was written during one servicemans active duty in the US Army during World War II. It contains the personal hopes and dreams of a man who found moments of solitude to pen thoughts in poetic writing, to share his romantic love affair, a longing for home, and the rigors of life while serving his country.

In deep and silent meditation, but far from total relaxation, I sit here each lonely night and search my thoughts for words to write.

Experience a yearning, strength of mind, and determination to win not only a war but also the heart of his hometown bride-to-be.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Abbott Press
• Release date: Oct 8, 2013
• ISBN: 9781458211712

Mario Liberatore

Mario Liberatore grew up in East Boston and served as a technical sergeant in the US Army from 1942 to 1946, specializing in radio communications. After the war, he worked for thirty-two years on advanced technologies at Air Force Cambridge Research Labs (AFCRL) at Hansom Air Force Base in Lexington, Massachusetts. He has been married for more than sixty-seven years to the woman he writes of here and has a family of three children, seven grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.

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ISBN: 978-1-4582-1172-9 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4582-1171-2 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2013917180

Abbott Press rev. date: 10/7/2013

Contents

Preface

Poems of Love

So Sweet

My Lonesome Rose

A Dream Tonight

A Year Ago Tonight

Home

Would She Write

Meditation

Your Valentine

Three Little Words

Broken Dream

Starlight Serenade

You

Though You’ve Found Another Love

I Love You

Lovely You

To Share

If I Were King

Why Do I Love You?

Poems of War

What Joy in Life

A War to be Won

Time

Kindness

Pearl Harbor

Springtime on the Battle Field

Fight

Patience

George Washington

Napoleon’s Dreams

Gloom & Doom

The Teacher

Poems Of Life

The Repentant Gambler

In Memory of a Worker

The Contest

My Boy

The Old Man

To A Brook

The Girl Who Lives Down the Street

Call It Anything You Like

The Loveliest Things I Know

Homeward

Falling Rain

The Road to Life’s Success

Keep Smiling

How Wealthy We Are

About The Author

Dedicated to my beautiful wife, Ann

Preface

This poetry was a labor of love, of contemplation, and of sadness that took place during my 3 years, 2 months, and 12 days in