Poetic Beauty: An Abstract Encounter in Black

By John Thomas Qua

This book is an emotional attempt at addressing from a humorous poetic point of view, the vast array of thoughts that are produced through close physical encounters with people who are involved in complex interpersonal relationships and their accompanying matrix of issues associated with everyday life. The author describes his style of poetry as Expressive Poetry.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Aug 14, 2014
• ISBN: 9781490836157

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ISBN: 978-1-4908-3614-0 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4908-3616-4 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-4908-3615-7 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2014907912

WestBow Press rev. date: 08/13/2014

Contents

If the Dark Clouds Should Ever Cover Me

One Debt-Free Day

Warehouse of My Soul II

The Treasure Chest of My Soul

Victory

An Angel Over There

If Jesus Had Not Come

Each New Day

The Good Seed

I’ll Wait Until the Morning

8:46: If I Didn’t Care

Chair No. 187

Leaving Home

A Commodity Called Time

The Void

It’s Going to Be All Right

The Fountain

The Dreamer

Dedicated to You

To the Bone

The Radiance of Beauty

A Precious Diamond

A Picture of You

Hopefully

Chanel No. 9

Without a Doubt

Eternity

You

Fragrance of Beauty

The Definition

Way Up High

Warning Label

A Rich Man

I Know Who You Are

Wishing

A Minute Speck

Success

Cable TV

The Struggle

The Safety Pin of the Tongue

If You Should Find Yourself

This Life of Struggles

Brick House

Honey in High Heels

10:25

A Ship without a Rudder

Answering-Machine Zone

You and I

Now I Know

This Highway Called Life

Just Go Straight Ahead

Drinks, Drinks; Who’s Got the Drinks?

Happy Birthday

A Deadly Invitation from Lust, Fire, and Desire

The Sap

Sometimes

Bird Inside the Dark Glass Bottle

Beauty of the Night

Clear and Bright

Abstract of a Thankful Heart

The Bike

Lovers in a Courthouse Window

Walking to Nowhere

Love, Truth, and Beauty

Toe Back

Great Western Bank

There Was No Need to Struggle

The Club Ramada

Sweet, Gorgeous, and Beautiful, via AT&T

Graciousness from a Loving Friend

Behind the Closed Curtains in the Window

Love, Come to Me

Behold the Locusts

Feathers

A Fatal Attraction

Thirty-Nine Plus One

It’s the Little Things That Mean So Much

Love in a Morning Breeze

The Poet III: A Response

We Care II: An Abstract of Poetic Beauty

Why Can’t a Man Be Like a Woman?

Just This Side of Heaven

Free-Floating

A Final Decree

Heart, Body, and Soul

Reflections

Qua’s Eternity

In the Morning

Remember Me

Diamonds, Roses, and a Cube of Sugar

Rhythm and Blues

Shaping Up for Spring

You Said You Cared

Fool, You Don’t Know Me

No Regrets

Time to Remember

You Don’t Love Me III

The Dream

Cry Now, Smile Later

In the Name of Love

I Love You, Homie

I’ll See You There

Still Remember

I Miss You

Rewind the Clock

Hey, You Don’t Really Know Me

When I Get to Heaven

For You, There’s No Charge

The Doorbell Rang; No One Was Home

Son, Drop and Give Me Fifty

At the Door

The Getaway

Cut Off

Too Cold Just to Be a Doorknob

Dedication

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I dedicate this book to a host of family members and friends. You have been over the years a continued source of true encouragement and inspiration.

I would also like to thank my mother, who first introduced me to the love and tender mercy of a creative, eternal God—the great I Am who, even before the very foundations of the world were formed, created a redemptive plan to save a lost sinner like me. Thanks, Mama. Love always.

Acknowledgments

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I give special thanks to the entire staff at WestBow Press for affording me the opportunity—and providing me with the assistance—to complete a dream project that I’ve had for years, finally bringing it into reality.

I’m also very grateful to various family members, friends, and coworkers who, over the years, have inspired me. You have been a priceless source of encouragement and a valued resource for positive, constructive feedback. I cannot think of the words that could accurately describe how grateful I am for all of you. You will realize just how much each of you has contributed to the enrichment of my life. Thank you, with love always, to each and every one of you.

An Open Invitation to Obtain Eternal Life

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If you have not accepted Jesus Christ as Lord of your life, then why don’t you do it right now? Accept the great I Am, who—before the beginning of time and before the foundations of the world were formed—created a plan of redemption to save lost sinners like you and me. This plan included the birth and ministry of Jesus Christ, God’s only begotten Son. It was Jesus who suffered a cruel and heinous death on a cross. Jesus spent a three-day stay in a tomb, and descended into hades. Jesus, was finally raised in victory over death now claims all power and soul possessor of the keys to everlasting life. When Jesus rose from His grave and physically defeated Satan, he took the keys of death, hades, and the grave from that old dragon, the Devil.

If you don’t know Jesus Christ as your personal Savior and would like to become a child of the only true God, who can grant eternal life or sentence your soul to eternal destruction, then say the following aloud:

Lord Jesus, I am a sinner. Lord, forgive me of