The Poems

By Blair Smith

These free verse "poems" do not follow the traditional requirements of rhyme and meter. My sense is that, in the end, content out surpasses form. Initially, my intent was to create a "thought heirloom" for my children and their progeny in hope that future family souls I may never meet or know might at least know me through my writings. Early on, I started sharing "the poems" with my brother Clark and then, with his encouragement, began to share them with my super kids, Kiera, Jake and Trent. Then, thanks to their positive reaction, I took a leap of faith and posted a few on Facebook and sent a wider sample to close friends. Once again, I was encouraged by positive feedback all around which led me to broaden my thoughts to include publishing "the poems" for general consumption. Thank you in advance for reading them. I sincerely hope you take away a thought or two that will add to your life.

Recurring themes include the folly of "Human Certainty" and my urge to always keep questioning; the absolute need for inner balance brought by continual cultivation of "Emotional Intelligence"; the human disregard for and rape of "Mother Earth" and the urgency to heal our womb of life; and, occasional "Sprinklings of Humor" and "Irony" for after all, man has proven to be both funny haha and funny peculiar. - Blair Smith

• Language: English
• Publisher: Blair Smith
• Release date: Nov 21, 2018
• ISBN: 9780463736050

Blair Smith

Blair Smith is a retired airline pilot who splits his time living between Arizona and Alaska. In his youth Blair was either driving a tractor on his Farther's farm in Montana or surfing and playing basketball in southern California. After playing basketball in College he entered a flight school in Billing, Montana and earened several pilots licenses that allowed him get hired by a major airline were he worked for thirty five years. Blair married his wife a few days before getting hired to the airlines and they raised five precious children together. Blair has always been very active and has engaged in a variety of diversions with his wife and kids, from radio controlled airplanes to windsurfers, water skiing to snow skiing, hunting big game to fishing, racing catamarans to flying Ultra Light airplanes and turning out beautiful pens on a mini lathe. Blair and his family did every thing while he continued flying Boeing 747s around the world. Blair met his second wife in Alaska and helped raise her two children. He has seventeen grandchildren and has high hopes for more. His health, which has slowed him down, has given him the time the write this and other books. He really enjoys writing and says the stories that are in him seem to be bursting to get out.

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