A War of Love: Poems by William T. Elliott

By William T. Elliott

The first two sections of this book, Poems and Pretty and the Rascals, were written by the author in 1982 and 1983. The Humorous and the Melancholy was written in 2014. The other three works and the additional poems were all written in 2015.

I started writing poems in 1982 because of panic attacks and because I wanted to reach out and touch someone, as the saying goes. This publishing effort, which is financed by me, is an additional effort to reach out to people. My poems are pretty poems, humorous poems, and spiritual poems primarily. The original work was compiled into booklets. The six booklets I compiled and had printed out, ten to fifteen poems to a booklet, were as follows:

Poems, by William T. Elliott
The Pretty and the Rascals, Poems by William T. Elliott
The Humorous and the Melancholy, Poems by William T. Elliott
A War of Love, Poems by William T. Elliott
Peace, Poems by William T. Elliott
Reverence, Poems by William T. Elliott

Since he had completed the last set, Reverence, the author had finished six more poems, which are in the section "Additional Poems."

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Sep 4, 2015
• ISBN: 9781514401866

William T. Elliott

WILLIAM ELLIOTT was born on September 23, 1951, in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. During his childhood, he was interested in baseball. He was also interested in science. He won first prize in a science fair for building a Geiger counter. He had a paper route as his first job. He was in junior high school when desegregation took place. He remembers playing baseball in his neighborhood with both African American and Caucasian children. In 1966, William and his family moved to Hot Springs, South Dakota. His family consisted of his mom, dad, three sisters, and one brother. He completed his high school education in Hot Springs. During high school, he was athletic and was involved in track and field. He graduated from high school in 1969. After high school, William took two years of college at Northern State College. Then in 1972 he joined the air force. He was primarily stationed at Altus Air Force Base in Altus, Oklahoma, and Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. He was honorably discharged from the air force in 1975. William completed his BS degree in environmental science in 1977. During college, he met Nancy Rempfer, whom he married in June of 1976. He later completed a master’s in business administration from the University of South Dakota in December of 1984. His work experience includes being a health inspector for the state of South Dakota; a business manager for the Cheyenne River Community College in Eagle Butte South Dakota; a business and computer instructor at Little Hoop Community College in Ft. Totten, North Dakota; taught small business management at National American University in Rapid City, South Dakota; then took a position at Oglala Lakota College teaching computer science and business, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. William lost his wife of nearly 41 years in 2017. He is retired and continues to reside in Hot Springs, SD. William became interested in poetry while experiencing health issues and found it to be therapeutic. After retirement, he took his poetry to the next level. He recently took two first place and one second place awards at the Veterans Creative Arts Festival in the Black Hills Region. His insight of his surroundings is both humorous and inspiring. • A War of Love • Facebook • Twitter • Google Plus • LinkedIn

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Copyright © 2015 by William Elliott.

Library of Congress Control Number:         2015914059

ISBN:      Hardcover       978-1-5144-0232-0

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Introduction

POEMS

A Beagle

A Cat

The Chickadee

The Deer

The Missouri

The Snowflake

The Delicate Kiss

How To Get Along With A Woman

The Peanut

An Ode To Hamburger

The Napkin

The Hawk and the Blackbird

THE PRETTY AND THE RASCALS

The Vision

A Bird

The Flower

The Kitty That Sat

The Little Rascal Whoop

The Death of a Thought

The Pen That Skipped

The Paper Clip

The O

Heartburn

The Chair

The Bobber

Sunset

The Meadowlark

Sleep

THE HUMOROUS AND THE MELANCHOLY

An Ode to Odeur

Chess

Loneliness

My Left Hand

Paper

Shorts

The Eagle

The Goldfinch

The Rain

The Trip

A WAR OF LOVE

Chocolates

Cleaning

Critics

Duke the Boy

Frustration

Grandma Nancy

Popcorn

The Drive

The Gap

The Refrigerator

War of the Spirit

PEACE

A Bug

Children

The City

Fame

Love

The Old Woman and the Cat

Peace

A Squirrel

The Fire

The Worker

REVERENCE

Bills

Country

Covet

Dishonor

Father

Hope

The Magpie

Pipe Dreams

Prayer

The Veteran

ADDITIONAL POEMS

The Butterfly

Cards

Fatigue

Fear

Sadness

Johnny

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I would like to acknowledge my family for all of their support especially my sister, Jeannie, for giving me the idea to get the work published to begin with. And I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge the emotional support of my wife. And the many strategy sessions my wife and I have had to plan out the particulars of the book as far as financing and the like. My wife and my sister Judy also give me feedback on each and every poem I write and that is a great help to me. I don’t change my poems because of them but it is still nice to get some feedback right away instead of waiting. Also thanks to Xlibrius Publishing for publishing the work and marketing it for me. Thanks to Clark Printing in Rapid City, SD for printing up the booklets from which the work was compiled. And last and most importantly, thanks to God for giving me the skill and the inspiration to write.

INTRODUCTION

The first two sections of this book, Poems and Pretty and the Rascals were written in 1982 and 1983.

The Humorous and the Melancholy was written in 2014. The other three works and the additional poems were all written in 2015.

I started writing poems in 1982 because of panic attacks and because I wanted to reach out and touch someone as the saying goes. This publishing effort which is financed by me, is an additional effort to reach out to people. My poems are pretty poems, humorous poems and spiritual poems primarily.

The original work was compiled into booklets. The six booklets I compiled and had printed out, 10 to 15 poems to a booklet, were:

Poems, by William T. Elliott

The Pretty and the Rascals, Poems by William T. Elliott

The Humorous and the Melancholy,