Pleasure Poetry: Capturing the Heart, Mind and Soul

By Caufey Smith

Pleasure Poetry takes the readers on a journey through love, romance, humor, and fantasy with a few controversies along the way. The readers will become captivated by the poems and short stories that leave them wanting to know more. They will see themselves in the poems of love and inspiration and experience an emotional roller coaster as they read about heartbreak, career success, fun, triumphs, thrills, challenges, and defeats. In the end, many of the sonnets and haikus will become staples that can be shared with kids as bedtime stories, while others can use them to influence decisions and inspire personal achievement. In the end, readers will simply enjoy the variety of readings.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Aug 25, 2017
• ISBN: 9781543445879

Caufey Smith

Caufey Smith has traveled throughout North America and Europe seeing the sites of Mexico, Canada, several states in the USA, London, France, Italy and German and documenting their beauty through the expression of words. Because of her business background, Caufey has published several articles, research reports and blogs, yet her travels have given her a passion for romance, adventure and fantasy, which are displayed in her fiction writings. Caufey’s poems and short stories have captured the imagination of her readers nationwide.

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Copyright © 2017 by Caufey Smith.

Library of Congress Control Number:         2017913034

ISBN:                     Hardcover                  978-1-5434-4585-5

                          Softcover                    978-1-5434-4586-2

                                eBook                         978-1-5434-4587-9

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Rev. date: 08/23/2017

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Contents

CELEBRITY SONNETS™

LIFE AND EXPERIENCES

LOVE AND ROMANCE

MOTIVATION

HAIKU SECTION

SHORT STORIES

Dedication

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This is a book for the heart. The poems comprise events, people, places, and emotions that have captured my attention, heart, and mind. The book is dedicated to my daughter in hopes that it would inspire her to be all that she has ever imagined.

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Celebrity Sonnets™

(Shakespearean)

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A sonnet is a poem of fourteen

Lines. It can have formal rhyme schemes to read.

It also has ten syllables of keen

Focused content that the reader can heed.

Authors rhyme on every other line,

With three quadruple lines of rhyming schemes.

Words complement each other to combine

Mindful expressions that could make you dream.

The last two lines form a couplet of thought,

Each connected to the aforementioned

To ensure that there’s meaning rather than for naught

And giving rise to readers’ attention.

These celebrity sonnets speak about strife

And their family, career, and love life.

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Katy Perry’s Seasonal Sonnet

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Katie has a multitude of great fans,

With more Twitter followers than others,

England born, but the U.S. was her plan

To be a star like her homeland brothers.

One hundred million Twitter followers—

The first person to achieve this milestone,

A triumph that generates borrowers

Of her fame and talent that stands alone.

There’s controversy with koala bears,

Cyrus, suicidal thoughts, and the Bloom trip.

About this and others, do her fans care?

Because she’s so adorable and hip.

Katy Perry, the star of the ages,

A constant read on media pages.

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Oprah Winfrey’s Superstar Sonnet

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Oprah Winfrey must have the Midas touch.

It was really hard work that made her gold.

She is smart, talented, and loved much

And challenges all of us to be bold.

A media mogul, an actress too,

With vision, helping others to succeed

Through talk shows, films, and books—all she could do

To uplift the skilled to get what they need.

Like Sarah Breedlove’s products for hairdos,

Oprah also made her mark and shared her riches.

Both black millionaire women—there are few—

They are creative in their own niches.

A self-made billionaire, Oprah’s acquired.

She is a "she-ro" for all to admire!

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Former President Barack Obama’s Sensational Sonnet

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There was a lot of Obama chatter.

What did he enact while in the White House?

Does he have a legacy that matters,

Had strength like a lion, not weak like a mouse?

The Community Reinvestment Act

Yielded opportunity for small firms.

There’s Lilly Ledbetter’s equal-pay pact

That leveled the playing field with no burn.

The Affordable Care Act—a big deal.

Let’s thank two female Reds and John McCain

For the no vote on the skinny repeal.

Obamacare lives; the Reds couldn’t steal.

He’s done so much—best pres. we’ve ever had.

His absence from office makes many sad.

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Sensationalized Sonnet of President Donald Trump

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What does one say? His skin is so, so thin.

His rebuttals—childish, even bully like.

He should just rejoice at his shocking win.

He always rants and raves in front of a mic.

No skilled leaders