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    My Life in Words
    My Life in Words
    My Life in Words
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    My Life in Words

    By Robert Gillette

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    Author Robert Gillette shares with readers an everyday book of poetry, My Life in Words. His book is a compilation of select poems that almost anyone can relate to. The poems contained within the collection are reflections on the authors thoughts and his daily experiences. The words and rhythm contained in the compilation are designed to bring back memories and give readers a feeling of something they have not experienced or seen before. Reflective and insightful, My Life in Words is the authors first published piece. It is the latest addition to Xlibriss growing collection of poem compilations. For more information on this book, log on to www. Xlibris.com.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateApr 8, 2010
    ISBN9781450071857
    My Life in Words
    Author

    Robert Gillette

    Robert Gillette has been writing poems for several years. He grew up in Colorado, where most of his family still lives. He derived most of his inspiration from the mountains that surrounded his hometown. He now resides in Virginia, not far from Washington, D.C., another place where he draws his inspiration.

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      My Life in Words - Robert Gillette

      Copyright © 2010 by Robert Gillette.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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      Contents

      Introduction

      A Country Served

      A Devilish Woman

      A Future Road

      A Gift

      A Good Time

      A Happy Birthday

      A Loss

      A Lost Soul

      A Miracle

      A Sleepless Night

      A Smile and a Kiss

      A Sunrise

      A Woman’s Charm

      A Woman’s Gift

      All in the Eyes

      An Angel’s Look

      Arrogant

      Busy Bees

      Children at Play

      Choices

      Dark Times

      Depressed

      End of Summer Roses

      First Dance

      For Just a Moment

      For My Son

      Forever

      Grandpas

      Happier Hearts

      Have Faith

      How I Feel

      How I See You

      I Miss It

      I Miss Winter

      I Miss You

      I Only Hope

      In A Glance She Goes By

      Life of a Party

      Lifted Up

      Love or Hate

      Marines

      Memories

      Men

      My Angel

      My Girl

      My Life in Words

      My Thoughts are on You

      One Amazing Sunset

      Playing in the Winter

      Protected

      Rivals

      Roses Delight

      Shattered Heart

      Sunrise to Remember

      Taking Flight

      The Contest

      The Empty Promise

      The Feeling

      The Game

      The Loss of a Child

      The Observation

      The Start

      The Start of a Night

      The Travel

      The View

      Thought of the Past

      Time in Our Lives

      To Be a Clown

      True Love

      Try to be Positive

      Unconditional Love

      We Love We Hate

      What a Song Does for You

      What I am

      When a Daughter has her Mothers Heart

      When Hearts Grow Old

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