Transition: This Is a Collection of Poems with Themes on Experience, Communication, Love, and Nature

By Gerald Thomas

In this small book, I try to encompass different moods and experiences. I focus on the things
that excite me, and, also, on the things that give me pause and cause me to wonder about my
world. The themes in the series on experience, are based on the human condition: in poems
like Homeless in Herald Square, and The Acts of Humankind, and inner reflection: in poems
like Escape, and Death. The themes in the series based on communication, include
everyday news that is distributed through news media outlets: in poems like The News, and
human interaction: in poems like The Silent Customer. The themes on love and nature are
based on personal encounters, in poems like, I Still Dont Know Her Name, and a love of
nature, in poems like These Trees.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Nov 20, 2010
• ISBN: 9781456822156

Gerald Thomas

I am a high-school student studying in Brooklyn, New York. I started writing poetry at the age of 12 years old. I continue to express myself through poetry. For years, I have been fascinated by the Asian culture. I constantly listen to Japanese, Korean, and Chinese music and one of my favorite hobbies is watching Asian dramas. This Asian influence can be felt within my poetry. The literature written within this book expresses my own abstract nature and reveals experiences of a more personal nature. I hope this book helps you to find the next step in your life. I hope it helps you to find your own Nirvana.

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Copyright © 2010 by Gerald Thomas.

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ISBN: Hardcover    978-1-4568-2214-9

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CONTENTS

EXPERIENCE

Spirit of Mine

Homeless in Herald Square

The Acts of Humankind

I Sense Today

Children at a Banquet

Get on with Life

The Escape

Ray of Light

Death

The West Indian Day Parade

Culture

Life’s Amazing Grace

The Human Tree

Home

My Other Self

Minorities in Paradise

The Madman

The Funeral

Black Friday

COMMUNICATION

The News

Haikus

The Mission To Be

The Silent Customer

The Gradution

My Friend

Reverie

The Poet

A Prayer for Hope

The Nature of Gods

The System

My Block

Contemplation

Homeless

My Child

Memo to my Son from the Grave

The Spirit in Me

Praise Life Today

A Second Dream

The Color of Negativity

My Inner Struggle: A Paradox

Exiled African Youth

Music

NATURE

The Soul’s Sun

Details of a Dream

The Rescue

Spring

The Storm

Grand Solitude: At Gay’s Cove

Prospect Park

These Trees

The Moth

Ode to the Sun

Wake Up

LOVE

I Still Don’t Know Her Name

The Lost Heart

Letter to Delilah

My Valentine

My Rose

Unfinished

Revelation

My Love

Letter To An Ex

Experience

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SPIRIT OF MINE

Spirit of mine

Float away! Float away!

From this place where misery stays

And doubt and fear are never far away.

Float away! Float away!

To somewhere, where the voice of faith can speak to my fear and confidence guide my way.

HOMELESS IN HERALD SQUARE

Inside this black and dingy gear

There is a heart that feels and fears.

Although dirt has matted all of my hear,

And claws have replaced my nails,

Inside this black and dingy gear,