In Other Words

By Johan G. Tengstrom

This book contains 56 poems. Some of the poems are written in free verse, some are of a more formal type. The poems are about our daily life with the ups and downs that we meet during our time here on the earth.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Mar 18, 2008
• ISBN: 9781462835911

Johan G. Tengstrom

Carl J. Johnson was born in Turku, Finland. He is living in Stockholm, Sweden, where he is working as a criminal defense lawyer for years now. He has a law firm of his own. After graduation he went to Germany to study medicine. He switched to law and studied international law in Bern and Hamburg. In 1976 he became a trainee at law firm in New York. After a year he was appointed assistant judge in Sweden. In 2000 he took a Masters in Law and IT. He plays tennis and golf. He speaks Swedish, Finnish, German and English.

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The Insight Of Love

A man shaped in a given way

Was happy with his day,

But in the middle of a night,

He came to this insight:

Loneliness for him a given place,

His mind takes all the space.

This dark and lonely night

He madea promise right,

Not to think that he is best,

Devote his strength to all the rest.

He found the truth of life

The day he met his wife,

She gave him all her love,

And this is all above.

People needing help and care,

Happiness for all to share,

It´s really worth to follow

And stay away from sorrow.

The Importance Of A Letter

Importance of a letter

feels always so much better,

when you know what you receive,

that’s easy to believe.

An authority as sender,

Will hardly make you tender,

Invisible the word in mind,

But you are struck to grind.

Disguised as an item of mail

You never think it will fail,

Beware if you want to