Poems and Stanzas Iii

By George Lysloff

This is the third Volume of my Poetry, following the collections I and II. It contains a total of 59 pieces of Poetry, all of which continue to express my deeper thoughts on matters that pertain to the existential events such as Living and Dying. I recently lost my spouse of many years, after seeing her regularly since she needed to live in a Home for Alzheimer victims during the last six years. As in my previous works, I continue to introduce concepts of my personal philosophical ideas into those verses and try to relay then to the reader.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: May 5, 2008
• ISBN: 9781462838035

George Lysloff

"The world should know and learn to accept the fact that life and fantasy (read "inner experience") co-exist in any person's existence. Subjectivity is the primary motor to anyone's being. My stories illustrate the point, I hope, and give the reader the chance to review his own personal life, placing its events in an acceptable and worthwhile perspective and allowing him to retain (or maybe regain) a proper distance from the fallacies of 'what's real." This is most certainly "existentialistic" and, from a philosophical viewpoint, an "idealistic" attitude. It offers a powerful alternative to the current evolution of society toward a strictly materialistic and utilitarian mode of living" - George Lysloff Lysloff was born in Paris, France of a Russian emigré father and a Baltic-German mother. He went through is primary and secondary education in various French schools. He studied medicine in Germany and Belguim, obtaining his diploma in 1951. He immigrated to the United States in 1954, and took his specialty training in the field of Psychiatry. He received his Board Certification in 1963. He was employed in various mental hospitals in the Midwest, and then moved back to Europe in 1972. He remained active in his profession until his retirement in 1993. George was married in 1950, and the couple had four children. After his wife fell ill with Alzheimer's disease and had to move to a care home, he lives close to his children in Wisconsin. His writing career began with poetry, initially written in the French, which he later translated to English. Other books by George Lysloff: Life and Fantasy: Pilgrimage, Life and Fantasy: On that side of Awakening, Life and Fantasy: Growing Up, Life and Fantasy: New World Rhapsody, Life and Fantasy: Andernach on the Rhein, Letters to my Beloved Ghost, Poems and Stanzas, Reaching Out, Poems and Stanzas II, Poems and Stanzas III, Poems and Stanzas IV, Poems Visions Reflections, Impressions in Verse and Prose, and Visions and Reflections II

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POEMS AND

STANZAS III

George Lysloff

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Contents

L O S T

T H E P O R T A L T O U T O P I A

B E G O N E , M E D I O C R I T Y!

A N E W P L A Y G R O U N D

M O R N I N G M O O D

S E A R C H I N G F O R B E A U T Y

H A B I T U A T E D

E S S E N C E

I P R O M I S E

A S I M P L E M A T T E R

L I L I E S O F T H E V A L L EY

T U R N A B O U T

W H A T I S R E A L ?

A B R E A T H O F T H E P A S T

S C I E N C E A D D I C T I O N

P E R A S P E RA

L O V E F O R G O N E

W O R K O F L O V E

L I S T E N

L O O K I N G B A C K

R E T R O S P E C T

T H E L A N G U A G E O F M U S I C

V O Y A G E

B E F O R E I A W A K E N

T H E L O N E LY

W E E D I N G

T H E D E P A R T E D

T H E B E L T

L A S S I T U D E

B E I N G P O O R

T A K E Y O U R P E N

D E A T H I N T H E F A M I L Y

C O M I N G O F A G E

S E N S E S

C O N V E R S I N G WITH MY G H O S T S

V I S I T A T I O N S

W H A T D O E S I T T A K E

C O N S C I O U S N E S S

F A L L H A S C O M E A G A I N

D E L U G E

C R E A T I V I T Y

S P I R I T U A L I T Y

O N M Y W A Y

I N N O C E N C E

W H O A R E Y O U ?

T H E C A L L

THE P A P E R B A G

T H I N K I N G O F M Y C H I L D

T H E B I R T H D A Y P A R T Y

S A T U R A T I O N

G I V I N G U P M Y D R E A M

J U V E N I L E R O M A N C E

L O V E B E Y O N D L O V E

T H E S E A

E X T R A P O L A T I O N

T H E D Y I N G I N A U T U M N

R I G A