Then and Now

By Eric Foster Rhodes

Then and Now is the second collection of poems by Eric Foster Rhodes,
and a third is on the way. In this second group, the author gives the reader
some poems for laughter, some for tears, some for romance, and some to
stimulate awe at the wonders of nature. Enjoy!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Mar 24, 2010
• ISBN: 9781462842896

Eric Foster Rhodes

Dr. Eric Foster Rhodes, along with being a business and labor consultant, educator, and author of mystery stories and novels, is also an amateur magician. When you see him, ask him about his mind reading act. Eric and wife Barbara now live on the banks of the Pithlachascotee River near the Gulf of Mexico

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Contents

Introduction

Years Passing By

Starting My Autobiography

Then and Now

Measuring Months and Years

You Know You’re Old

When Life Was Simple

The Handmade Quilt

This House

A Thousand Things

To Have and to Hold

Giving Comfort

Why Do I Need You?

A List of Nevers

Always

If I Were Married to You

Stray Cats

Summer on the Farm

Cows in the Garden

Vain Crane

After the Irish Setter

Contrasts

That Wrinkled Line

White Peaks

Old People’s Night Out

Strange Words

Cheyenne Mountain

Mellowed in the Wood

Flying Over Farms

That Bird, This Child

Multiple Choice

Above the Clouds

A Time of Year

All About Chairs

Cold as Ice

In the Cemetery

The Echo Said

The Eye Doctor

Tee Shirts

At the Mailbox

Portraits in Gold

The Writers’ Critique Group

Crossing Park Avenue

Looking Up, Looking Back

Looking Up, Looking Back

Together Again

Thinking of You

Unless It Is With