A Family’S Gift: Our Gift to the World

By Richard, Michael Kellogg and Richard Kellogg

A Familys Gift is a collection of poems that they both created throughout the years. It is their hope that this collection can be an aid for the masses. . .

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jul 22, 2011
• ISBN: 9781462893645

Richard

Richard and Adrienne Paraiso have combined their talents of research and writing together for the first time, immersing the reader in a two-week African adventure. Residing in Warfield, Virginia, they have two children in Richmond, Nicole and Leon Cabbell, with wife LaToya, and two grandchildren, Laila and Leon Jr.

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A Family’s Gift

Our Gift to the World

Richard and Michael Kellogg

Copyright © 2011 by Richard and Michael Kellogg.

Library of Congress Control Number:   2011910446

ISBN:         Hardcover                           978-1-4628-9363-8

                   Softcover                            978-1-4628-9362-1

                   Ebook                                 978-1-4628-9364-5

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All photos are used in the book are from the Public Domain, courtesy of National Scenic Byways Online (www.byways.org)

Cover Image: River Through Logan Canyon, source unknown.

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Contents

Happiness Is At the Starting Line

Your Name Is Called

Take Some Time

Follow Your Call

Elevation

Hero

Dealer

I just seen Death at the store

Wishing

So Many Reasons

In The Spur of the Moment

The Kindest Heart

For Sure

Deeper

Beauty

Only Could Be Better

Just Waiting For a

Soothing Wind to Come By

Simply

You’re Precious

For Real

You

Gambler

Move On

Just a Hint of Love

Love from a Distance

Sorry

Ignorance is Bliss

The Cold

The Correction

Traveling

Understanding

Dreams

Mothers

You Thought You Knew Me

That Word Love

The One-Eyed Man

Is There a Ghost in the House

Black & Beautiful

The Sound I Hear Coming

Do You Truly Believe

A Job to Finish

1-16-91

1-17-91

Tunnelvision

Listening To Some Words

Too Fast

Small Things

Give Peace a Chance

Stillwater

A Black Man

Releasing a Word

An Anomaly

Trying to be Perfect

Here I Stand

Heads Up

Gifts

Changing Direction

Reminisce

You

It’s Time

Look deep for your Blessings

Repentance

Foreword

A Family’s Gift is a collection of poems from two cousins out of Harvey, IL. Rich