Through the Eye of the Needle: A Book of Poetry

By Glade A. Myler

This book is a new experience in poetry with Spanish and English poems of varying themes and sizes, but with many sonnets. The sonnet form has not been used much in recent years but has again surfaced as a succinct way to express oneself poetically. Although these sonnets are not exactly like the ones of old of Elizabethan and Italian forms, they are an experiment in fourteen-line verse for our day.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Release date: Mar 5, 2014
• ISBN: 9781490728506

Glade A. Myler

I was born in Logan, Utah, in 1947 and raised in Cornish, Utah. I served a mission for my church in California, where I worked with the Hispanics and learned Spanish. I married Carolyn Morgan in 1970. I graduated from Utah State University in 1971 with a BA in Spanish and minors in English, German, and music. I worked in a business for a number of years and then obtained a juris doctor from Brigham Young University in 1981 and have worked as an attorney for over thirty years in various governmental agencies. I am currently semiretired from the law. I have five children and twelve grandchildren and have lived in Carson City, Nevada, for nearly twenty-five years. I speak four languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, and German, in order of fluency. I read those languages and speak some, but read French and Italian. I began writing poetry in college at USU but became serious about it in the 1980s. I am involved in music and play the organ for my church and direct the church choir.

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Through the Eye

of the Needle

A Book of Poetry

Un libro de poesía

GLADE A. MYLER

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Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Cutting Strawberry Runners

Pavane

Opus in White Major

How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place (Spanish)

How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place (English)

Peace Like a River

Feelings

Sinfonía de mañana

Morning Symphony

Jean Valjean

To the Forrest Gumps of the World

Nocturno Español

Spanish Nocturne

Scars

"Considerad los lirios del campo…

"Consider the lilies of the field…

Metamorphosis

I Always Hated Being Chosen Last

Bello es el canto

Beautiful Is the Song…

Amor fidel

True Devotion

Nightly Vigils

Presagio espejado en cielo azulado

Omen on a Clear Day

Nauvoo: Calm as a Summer’s Morning

The Abyss

Lollipops and Roses

Enduring Choices

Aurora de febrero

February Dawn

Las hojas de otoño

The Leaves of Autumn

Cuando palabras no sirven

When Words Are Not Enough

Through the Nightly Looking Glass of Rustling Leaves

Shenandoah

El mármol frío

Cold Marble

Mañana de verano

A Summer’s Morning

Tributo a Les Misérables

Tribute to Les Misérables

Neglected Corners

Secret Garden

Thresholds

Santuario atesorado

Treasured Sanctuary

Unanswered

In Contemplation of Winter’s Tranquility

Meditation on Seeing Phantom of the Opera

Molly

Primavera inolvidable

Unforgettable Spring

Libertad

Liberation

Morning Walk

Autumn Miracle

Sonata de la noche

Night Sonata

Passage to Infamy

Nocturno español II

Spanish Nocturne II

A Rose Garden Reply to Darwin

Poesía

Reflections on Berceuse by Jean Sibellius

Transcendent Music

Una visita a la pirámide Luxor

A Visit to the Luxor Pyramid

Sports’ Mating Dance

The Gettysburg Address

A Caprice

Imaginación suelta

Imagination Unleashed

Reconciliando a morte

Reconciling Death

Canto a la vejez

Song of Aging

La Cumbre de Kilimanjaro

The Heights of Kilimanjaro

A Remembrance from Les Misérables

Singing Shenandoah

About the Author

Preface

W ords are magical when put together to create one of the many forms of communication. They help us to order our world, our universe which we are introduced to at birth. Although each word may serve a particular purpose when first used, over the years, words, through usage, take on additional meanings and nuances. In addition, words, if used too frequently, can become mere placeholders or slangw, and even may lose meaning altogether. For example, the word like usually means to enjoy or have an affinity for something, or it is used as a comparative word to show similarities among