Heart, Soul & Rhyme

By Runas C. Powers III

"Heart, Soul, and Rhyme is a skillful, poetic, collective body of work. This is my second book of published poetry.
I pray that it will not be the last book of my work and that there will be many more to follow. "

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Apr 9, 2007
• ISBN: 9781469104355

Runas C. Powers III

Runas C. Powers, III is an author of six books. His first three books, are poetry collections. Powers first poetry collection is called A Collection Of Thoughts and it was published in 2005. A Collection Of Thoughts was followed by Powers second collection poetry, Heart Rhyme And Soul. Powers third collection of poetry was published in 2010 and is titled Simply Runas. In 2015, Powers published Verses Of Pain Of Love which was a collection of poems, two plays and a collection of essays. Verses Of Pain And Love was followed up by A Right To Write, which was published in 2018. A Right To Write featured a more in- depth collection of poems and three plays and twenty essays on various subjects and personal interest. Powers studied at Faulkner University and Troy University and as a accomplished author he has continued writing over twenty four years. In 2007, Powers was the first place winner of the National Career Development Association Open Adult Poetry Contest. Powers is from Alexander City, Alabama and it is through his love for the state of Alabama, God and overall life experiences that Powers finds his muse to continue writing. His goal and his soul's hope is to use his writing as a way to educate, inform and entertain.

Book preview

RECOVERY

I Once Lived

I once lived for weed and money.

I used to smoke l’s to the head

Until I was busted by the feds.

I changed my life and started living right

And kept my rhymes tight.

Another day, another way, as I pray.

God keep me clean for today.

See I am an addict

That has to have it.

So I do not get started

Because this disease, I cannot out-smart it.

It is deep rooted within

So I just call it sin.

One day at a time.

I am going to get mine.

As in recovery

Which is God’s glory.

My Education

My addiction education

Began on youthful occasions

Which lead in different variations.

What fun became a vocation,

A very painful situation.

I went from a lot of people to being alone

And to hold on by my own

Was hard.

But saved by God

Out of the turmoil

To the royal place of serenity.

How life’s struggle is but heavenly

And my education is apparently

Well worth it

Because now I can help someone.

How I Came

I have never been a listener.

All I did was scheme, street dream

And smoke Swishers.

I lived to drink and blaze

But eventually I fought through fog and smog

And stayed in a daze

And hell I raised.

I was hurting