Everyday Pocket Poetry

By LoAnn Twedt

Everyday Pocket Poetry is a compilation of poems that cover a wide variety of subjects that people experience in real life. It contains the experience of the author told in a humorous yet serious way that will make you think about what you see and do and evaluate those events in a positive light.

Mrs. Twedt has split the book in four sections: everyday poetry; tribute to those who labor (especially in health care); seasons of the year; and Christian poetry. You will find the authors Christian faith permeating many of the poems that make up the book. Her desire is that you enjoy the poems and relate them to your own life. That being said, enjoy your time with her.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jul 14, 2017
• ISBN: 9781543436815

LoAnn Twedt

About the author LoAnn Twedt is a 71-year-old mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Her life experience is extensive. She holds a three year diploma in Registered Nursing, Bachelor's Degrees in Business Administration in the area of Marketing and Management, A Master's Degree in Community Counseling and a doctorate level education in General Psychology. Mrs. Twedt grew up on a farm where work was hard and endless. It made her strong in muscle and in spirit. She was raised in a Norwegian community where, even though her mother died when she was seven years old, she had many mother figures from the community and within her family. She has been truly blessed.

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Copyright © 2017 by LoAnn Twedt.

ISBN:      Softcover   978-1-5434-3680-8

         eBook      978-1-5434-3681-5

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Rev. date: 07/12/2017

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Contents

THE AUTHOR AND THE BOOK

EVERYDAY POETRY

ALONG THE BEACH

THE CEDAR TREE

LOOKING IN THE MIRROR

PONDERING

CHILD’S PLAY

FRIENDS

LIMMERICS AND HAIKU?

WRITER’S BLOCK

THE SWIMMER

MY GRANDPA’S HANDS

THE ARTIST

SATISFACTION

WHO ARE YOU?

THE LITTLE WHITE RABBIT AND THE LITTLE BROWN PUP

I DON’T KNOW; THE ONLY ANSWER

THE WINDOWS OF MY SOUL

LABORERS

THE LABORER

CHAOS

THOUGHTS OF YOU

FRIENDSHIP

PROFOUND LIVING

SEASONS OF THE YEAR

SPRING FLOWERS

APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS

INTELLIGENCE

SUMMER DAYS

JULY

LIFE EXPANSION

GONE FISHIN’

THE MONTH OF AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

FAMILY TIES

THANKSGIVING DAYS

DECEMBER SOUNDS

POEMS OF FAITH

TO KNOW HIM

FREE WILL

IN HIS GOOD TIME

PONDERINGS

TRAVELING HOME

A THANKSGIVING PRAYER

CHRISTMAS

EPILOGUE

THE AUTHOR AND THE BOOK

LoAnn Twedt is a 71-year-old woman who is a widow, a mother, a grandmother, and a great grandmother. She was raised on a farm in Minnesota, a rural girl. She was educated as a nurse, a business woman, a counselor, an academic psychologist and writer. Her first self publication was a newsletter that was distributed to doctors, nurses, friends and acquaintances. It