Babbling Thoughts of a Blooming Poet

By Barbara Boyce

This book of poems is a collection of varied subjects having to do with living and experiencing life. They are the authors first published works. The author, Barbara Boyce, is a graduate of S.U.N.Y. at Cortland. She holds a major in music, English and secondary education. The poems in this collection are her early efforts at writing and contain many of her lifes experiences and lessons learned along the way. She tells us that she has always written her way through difficult times as well as through times of rejoicing and gratitude. Her work is refreshing and easily understood, giving the reader much to ponder.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Apr 2, 2014
• ISBN: 9781493185535

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Copyright © 2014 by Barbara Boyce.

ISBN: Softcover 978-1-4931-8552-8

eBook 978-1-4931-8553-5

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Rev. date: 03/31/2014

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Contents

Preface

The Tenuous Condition of Man

Aerial Perspective

On Deceit

The Gift

The Animal Man

Greedy View

Time and Space

Crowded Solitude

Sometimes It’s Good

Wisdom Along the Way

Thorns and Flowers

The Banquet

New Love’s River

I Must Hurry Now

Siblings

The Looking Glass

Reunion

In My Solitude

My Mother’s Daughter

Learning of Love

Too Busy

A Lesson Learned

A Thought on Time

Today

The Allowance

A Pinch of Humor

Punctuation

Nosy

Little Red Jacket

My Buddies

Murder in the Morning

The Muse Enthroned

Holiday’s End

Fly a Kite

At the Beach

Nature’s Embrace

It Lives in Me

Oh That I Could See

Autumn Leaves

Dawn

Autumn

Autumn Wind

Autumn Ride

Nature Tutor Me

The Master’s Hand

Bittersweet

Saguaro

Spring

Renewal

Less is More

Nature’s Mirror

Choice

Beginnings

Attitude Gratitude

Attitude

Chocolate

New Year’s Resolutions

The Hug

Music

Jacuzzi

Golden Nap

Isn’t It a Wonderment?

Gone the Girlish Figure

Winter Evening

About the Author

Preface

In this collection of poems, you may expect to find varied subjects. It is a collection of my earliest work as a new writer on the scene. While this work may not be out of the mouth of greatness, it is out of the heart of sincerity and, I believe, is worthy of a reading.

Over the past few months, I have had a great deal of encouragement to publish from my friends and family whom I have shared a portion of my work with. I wish to thank them for their belief in my ability, and I hope not to disappoint them. This book is dedicated