Family Poets

By Joselyn A. Druschel and Ella Mae Forest

How well do you know people? Then you decide who wrote the poems by reading the profiles of the three family poets.

Enjoy reading this sentiments of a typical family with distinctly different characteristics.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Jul 1, 2014
• ISBN: 9781496913739

Joselyn A. Druschel

Joselyn Druschel Renton, Washington, USA I was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania, in 1933 in the ’midst of the Great Depression. I enjoyed my childhood immensely. I was not much of a reader or student as a small child, but I was keen observer of others and myself. Although I enjoyed reading poetry, my own poetic endeavors came much later. I was a very late bloomer and did not become enamored with words until my forties. I moved to Pullman, Washington, in 1967 to serve as a librarian at Washington State University. I loved the Northwest and made it my second home. I am now retired and live in Renton, Washington, a lively community abutting Seattle; thus, my life has been almost equally divided between the East and West Coast of the U.S.A. I seek balance in both life and art. Deceased Oct 19, 2013 PROFILE - PATRICIA GEORGE I was born in New Castle, PA and graduated from Westminster College in nearby New Wilmington. I received a bachelor’s degree in English with a master’s degree in education. While serving as a missionary in China, I wrote many poems and articles. When it was time for my grandson to be born in 1985, I began writing children’s stories. Besides the births of my three daughters, my time in the Peace Corps and my many trips to China were the most exciting, enlightening adventurous experiences in my life. PROFILE - ELLA MAE FORREST Ella Mae Forrest was born in Sharon, PA. She married David Forrest in 1951 and had two daughters. She was self-educated by doing the same courses as her daughter when she attended Westminster College. She worked as a Court Clerk and an insurance agent while never ceasing to take courses on a variety of topics. Her out-going, gregarious personality gave her many ideas for poems. Deceased March 01, 1985

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Published by AuthorHouse 06/25/2014

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Contents

Dimensions

The Sensations of the Elements

Hong Kong

Dear Sister

The Untalented One

I Never Told You So

Regrets

Renewal

Underfoot

A Small Typhoon

To Alice

Alice, Alice

Cook Book

To My Valentine

The Soul Of The Palace

Just Unlucky, I Guess

Sunday Complaint

My Lot In Life

Music In The Air

Music, Music, Music

Appearances

Assimilation

It’s Only Money

Desire

Future Tense

Phoebus (Sun)

New Day

Uninvited Thoughts

Fulfillment

Hauntings

Stillness

Stillness Revised

The Star State

Thank God for All Things Musical

Why Sing the Birds

Mine Alone

True Beauty

True Values

A Prayer of the Homeless

The Joys of Youth

Expose

Enigma

To Beauty

Dawn Again

Privileges

Haiku

Ode To Brazen Sun

Chance Meeting

Aftermath

Creator

Preserver

Destroyer

Runnings

Lunch

Harmonic Sounds

Truth

Insomnia

Memoriam

To A Soldier

Rebel Heart

The Tree

Unlove

An Enigma

Mitoses

Just So

Sing On

Commitment

Diseased

Clib tongues

Look for the Brighter Side

Appraisal 1

Appraisal 2

Times Have Changed

Mother of the Forest: The Chinese Banyan Tree

Disunity

Tall, Sturdy Tree

Three Score and Ten

Then There Were Trees

Through the Eyes of Love (Or Unmatchable Mannerisms)

Sharing

Ideas

The Amish Man

Awareness

Belated Love

Breeding Will Out

To Be Free

Holiday,

Family Ties Forever

Stepping into Christmas

Home for Christmas

Virtuous Charity

The Lowly Shepherds

Merry Christmas

The Greatest Author

One Shining Star

A Christmas Prayer

Back By Popular Demand

A Christmas With Sentiment

A Dream Christmas

Have a Glorious Christmas

The Star

Praise The Father

Colors Of Christmas: A Kaleidoscope

Christmas in Tetouan

A Special Holiday

The Power of Christmas

Christmas at the Mall

A Christmas Image

Sounds of Christmas

The Tallest Pine

Christmas (acrostic)

December

Halloween

The Game of Let’s Pretend

Politician

Easter Bonnets

Flower Gardening

Baby’s Soliloquy

A Baby

Anniversary

No Man

Recurring Dream

The Children’s Flower

Fallen Stars

The Cradle Tree: a Children’s Poem

A Mystery Man-Poem for Children

Were It Not For Music

Remembering the Orphans

God Bless The Orphans

By the Sea

Darkness: a Poem for Children

One and the Same (about the retired)

A Senior Citizen’s Thanksgiving

Motherhood

It’s Spring Again

This Is It

A Valentine Search

I Love You, Valentine

Always Together

To My Valentine

The Author of Life

The Easter Spirit

Childhood: Dedicated to Mom for Mother’s Day 1988

Saturday Night Special

Ethereal Travel on Interstate 80

The Frazzling, Dazzling Snow

That Mournful Melody

Spring Cleaning

Sean’s Dad

Happy Birthday, Father

An Andy Rooney Lament

Dear Aunt Bess,

Love That Spring:

Homesick

Who’s Counting

Friendships

An Evening Prayer

In memory of Joselyn, Ella Mae, Evelyn, William and Robert, siblings of Patricia George.

After reading the 3 profiles decide which sister wrote each poem?

Poets = Joselyn, Patricia or Ella Mae

Answers in back of book.

POET’S PROFILE

Joselyn Druschel

Renton, Washington, USA

I was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania, in 1933 in the ’midst of the Great Depression. I enjoyed my childhood immensely. I was not much of a reader or student as a small child, but I was keen observer of others and myself. Although I enjoyed reading poetry, my own poetic endeavors came much later. I was a very late bloomer and did not become enamored with words until my forties. I moved to Pullman, Washington, in 1967 to serve as a librarian at Washington State University. I loved the Northwest and made it my second home. I am now retired and live in Renton, Washington, a lively community abutting Seattle; thus, my life has been almost equally divided between the East and West Coast of the U.S.A. I seek balance in both life and art.

Deceased Oct 19, 2013

PROFILE—PATRICIA GEORGE

I was born in New Castle, PA and graduated from Westminster College in nearby New Wilmington. I received a bachelor’s degree in English with a master’s degree in education.

While serving as a missionary in China, I wrote many poems and articles. When it was time for my grandson to be born in 1985, I began writing children’s stories.

Besides the births of my three daughters, my time in the Peace Corps and my many trips to China were the most exciting, enlightening adventurous experiences in my life.

PROFILE—ELLA MAE FORREST

Ella Mae Forrest was born in Sharon, PA. She married David Forrest in 1951 and had two daughters. She was self-educated by doing the same courses as her daughter when she attended Westminster College. She was an active member of many organizations as a volunteer.

She worked as a Court Clerk and an insurance agent while never ceasing to take courses on a variety of topics. Her out-going, gregarious personality gave her many ideas for poems.

Deceased March 1, 1985

Dimensions

We were not always many miles apart,

Siblings of one home have common ground

And what are miles in mappings of the heart?

Clearly we were different from the start,

Yet in those years when I was still around,

We

Reviews for Family Poets

[janoorani24 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is a review of the audio book, narrated by John Lithgow, with several different readers, to include Morgan Freeman, Gary Sinise, Kathy Bates, and Sam Waterston reading the poems. John Lithgow chose the poems and wrote the introductions to each of them. He includes 50 poems by poets such as William Blake, Edgar Allen Poe, Marianne Moore, and Hart Crane, and provides a brief biography of each poet as well as comments about their styles and why the poems affected him.I highly recommend this book in audio format. Almost all of the poems are well selected, and the readings are outstanding. This is one you could listen to over and over again, and not get tired of. The only poets I didn’t enjoy were Whitman and Gertrude Stein. I’ve never liked Whitman, and though I had never read a Stein poem before, the example given here (something she wrote and dedicated to Picasso) doesn’t incline me to want to read any others of hers. I really enjoyed the selection by Hart Crane (To Brooklyn Bridge) – I don’t remember ever reading any of his poems before. Other memorable readings: Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll, The Tyger by William Blake, if everything happens that can’t be done by E. E. Cummings, and There is No Frigate Like a Book by Emily Dickinson. Two of my favorite poets, Edna St. Vincent Millay and Marianne Moore are included, but neither of Lithgow’s selected poems were favorites of mine. In fact one of my quibbles with the book is that, while all the other poets get two poems read, Millay only gets one! The other major quibble I have is that Robert Service wasn’t included. The poems are arranged alphabetically by the authors’ last names, and I waited for most of the book to hear some fabulous voice read The Cremation of Sam McGee only to be disappointed by the questionable choice of Gertrude Stein. Of course, I do realize that Lithgow couldn’t include everyone, but I don’t understand why he included her.Overall, though, a wonderful book!

[vlodko62 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Thank you, Mr. Lithgow, for rekindling my love of poetry. This book is a generous, unsolicited act of kindness.

Though available as a printed book, this one is really best in audiobook form - the readings are mostly fantastic (and you may recognize some of your favorite actors amonge the readers). The only poem I would love to have seen added is Phillip Larkin's "This be the Verse" - but then it might not have qualified as "a poetry book for the whole family."

[satyridae · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I listened to this with my true love and grown stepdaughter. The three of us have wildly divergent tastes and very different levels of familiarity with poetry. We all adored it. Lithgow's passionate introductions to the poems and his capsule biographies of the poets are stellar. The readers, who include Glenn Close, Susan Sarandon and Morgan Freeman, are very, very good. The selection is heavily male with the usual exceptions (Moore, Stein, Millay, Browning & a few others) and primarily dead white guys at that. It's still amazingly great, and a wonderful introduction for people hesitant to dive into the deeps unescorted. It's a treat for the poetry lover as well. Highly recommended.

[islandgal_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is a wonderful compilation of poetry spanning the ages that you and your family will enjoy. John Lithgow introduces the book discussing how he would listen to his grandmother recite poems she'd learned in school as a child and how the rhythm of words and phrases interested him.Each poem includes both an introduction of the poet and summary (written by Lithgow) of how the poem can be interpreted. Many of the poems are recognizable, but not always the best known poem by that poet. 20th century poets are included.A real highlight of the book is the accompanying CD of actors/actresses reading the poems aloud. For those who are challenged by reading poetry, the CD allows you to listen to the poem read by the very talented Gary Sinise, Jodie Foster, John Lithgow and other acclaimed actors.