Poems by Gill: Reflections of Life & Love

By Robert G. Yeager

Robert Gill Yeagers book of poetry, Poems by Gill, is reflections on the joys, mysteries and struggles of life and love. Robert hopes to pass along to the reader the same sense of wonderment for life and love that he embraces each and every day.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Oct 20, 2014
• ISBN: 9781496946201

Robert G. Yeager

Robert Gill Yeager was a multiracial child orphaned at birth in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1959 and lived in a variety of foster homes and institutions while growing up, experiencing a surreal odyssey of hardships and at times abuse. Robert held on to the belief that there was always a greater life force than himself and that by embracing this belief he was able to somehow survive his trials and tribulations, despite the odds that were stacked against him from birth. After graduating from high school Robert joined the United States Navy and was able to travel the world where he gained further, deeper insights into life than what he had already accumulated from his childhood. Robert’s poetry offers truly deep, honest and passionate insights into life based on his vast life experiences and hopes readers can connect to the true meaning of their own lives the way Robert has stayed connected to his. Robert has been writing poetry for 30 years and discovered his ‘voice’ after moving to Los Angeles from his humbled beginnings in Pittsburgh, enduring the culture shock of the move all along the way since.

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Published by AuthorHouse 10/17/2014

ISBN: 978-1-4969-4619-5 (sc)

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Contents

Of Life

Destiny

Welcome To Life

I Need You

I Live To Love You

Love Is In The Mind

Ode to Dr. King

Life and Love

Lost Love

If I Were To Be

To Seek Your Love

Ode To Africa

The Beauty Of Jesus

Vietnam I Give A Damn

Love Dream

Listen and See

Angel of Life

Souls of Love

You Are My Life

I Wonder

With You

Thru The Winds

Save Your Tears

Ponderings

Sweet Voice

For You

Good-Bye Challenger

Kiss Of The Sunset

The Knowledge

The Greatest Love

The Memories

Let Me Be

Dreams

When Shall Love

Good-Bye My Youth

I Wish I Could

I Do

Thank You Mother

D.B.C.F.

Prelude

My Friend

The Child

Tis Love

Love’s Eyes

Apartheid’s Madness

The Gift

Why Death

Silly Little Poem

You

Blessed Is Life

Angels Of Death

My Friends

My Secret love

If I Should Ever

Love Can Be

What Dreams

Peace On Earth Love In Hearts

The Red Sweaters

Ebony Love

Oh How I Wonder

The Dreamer

You Can

I See In You

A Thousand Ways

Dreamer’s Dream

Am I

Angels Cry

Is It Not Love

I With Humility

Chances

The Odyssey

The Cycle

Once Again

Side By Side

Truth

Hope

Midnight Whispers

There Is

If I Ever

Today

Dare I Say

Love Is Worth The Risk

Good-Night

Our Love

Love Is

Change

Only By

Freedom

The Poets

Oh Heavenly Stars

Life’s Sad Truth

The Fools

Evolution

Always

Poetic Rose

The Rose

Like

My America

Life

Because of You

L.L.L.

I Understand

As Time Passes By

The Kiss

Madness

Salomea

I Rather Have Love

My Spirit

I Love You

The Sea of Madness

Is Not

Th

is book is dedicated to my late beloved

foster parents, Charles and Jacqueline White,

who instilled in me, through their love, the power to never give up in life.

Of Life

The beauty of life is for the rich and the poor

From all walks of life to the birds and the bees

The beauty of life is a mind that’s free

Spirits flying high carefree and alive

The sorrow of life is when life cannot be

No justice at all not given a chance

The sorrow of life is when life is not free

Hindered away and sad as one last dance

The mystery