Muse and Views: A Kaleidoscope of Poetry

By Shirley Securro

Muse and Views - A Kaleidoscope of Poetry is the heart and soul of The Poets Nook. Poetry tells a story, and you will be amazed at the inspirational stories in this book. It is full of descriptions and insights written by authors from very diverse backgrounds. It is a very good read that offers something for everyone: love, joy, peace, solace, laughter, education, and spirituality.

You can find life lessons in this book on how to live a victorious life, how not to live a victorious life, some history of our country, imagery of our beautiful country, our American heroes, our pets, our dreams, our families, our losses, and our tears.

Shirley Securro, coordinator for The Poets Nook

Contact Shirley at [e-mail] or [e-mail].

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Aug 20, 2015
• ISBN: 9781504928595

Shirley Securro

Shirley is in her ninth year at The Poet’s Nook. She took on the responsibility of the club as coordinator when Floriana Hall retired after December, 2014. She has poetry that she had written at the age of ten but doesn’t remember when she started writing. Shirley has been published in the following anthologies: —Famous Poets of the Heartland —Lucidity —On Gossamar Wings —On the Wings of Pegasus —Poems of Beautiful Ohio: Then and Now (she illustrated the front cover and has several sketches in the book) —Songs of Honour —Theatre of the Mind —The Best Poems and Poets of 2005 —The International Who’s Who in Poetry, 2005 —The International Who’s Who in Poetry, 2007 —Timeless Voices —Voices in Verse: Weaving Words (along with several sketches) Shirley has been published online on www.alongstoryshort, Writer’s Ezine, LSS magazine, and Poems of the World, and her poetry has been recorded on two different CDs (one that went around the world) and printed on Christmas cards. She was a finalist in a chapbook contest in America: Let Freedom Reign, Our Sacrifices—Our Heroes. She is also an appointed and registered United States poetry ambassador, doing readings for weddings, funerals, banquets, and meetings.

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© 2015 Shirley Securro. All rights reserved.

Compiled by Shirley Securro

Edited by Shirley Securro and Tom Kearns

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Published by AuthorHouse 08/18/2015

ISBN: 978-1-5049-2858-8 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5049-2859-5 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2015912803

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

HOLLY CLAIRE CLARK

Antiphon To An Ode

A Valentine Poem For Our Fourth Anniversary In Your Corner

Christmas In The Country

Spring Verdue

Stop! In The Name Of Love!

The Summer Of Our Contentment

MARYANN FEAR

A Man Called Matt

Dawn

My Pretty Ones

Season’s Gifts

The Guardian

The Painter

RUTH HALE

Chicken Little

I Am Content

My Cousin Emma

Popcorning

The Encounter

The Marketplace

FLORIANA HALL

Autumn Prelude

Clouds Of Living Life

Dreams Of Long Ago

Hydrangeas

The Waiting Game

Walking A Tightrope

TOM KEARNS

Career Change

Class Clown Comes Full Circle

Hair

Modern Romance

Ode To A Gnat

The Crimson Numeral

ANDREA MAYFIELD

A Positive Glow

Dreamlike Colors

Dried, Crumpled Leaves

Flowers

I Would

Sweet Dreams Little One

DREAMA POWELL

Dreama And Ella Mae

Seeing

Solitary

The Golden Way

The Poet’s Nook

Questions

REBECCA L. RECHEL

Reflections Of A Rose In Bloom

The Fire

Love’s Reply

Pillow Fight

You Compel Me

My Tears Too

JOHN H. RODGERS

A Bit Of Mother Nature’s World

A Few Thoughts About Ireland

Badlands – South Dakota

North Platte, Nebraska

South Carolina Seacoast

To The Great Spirit

SHIRLEY SECURRO

Ambition

An American Hero

Opinions

The Days Of Innocence

The Sons Of Freedom

The Sunrise Of Our Tomorrow

TERRY A. SHUMAN

En Passant

Moonlight Magic

Nightfall

Shagbark Soliloquy

The Greeter

The Visitor

BILL SOMODY

An Angel In Our Midst

Oohs And Aahs Amidst Jutting Jaws

Preface To Armegeddon

PATRICIA MARGARET STEGALL

A Child Of God

Bubbles Of Happiness

Gratitude

My Serenity Of Morning

My Time With God

Walking With Jesus

ABOUT OUR BOOK

MUSE AND VIEWS – A Kaleidoscope of Poetry

is the HEART and SOUL of THE POET’S NOOK. Poetry tells a story and you will be amazed at the stories in this book. It is full of descriptions and insights written by authors from very diverse backgrounds. It is a very good read and offers something for everyone: love, joy, peace, solace, laughter, education, and spirituality. Life lessons on how to live a victorious life, how not to live a victorious life, some history of our country, imagery of our beautiful country, our

American heroes, our pets, our dreams, our losses, our tears, and our families.

CONTACT: Shirley Securro, Coordinator, [e-mail] or [e-mail]

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We would like to thank Tim Hite, Community Activities Director, his staff, and THE FRIENDS of Cuyahoga Falls Library for making THE POET’S NOOK an active part of the library. Also, Joyce Bingham and her staff of the Children’s Department for their help with our annual Children’s Poetry Contest.

We would also like to thank Brian Burch, Branch Manager, of the Ellet Library and his staff for allowing us to be an active part of their library.

A special thank you to Tom Kearns, our in-house editor, for all the long hours and diligence that he has put into our books.

DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to Floriana Hall, founder of THE POET’S NOOK at Cuyahoga Falls Library. It was founded in 1997, and Floriana coordinated the group (approximately 100 members throughout the years) for seventeen years prior to retiring in 2014. Some of the poets died, some moved, and some did not enjoy it and quit. There were also observers who came several times. Floriana taught the poets about all the different types of poetry and had fun doing it.

Floriana passed the mantle on to Shirley Securro who is now coordinating the club and is in her 9th year at the club.

Floriana has been published all over the world, and has won many prizes. She has had many book signings, and speaking engagements throughout the years. She has been published in Salesian books, THE PEN, POEMS OF THE WORLD, in books from England, and has won many prizes, even in Brazil. She is included in WHO’S WHO, The International Library of Poetry, Poets of the World, Outstanding Poets, Lucidity, and many other books. Floriana is 87 years old and is a real dynamo. She has been referred to as The Energizer Bunny. She attends water exercises five times a week and visits her husband, Robert, in the nursing home almost daily.

Floriana and her husband of sixty-six years, Robert E. Hall, have five children, nine grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.

In addition to all her books on Amazon.com, she has a new