The Greater Collection

By David P Cresap

The poems are written in a style so they might be understood and enjoyed by the reader in general. In most cases the poems come quickly and some have to be hurriedly written down before they are forgotten. Most of the poems come complete, regarding the trials and experiences of the author, and are as teachings to help give understanding in order to ease the burdens caused by the uncomfortable situations of lifes trials.
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Loving to play with words, many may start with an idea and a word and are then linked to a rhyming word into the thought of the poem and continued until the thought is completed with all the words needed for the poem being included. These were meant for fun.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Oct 9, 2015
• ISBN: 9781503591462

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Copyright © 2015 by David P. Cresap.

Library of Congress Control Number:   2015912555

ISBN:      Hardcover   978-1-5035-9148-6

                Softcover     978-1-5035-9147-9

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Contents

Dedication

Foreword

Acknowledgment

The Realm of Why

•   A Child’s Education

•   A Misunderstanding

•   A Touch

•   A Zero

•   Against The Flow

•   An Apology

•   Being Shy

•   Blame Game

•   Brown Shoes

•   Choices

•   Comfort

•   Covering my heart

•   Curse ‘IF’ Writing

•   Did My Best?

•   Earthly Journey

•   Farewell / Bitterness

•   Five Senses

•   Friendship

•   Gratitude

•   Head Turner

•   Honesty

•   I Have A Poem About That

•   Joy of Happiness

•   Joyful Heart

•   Keep Smiling

•   Last Words

•   Life Alone

•   Life by Sight

•   Life Evolution

•   My Beginning

•   My Life

•   My Needs

•   Old Friends

•   Peaceful Truth

•   Poetry is a Poem

•   Pondering

•   Purposed Marriage

•   Questions?

•   Quiet Listening

•   Rose Collection

•   Say What?

•   Sense of Evil

•   Sleep

•   The Attributes of Man

•   The Fog

•   The Price

•   The Realm of Why

•   The Right Brain

•   The Stable Heart

•   Time

•   To Not Know

•   Trusted

•   Untrusting

•   What am I?

•   What is time?

•   Winter

•   Yard Sale Circle

Poetic Ratatouille

•   5 O’ Clock - Time to Eat

•   A Hint of the Future

•   A Teenage Terror?

•   A Warming Fire

•   A Way Up High

•   Boy / Girl Fear

•   Christmas Fun

•   Christmas Time

•   Cookie Machine with Dad

•   Dating?

•   Fear

•   First Sight

•   Forget?

•   Gaming

•   Girlie Stuff

•   Girls

•   Grown Up

•   Hooray for Little Sis

•   I WAIT

•   IF

•   La Quinta

•   Mandatory Letter

•   Marriage Potential

•   Me Doctor

•   Memories of a Boy

•   Memory of a Boy – High School Years

•   My Kingdom for a Pastry

•   Need for Love

•   Night Munchies

•   Ode to the Sour Orange

•   Ode To Tera - My Daughter

•   Oh, Two Tera’s

•   Math - Rap It, Don’t Slap It

•   Roommates

•   Shared Beauty

•   Spent

•   The Dud

•   The Fool?

•   The Greeting Card

•   The Individual

•   The Loser

•   The Phone Introduction

•   The Puppy

•   The Season

•   The Secret

•   The Speed Date

•   Toey Achem

•   Transitioning

•   Tribute to My Sis

•   Vive la Difference

The French Experience

•   Amie Triste

•   Bonbons et Biscuits

•   Cookies and Candy

•   Donnes a Mon Ame

•   Give to My Soul

•   Elle Dort

•   La Belgique

•   La Retour

•   Little Fille

•   Sois Sotte

•   Be Crazy

•   Sweet Demoiselle

Dedication

The poems in this collection

and those I have written are

dedicated to my family.

In most instances

they relate to actual circumstances

and thoughts in my life’s journey

and work as a journal

following those experiences

which I have accumulated

throughout

my life.

Foreword

By Tera L.Cresap Amsbury

A Father. A Papa. A Poet.

The author, born in 1944, has already spent a lifetime experiencing the trials and joys of life. Being in touch with his inner self, he has written and collected a lifetime of poetry. This poetry is dedicated to those who also have a passion for the art and life itself. Hopefully, those who read these poems will feel the passion within the words on these pages. Hopefully also, through the words on these pages,