The Poem Collection

By Edward J. McCoul

Edward McCoul's love for writing creative, inspired poetry is the basis for writing this book. He has written about his favorite topics and he has divided the book into poetry chapters that have appeal to young and old. The chapters in the book are Family, Children, Presidential, Inspirational, Christmas, and Adult Poems. There is also a special last chapter, Poems Make Romantic Songs, that should appeal to music lovers or to those of you who are just helplessly romantic. Whatever your varied interests are, you will find great satisfaction reading Edward McCoul's Poetry

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Sep 18, 2013
• ISBN: 9781483698373

Edward J. McCoul

Edward McCoul was born in Cambridge, Ohio. He is the son of Edward and Victoria McCoul. Edward attended Wheeling college in Wheeling West Virginia. He graduated with a degree in history. He later attended Oakland University in Rochester Michigan. There he Received his Masters of Arts In Elementary Teaching Degree. One of his favorite things to teach was poetry. He is 68 now and retired, but he is now doing one of his other favorite things, sharing his poetry, which he does in this book.

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The Poem

Collection

EDWARD J. MCCOUL

Copyright © 2013 by Edward J. McCoul.

ISBN:          Softcover                                 978-1-4836-9836-6

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Contents

I. FAMILY POEMS

Walt Disney

Amelia Earhart

Einstein Or Dr Seuss?

My Real Life Stars

Captain Video

Walter Mitty Huh?

Roy Rogers

Savant

I Am Having A Good Day

What Life Is About

Nothing

City Tour Bus Ride

The Unusual Little Town

Ladybug Lane

Dolphin

Whale

Oatmeal

A Day In Amish Country

Barber Shop

Building Blocks Of Life

Write Just Right

Get That Ole Lion

Telescope Fun

Mermaid

Past, Present, Future

Hourglass Of Poetry

X - Marks The Spot

The Pier

The Poet

What Was That Other Thing?

Time Traveler

Ring-Fling

Men In Black Guys

Golden Arches

Dreamer Schemers

Money Tree

Parallel Universe

Time Changer

Mnemonic’s

Granddad

FBI Guy

Lawn Care

Fish Market

Dentist Chair

The Mail

The Computer

Telephone

Science Center Is Fun To Enter

In the Lesson Plan

The Cannon

The MoteL Shaped Like An L

Google Mats

Microwave

Pizza Mania

II. CHILDREN’S POEMS

Living In Og

Turtle

Hello Kitty

Beaks

There Was A Bee

Go To Boring

Toes

Oh Pleeze Just Tickle, Grab, Or Squeeze

Hands

The Silent Ringing Bell

Middle Piddle Riddle

The Two Sided Hill

Train

The Onecers VS. The Woncers

Venus The Genius Fly

Dinosaur

Grabbers

Humming Bird

Snuffle

Unda

Nee-Nee

Mommy And Daddy Bronty

Neal The Surreal Seal

Going Camping

Going Camping (Part Two)

Going Camping (Part Three)

III. PRESIDENTIAL/PATRIOTIC POEMS

Greats Of The Presidency

Fourth Of July Mystery

It Came From The Sky

The President Gal Or Guy

Appointed Not Elected

What’s In A Name?

First Ladies

Two Sons Of #1’s

George Washington

John Adams

Thomas Jefferson

James Madison

James Monroe

First Five

Ronald Wilson Reagan

America, The Heart of Thanksgiving

Harding And Coolidge

Harry S Truman

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Don.t Pet The Alligator!

William Howard Taft

Woodrow Wilson

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Martin Van Buren

Andrew Jackson

John Quincy Adams

Clever Ben

Our Flag Forever

Dwight David Eisenhower

Theodore Roosevelt

Herbert Clark Hoover

Grover Cleveland

A Perfecta Trifecta, OH!

Ulysses S Grant

Rutherford B Hayes

James Abram Garfield

Just Once, Two Presidents

President David Rice Atchison, Who… ?

William McKinley

John Tyler

The Presidents

Ronald Reagan

Made in America

IV. CHRISTIAN AND INSPIRATIONAL POEMS

The Master Baker

Those Magic Moments

Faith He loves

The Life Of Light

Fill Up My Day, Oh Lord

Lord, Stay With Me At Night

A Vessel Of Your Love

You Are The Way

God’s Grace

Come What May

The Sonshine Way

Lord Help Me Today

One In Your Majestic Light!

You Save The Day

God Will Show You The Way

Another Day

The Hand You Can Not See

A Better Day

Try A Little Courage

Heavenly Magnet

One Blessed Day

Angel

A Prayer of Guidance

The Altar Boy

Not blessed? Let it rest!

Blue Moon

Rock Formations

Mirror

Life Stew

V. CHRISTMAS POEMS

Children Love Christmas

Christmas Magic Is True

Snowfall and Jesus on Christmas Eve

He Was Born On Christmas Day

Christmas Is

Trimming the Christmas Tree

Christmas is Your day, Jesus

A Fairy Tale Wonderland

Christmas Magic Never Wears Out- by Edward J McCoul

Christmas Makes Our Hearts Sing

Sleigh Riding In The Snow

Wo, Rudolph! Wo!

Driving Christmas Eve In My Car…

The Santa Claus Rock

VI. ADULT POEMS

Let’s Fly

Lunch Buffet

There Is Always Room For Mellow

Teddy Bear

Synchronized Spaghetti Staghetti’s

The All Seeing Eye

Love Around The Clock

Rock My Soul

Chicken Picken

Superhero

The Man From Goodwill!

The Man From Goodwill!

Serendipity Proclivity

Take Time To Play

Marilyn Monroe

Painting Of My Love

Oh, Mother Of The Divine

Emile Gamelin

Taking My Baby For A Ride

Dates

Walk On The Beach

Just Signal

Senior Citizen

Scrap Booking

Storage Locker

Coupon

You, No, You

Visiting The Doctor

L. A., L. A.

Swimming Pool

Unexpected Summer Delight

Boat Ride,Oh Yeah!

VII. POEMS MAKE ROMANTIC SONGS

Moonlight Serenade

A Lover’s Walk Around The Pond

Life Is A Contest

Christmas Angel

If I Could Turn Back Time

In The Moonlight

Drive-In-Movie

LoveSpin

Seven Steps Of Romance

She Is Thankful

I Am So In Love With You

My Rainbow Of Love

Starry Night

Loaded Dice

My Blue Sky Baby

The Miracle Of You

Songs So Hot They Are Cool

Time Stand Still

Lightning Was His Name

Rolling In Clover

Calendar Of Love

I Am In The Mood For Romance

Walls Of Love

Make every moment count

Our Love Is For Forever

That Girl

Miss Right Delight

Slow Dance

Easy

The Voice

If I Could

Take A Chance On Me

Seasons Of Love

Why

Moment For More

Sing Her A Tender Love Song

Moon Glow

At The Midnight Hour

A Beautiful Day To Be In Love

Where

Your Love Makes Me want to Shout

Open The Door Of Your Heart

When

In My Heart

Your Love Draws Me to You

You’re So Fine

It’s So Great Being With You

Heavenly Light Shine On Me

I. FAMILY POEMS

Walt Disney

He was father to the characters we all love Created

through inspiration from above.

A benevolent man appearing on T V.

Who reigned over a make believe reality.

We grew up with Mickey, Donald, and Goofy too.

Morning cartoons were fun for me and you.

The Plausible Impossible seemed so true.

Hey, I believed them. So did you.

Hey, Pluto, became familiar words to us.

We loved how Minnie made Mickey blush.

Goofy’s lucid explanations superseded expectation.

We became a nation of vivid imagination.

Walt’s imagination spread far and near.

We became members of that club so dear.

The one where we wore big ears

And called ourselves Mouseketeers.

Zorro seemed real in cape and mask.

The Z is what we loved to see.

We all rode with him in his disguise

He sought to bring justice to the countryside.

Sleeping Beauty and Snow White are real to me.

After all they live in castles you can see.

So are Daniel Boone and the pirates of old.

I know that’s true. I’ve seen his frontier and their gold.

Walt Disney’s kingdom still stands today In a special place adorned with his name.

The things mentioned above are still the same.

You can enter this magic realm any day.

Really nothing has changed.

The people today are different.

The characters remain the same.

Only one man has Walt Disney’s Name.

Amelia Earhart

Oh Lady, Oh Lady where have you been for so long?

Into the hearts of many you have landed your charm.

Time has not forgotten its heroine, This is your song.

You attempted to fly where no woman before had ever gone.

And succeed you did on beyond the intended goal in mind.

Enduring in our memory, your incomplete journey lasts through time.

Around the world we are all still in wonder of your legacy.

About a great American heroine still shrouded in mystery.

In your Lockheed Electra America flew beside you with pride.

We all marveled at that unshakable courage you had inside.

You have made us proud, and so in this song we sing out loud.

Come fly again. Fly high forever into the silver lined clouds of our minds.

You are The Flying Queen who will never be forgotten by us.

Fly on. Fly on, Oh Woman of Greatness, with courage and love.

In our hearts and minds you are always arriving on time.

We give tribute to a rare woman of valor with qualities of a star.

Who reached her destination in history and left us all better by far.*

Einstein Or Dr Seuss?

I am trying to decide who is the Best is!

Is it Einstein is? or Dr Seuss is?

It is a dilemma you see.

Do I count imagination too

Or just what you see?

Logic will take you from A to B to C.

The Cat will teach you the A,B, C’s.

I think they wonder and both think

What color is under the kitchen sink.

If the true sign of intelligence is not Knowledge but imagination then, They have both expressed equally On beyond the ordinary we z.

Their genius starts, when ideas start flowing.

When their ideas stop flowing,

Then their genius stops going

Until they start up again knowing.

If succeed they want, then succeed they will.

They live as though all things are miracles still.

Live they do not like miracles they have not.

They both seem to know what they want to know.

They can take you to far off places you want to go.

Things get better because they care a lot more.

Keeping things simple both ideas and words, They take us where we will not get bored.

That’s the trademark of their genius underscored.

Einstein we know loved to write many notes in a book.

Seuss wrote many books that we note are loved.

I am glad their imagination comes a little at a time.

Who could handle the math and rhyme,

If it came all at one time?

When Seuss is rhyming and Einstein is equating An hour seems like a second.

When Seuss is equating and Einstein is rhyming A second seems like an hour. That’s Relativity!

Where is it we really want to be?

As far as the thoughts of these greats

Refer to reality, they are uncertain.

And as far as they are certain

They do not refer to things of certainty.

One thinks that what can be counted

May not always count.

The other does teach us how to count.

I am a believer in the good they both can do.

They have created a better world for both me and you.

One may change the theory to fit the facts.

Not to be out done is one who changes

The facts, so they may fit the theory.

Does this always apply, you may query?

Well, I have had my say

And fun along the way.

What do you say?

Which one is on top in life’s game.

I think they are differently the same!

If you’re not sure, you can ask today.

Just go hop on pop!

My Real Life Stars

This is a poem that can’t be topped.

You have to hear it without a stop.

Words come out they won’t wait.

The subject matter is just first rate.

In this poem I do not hesitate

I have tried not to bloviate.

Writing this poem must be fate.

It has never been done before this date.

There were two boys I used to know

Now young men really on the go.

Both very clever this is for sure

I love them so much close to adore.

You tell me there is only one sun.

But in my world there are two.

They brighten my day in a double way

As I see it from a Dad’s point of view.

Take it from me someone in the know

These are my sons Stars in my show.

I got tickets for a front row seat.

As life’s movies go this can’t be beat.

I’d ask you to join me if I could.

Admission is limited to a special few

To the people whose lives they touch

With their unique talents as such.

If you are fortunate to know them too,

I commend you part of the selected few.

Being around them I always feel new.

No better thing in life do I like to do.

I could go on till the moon turns blue.

Oh why not there’s nothing better to do.

Don’t worry you will be out for dinner.

If not you’ll be like me a lot thinner.

An idea for them is easy to jump start.

What I say comes from my heart.

These two are surely the main part.

They always have been from the start.

Now to see them I take non stop.

Once they were as close to me

As a skip jump and hop on pop.

When they sat on my knee.

I used to read them stories at night.

Now I write them poems in daylight.

What I say comes from my heart.

It helps me stay close when we’re apart.

In this poem is spent special time.

Care has been given for fine rhyme

For two handsome sons of mine.

I will always love them for all time.

Captain Video

Impressed upon my young mind

Was this first series of its kind.

I quickly adorned my special suit

In time for my Video Ranger pursuit.

The idea of space travel was new.

I volunteered for something to do.

Even though I was only seven

Blasting off for space we flew.

I played Captain Video well

It was real anybody could tell.

Upholding truth and justice for you

On planets was what we would do.

I remember well for the first time

On the scene a real Robot