Me, You, and My Point of View: Inspirational and Motivational Poems, Quotes, and Personal Experiences

By Alipio Fernandes

I had never saved any of my poems anywhere before, other than in my mind. Its obvious that I dont remember all of them now, but I wish I could. I love to look at and observe pictures of nature and write poems or quotes about them, like most of my poems in this book. When I was younger and living in a studio apartment, I used to write poems and quotes and hung them on the living room/bedroom wall, including the bathroom. That was a type of self-motivation for me, being a single guy living by myself at the time. Every time I looked around, there was a poem or quote that would help me throughout the day.

In this book, Im talking about myself, my own experiences, my point of view, and Im also talking about you: the things I experienced with you or noticed in you and things that happened or could happen to you. You could be you, the reader, or someone else.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Sep 26, 2013
• ISBN: 9781483698632

Alipio Fernandes

My name is Alipio Fernandes. Being a Cape Verdean living in the United States in a multiracial community, surrounded by multilingual people, allowed me to become very fluent in speaking English, Portuguese, Cape Verdean Creole, Spanish, and some French. I’ve always had a passion for writing poems, quotes, songs, short stories, and comedies. I even learned how to play guitar so I could play and listen to my own songs. I wrote my first short story when I was seventeen years old, but I never published it. I also wrote two children’s book in the past, but they were just a tool to help me in teaching my son how to read and understand stories as he was growing up. Now that I’m forty-three years old, I feel that I should share my stories and point of view in writing with the world. Hopefully I can reach and touch many people with this book.

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Copyright © 2013 by Alipio Fernandes.

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Rev. date: 09/20/2013

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CONTENTS

Preface

Chapter 1 Belief

Chapter 2 Love

Chapter 3 Changes

Chapter 4 Respect

Chapter 5 Care

Chapter 6 Attitude

Chapter 7 Relationships

Chapter 8 Life

Chapter 9 Judging

Chapter 10 Freedom

Chapter 11 Problems

Chapter 12 Loneliness

Chapter 13 Alcohol

Education

Money

Friendship

Simplicity

Compliments

Excitement

Be wise!

To my son, Dwayne Fernandes.

PREFACE

My name is Alipio Fernandes. Being a Cape Verdean living in the United States in a multiracial community, surrounded by multilingual people, allowed me to become very fluent in speaking English, Portuguese, Cape Verdean Creole, Spanish, and some French. I’ve always had a passion for writing poems, quotes, songs, short stories, and comedies. I even learned how to play guitar so I could play and listen to my own songs. I wrote my first short story when I was seventeen years old, but I never published it. I also wrote two children’s book in the past, but they were just a tool to help me in teaching my son how to read and understand stories as he was growing up.

Now that I’m forty-three years old, I feel that I should share my stories and point of view in writing with the world. Hopefully I can reach and touch many people with this book.

I had never saved any of my poems anywhere before, other than in my mind. It’s obvious that I don’t remember all of them now, but I wish I could. I love to look at and observe pictures of nature and write poems or quotes about them, like most of my poems in this book. When I was younger and living in a studio apartment, I used to write poems and quotes and hung them on the living room/bedroom wall, including the bathroom. That was a type of self-motivation for me, being a single guy living by myself at the time. Every time I looked around, there was a poem or quote that would help me throughout the day.

In this book, I’m talking about myself, my own experiences, my point of view, and I’m also talking about you: the things I experienced with you or noticed in you and things that happened or could happen to you. You could be you, the reader, or someone else.

This book is