On Gentle Breeze

By Freddy P.

On Gentle Breeze is a continuing collection of
original poems moving the reader along a midlife
journey touching on Guide Posts that we all struggle
with in our passage through life. It will activate
many un-explored feelings we all experience as well
as entertain us along the way. On Gentle Breeze is
the compass to guide us through the jungle of life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jul 25, 2013
• ISBN: 9781483651781

Freddy P.

The author, Freddy P., was born in Miami, Florida, moved to Santa Barbara, California at age 12, attended local schools-grew up here. A graduate of Fresno State University and University of California Santa Barbara. I’ve worked as a Fireman, college teacher of Industrial Technology, Space Shuttle Engineer, High School teacher of Industrial Technology, worldwide life member of Who’s Who, currently retired and I am a writer. I reside in Goleta, CA. I have spent 20 years writing this book – not by avoiding life’s pains, searching, experiencing happiness and loneliness, success and failure; finally moving toward Acceptance and Possibilities. During this mid life time I have lived through divorce, single parenthood, a dream aerospace career gone in the winds of change, a return to teaching high school for 16 years and finally retirement, recession and what I consider the real challenge of the rest of my life. What I have learned is to follow my own compass and take charge of my life. Let’s see where I go next. Questions or comments, email me at: [e-mail].

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Copyright © 2013 by Freddy P.

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Rev. date: 09/06/2013

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CONTENTS

Foreword

A Gentle Breeze

A Gigolo in the O.C… . .

A sod Prairie shack… .

A Time For Jimmy… .

Age is

All day Sucker… .

Another round of celebration… .

Bar B Que… .

Boy in bulrushes

Boys

Buttons

Camping at Silverlake—

site # 19

Crossing Tioga Pass… .

Dare to Dream… .

Don’t forget

Driving up the mountain… .

Ducks sitting

Dutch Oven Cookin… .

Finger in the Wind… .

Footprints… .

Free Spirit

in a Rented Body… .

Freight Trains… .

Gossamer footprints… .

Hike to the Hotspring… .

I can’t

I sit alone in the evening

If I was

If you can’t

If you

If you’re

It was a dark

and cloudy morning… .

Joy in life

Know The Way Home … .

Letting go… .

Lone poplar… .

Magic Healer… .

Miracles come

Mixing concrete… .

Morning mist

My return journey… .

My scribble paper

Notice

Ode To Endeavour

Ode to Rufus

Ode to Tommy J… .

On a grassy meadow

Places

Reflections… .

Remember

Rockin to Meatloaf

Rolling hills

verdant green

The Iowa Poems

Running outside

the fog bank

Saturday morning… .

Scotty… .

She breathed

a heavy sigh… .

Sittin by the Lagoon… .

Sitting Alone at an Outdoor Ca’fe… .

Space… .

Sunday… . High Noon

The chill of Fall

The Funeral… .

The Hills

of San Simeon… .

The Reunion… .

There’s nothing

Two Bikinis… .

Waiting for Blood letting… .

Warm summer breeze

Weddings… .

Welcome

to Las Vegas… .

When I

Where have

our heros gone

You’ve had

Z Gentle breeze

FOREWORD

My intention in writing On Gentle Breeze was

To continue on that journey through middle age—

As a Boomer—that was first introduced in

A Campground Closed.

I am never surprised at the twists and turns our

Journey through life follows and my hope is to

give the Reader guideposts along the way that

may cause you to pause and