Poems

By Henry Halama

Because of my love of classical music, I always try to impart rhythm and
song to my poems. These poems were written between 1965 and the
present, either in English, or translated from Czech.
They are presented in the following five sections:
Love: Without this we could not exist. It gives life luster, happiness and in
reality all that is good in life.
Nature: Who has not been thrilled observing woods in all seasons. Their
sleepy silence in winter, their waiting for spring, their force of life when
spring finally comes. In autumn, their explosion of color. Who has not been
awed by the diversity of animals inhabiting all niches in every environment.
I for one would find life lacking without them.
Science: My long involvement with research, its thrilling results as well as
heartbreaks, made my life rich and gave me a feeling of satisfaction.
Miscellaneous: Poems about special places, special people, and special
events.
Family: Containing poems to my children and grandchildren. As a father
and a grandfather, I am expressing my love for them, my joy in being with
them, and my grief when they suffer.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Apr 16, 2013
• ISBN: 9781483618548

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Contents

Love

Love at First Sight

In the dunes

A Snapshot

Love on the Beach

The Airport

Winter Dream—Shelter Island

Winter Dream—Woodstock

For Jane

Reflection

Dance

For Trina

My Wife falling asleep

Last Princess

Old Man’s Desire

An Early Adirondack Wish

An Adirondack Memory

For Usha

Cascade Mountain

For Mary

A Song for Ruth

For Willi

Late Train

For Sweet Joanie

Orfeus

For Mara

For Khy

Nature

Redwing Blackbirds

Spring Musings

Late Spring

Dandelion

November on Eastern Long Island

Adirondack Morning

Sunset at Raquette Lake

Autumn

Autumn Love

Morning on Hay Beach

December Dawn

Amazing Glaze

Winter

Ode to Sawkill River

Spring On Sawkill River

Last skiing in 2008-2009 Season

Fir Mountain with Steve Chorvas: My Final Climb

Science

Charles Darwin

The Scientists

The Experimenters

Stars at Reel Point

Childhood Stars

New Trinity

Miscellaneous

Childhood

To Harte Crane

Sona

In Memoriam

The Whitestone Bridge

East Wing Gallery Washington

Jury Duty

Elegy for John Lennon

Calvary

End Game

Family

For Chicky’s 18th Birthday

For my Daughter, Caroline

To Vlasta

For Vlasta

Prague, For Matt

Hard Times

For Vlasta and Sprout

For Nalo

Nalo’s Christmas

Corrina

For Corrina

About My Poems

Because of my love of classical music, I always try to impart rhythm and song to my poems. These poems were written between 1965 and the present, either in English, or translated from Czech.

They are presented in the following five sections:

Love: Without this we could not exist. It gives life luster, happiness and in reality all that is good in life.

Nature: Who has not been thrilled observing woods in all seasons. Their sleepy silence in winter, their waiting for spring, their force of life when spring finally comes. In autumn, their explosion of color. Who has not been awed by the diversity of animals inhabiting all niches in every