Trini: My Life of Poems

By Trinidad Rodriguez

Trini, My Life of Poems is a story of determination, courage and unyielding faith. Each poem is a chapter in a life filled with a single moms struggles and perseverance. Breathe in each line and share those experiences, viewing them through the windows of her eyes. Some poems allow you to soar like a butterfly, realizing the freedom of a first flight, while others bring an ache to your heart. Feel the longing for a loving and caring partner and the devotion to her three children. Her prose takes us where we dont know how to take ourselves, looking deep into our souls with poems that sometimes sing and sometimes scold. A fascinating journey expressed from the heart of a gifted writer. Find yourself a quiet corner and share a life in prose we seldom have the privilege to visit.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Oct 27, 2015
• ISBN: 9781491780701

Trinidad Rodriguez

Trini has spent over 40 years in practice as a licensed therapist guiding her clients through their needs and helping them to determine what the next step is on their journey forward. Her experience as a psychotherapist has connected her to people from all walks of life. Together with her educational training, Trini pulls in her own personal experiences as a wife, then a single mother to three putting herself through school.She knows all the comforts and discomforts that life can bring; her resilience to persevere in spite of them is what transforms this book into an illumination for your own life.

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ISBN: 978-1-4917-8069-5 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4917-8070-1 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2015917292

iUniverse rev. date:   10/22/2015

Contents

Introduction

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Life is Like the Dark, Dark Sea

Mirrors … Mirrors … Mirrors

Woman Know Thy Limit

Each Time I Cried

Please tell us about yourself   Part 1

My Beautiful Butterfly

Memories

Spoiled by the Universe

My Self Esteem

Puppets

Upon Your Head I Placed a Crown

Shadows

My Grief

Amazing, Amazing

Please tell us about yourself   Part 2

Trini

I Heard It!

Barrier

Death

Tell us about yourself   Part 3

Waiting

That Pitiful Part of Me

My Reflected Self

Ingrate

I Dare Not Go Back

Tell us about yourself   Part 4

Ed

Didn’t I Bury You?

Love

Silent Words

Tell us about yourself   Part 5

Daughter Dear

Twilight of My Years

You

Love Again

The Question

At Last

Most Fortunate One

Hoofs

Lord, Don’t You See That You Have To Wait?

Please tell us about yourself   Part 6

Please tell us about yourself   Part 7

The Thirteenth Disciple

2/21/02

Saturday Night Treat

About the Author

Designer and coordinator: Jim Baker

Typeface: Times New Roman

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"The only way out of the cocoon,

Is to move ahead into the unknown."

Forty years of fascinating prose and poetry

finally united in these pages!

Introduction

By: Jim Baker

Trini’s poems tell the story of her life. Each poem is a chapter about struggles, joys, and relationships. As we breathe-in each line we are sharing her experiences, viewing each one through the windows of her eyes. We feel her pain, her joy and her determination as a woman, a minority, and a very intelligent individual. Some poems allow us to soar like a butterfly, enjoying the freedom of a first flight, while others bring an ache to our hearts. Experience her longing for a loving and caring partner and her devotion to her three children. Find yourself a quiet corner and share a life in prose