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    The Practical Poet
    The Practical Poet
    The Practical Poet
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    The Practical Poet

    By TS Bola

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    My first book, "One Bad Night in Mexico," was written about five years ago, not because I actually aspired to do so, but mainly because of my younger brother's insistence to do so. I think my resistance to write the book was because of the painful memories that were involved in that near-death experience. However, later on, I even published a second edition of it, with a postscript explaining what had been happening since that horrible incident. As such, since then, I have been completing my present project of finishing the writing of 150 poems to be published in the next two or three months. I am writing this in November of 2015, so maybe by January or February of 2016, this book, "The Practical Poet," will be published. It will consist of 150 poems that I have written over a period of time from 1967 until 2015. The poems reveal a variety of themes and emphases, but many have moral/ethical threads embedded in them, regardless of their type. Some of the poems are written with the obvious intent of humor, others for clarification of a subject, and others for spiritual emphasis.

    As such, I simply wish for you to read and enjoy my labor of love, as well as occasional stress, which you will likely note in some of the poems. These poems likely reveal much about my ideas, preferences, convictions, beliefs, views of worldly situations, and my personality. However, in reading these poems, I believe that you will not only have an occasional laugh but you might even learn something new in these writings. Anyway, I hope you read and enjoy!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateDec 18, 2015
    ISBN9781514435137
    The Practical Poet
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    TS Bola

    Author was born in 1937, living most of his life in a small Texas town and having most of his education including high school. While growing up, author enjoyed very much the sport of football and played it many years. As a matter of fact, that was the main reason he wanted to attend high school and not for the academics. As such, he just barely graduated from high school, mainly because all he wanted to do was to play football. He made enough passing grades so he would be eligible to play football. However, his practice was not all in vain, because he had a good enough team in 1953 to win the Class A, Texas State Championship. Thank God, he was so dedicated to football; not that he was a great talent, but because it required a certain discipline.

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