Frederick Combs Essential Book of Poetry

By Frederick Combs

This is a collection of poems I wrote between 2000 and present. There are about thirty-three to thirty-six poems in here. In my opinion, Kids Are Our Future and Marriage in the New Century are my two best poems. I wrote both poems at the start and have won two editors choice awards for outstanding achievement in poetry. Been inducted in the Poetry Hall of Merit, been published in the UK, won a twenty-four-karat gold lapel pin. One of the poems a friend took and turned into a song and used it for his wedding song. I am very proud of all the accomplishments theses poems have done and decided to put them into a book.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Oct 23, 2015
• ISBN: 9781514417058

Frederick Combs

My name is Frederick Combs. I was born in Hartford, Connecticut, on December 26, 1966. I have lived in most of the states in the United States. I have a brother that was born in Connecticut, one born in Road Island, another born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and a sister born in Connecticut that is on my mom’s side. Then on my dad’s side, I have two sisters. I never met my dad and finally met my two sisters in November 2001. Met my aunts and uncles in February 2002 for the first time. I spent most of my life growing up in five cities. I was in a foster home from the time I was seven till I was twelve and a half years old in Columbus, Ohio. After Mom got us back, we moved to Dallas, Texas, where we lived from the time I was twelve till I was thirteen and a half years old, then we moved to Bear Point, Alabama. I was always coming up with a way to make friends and earn money from the time I was twelve years old. I have a daughter who is twenty-five years old and a son both living in Missouri. And I started writing in 2000. My first poem was “Kids Are Our Future.” The second poem was “Marriage in the New Century.” Both have won me editor’s choice awards for outstanding achievements in poetry. Both were published in the UK by Nobel House Publishing. One has won me a twenty-four-karat gold lapel pin. And both got me inducted in the poetry hall of merit.

Book preview

Kids Are Our Future

K ids are the future of this world.

In order for a kid to grow up and

have the right sense of values.

A kid needs to grow up in a loving

but wholesome environment.

Kids need to be taught right from

wrong from the start.

And there’s not enough right

teachings in this world now as it is.

Think about it kids will be running

this world someday.

Do you want our world run by kids

that haven’t grownup?

Been taught wright from wrong.

Been in jail for drugs or stealing

because that’s what this world is

coming to.

So teach the kids to do wright and

give them all the love you can.

Marriage In

The New Century

M arriage should be about families

working together for each other.

But in today’s marriages its everyone

for themselves not for staying together.

I look at a husband and wife that look

out for each other for better or worse.

Not for how much money the other has.

A marriage should not be about what

can I get from my spouse.

But what can I do to make my spouses

life better.

And how can I make my spouse feel

better about life with me.

And what can I do to make them feel

better about themselves in their walk

through this world.

If a marriage ends in divorce,