A Window to the Soul

By William Dickie

This book contains many poems on a number of varied subjects, but I could say the one true thread connecting all of them is the thread of love. Whether it is a poem on divine love or human love, love for pets or love for the environment that you find yourself in, all the poems are connected with this in mind.

The book also contains poems created for family and friends with a strong bond of love flowing through these sections also.

The result is a powerful yet compassionate collection of poems.

I invite you to open the book at random and have a read.

Maybe there is a poem for you inside.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris AU
• Release date: Sep 24, 2015
• ISBN: 9781503509290

William Dickie

Author bio coming soon

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Copyright © 2015 by William Dickie.

Cover Illustration by: Farzaneh Shomali

Library of Congress Control Number:   2015913752

ISBN:      Hardcover      978-1-5035-0931-3

                Softcover        978-1-5035-0930-6

                eBook             978-1-5035-0929-0

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Rev. date: 10/26/2015

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CONTENTS

About the Author

Introduction

POEMS

1.   The Mirror

2.   Colours

3.   The Loving Walk

4.   Service

5.   Bonds

6.   Grace and Beauty Fair

7.   Breakfast Waiter

8.   Creator Imaginings

9.   I Must Be Nuts

10.   Noah

11.   Oh, My Dear, Beloved Soul

12.   Stronger than You Think

13.   Late-Night Wander

14.   My One True Love

15.   The Mountains of Muscat, Oman

16.   Simply Said for a’ That

17.   Surrender

18.   A Walk among the Roses

19.   To Lie among the Roses

20.   A Rose Garden of Your Ane (Own)

21.   Love of Soul Divine

22.   Alas

23.   Creators Dreaming

24.   Epiphany

25.   As I Remember Thee

26.   The Walk along the Path

27.   The Weapon to Wield

28.   Jealousy

29.   To Have Loved and Lost

30.   The Wind upon the Sea

31.   On Holy Ground

32.   The Morning Fair

33.   Unfrequented Love

34.   The Angel Stood before Me

35.   Love Flowing from Every Pore

36.   Fun

37.   Loving Space

38.   In Service Is My Reward

39.   Razor’s Edge

40.   The Boat Crossing

41.   My Garden to Tend

42.   The Oldest Fears

43.   The Revolving Door

44.   Even unto Me

45.   To the Future

POEMS FOR MY FAMILY

46.   My Mum

47.   My Dad

48.   My Forever Loving Son

49.   My Sister, Heather

50.   My Brother, Matt

51.   My Dear Departed Wife, Era

POEMS FOR MY FRIENDS

52.   Friends

53.   For My Dear Friend, Andy

54.   Beginning

55.   Talented Friend

56.   The Artist and the Poet

57.   Andy’s Laksa

58.   The Fish and the Lion

59.   The Muscat Poet Society

60.   My Best Friend

61.   Farewell My Friend

62.   The Puppies Yet to Meet

63.   I Want a Husband (for Julia)

64.   My Dear Friend, Anna

65.   To Ads

66.   To Bea

67.   To Lucille

68.   To Jean (In Perth)

69.   The Doctor’s Notes

70.   Please, Miss

71.   The Puppies, Sophie and Sam

72.   Wormhole of Chaos

I Am Soul

About the Author

My name is William ‘Bill’ Dickie. I grew up in a small town called Saltcoats, situated on the Ayrshire Coast, in Scotland, about thirty miles from the iconic city of Glasgow. I grew up in this town with my family of one brother and one sister and my loving parents. Saltcoats is a typical Scottish seaside town that I remember growing up as being vibrant and full of characters. This small town set my foundation to be curious about life and question everything, leading to travel and work within Scotland, initially living in Edinburgh for ten years and finally ending up in the Granite City of Aberdeen and the oil and gas industry, an industry which I have spent more than twenty-five years in.

The book contains many poems of various subject matters, but I could say the one true thread connecting all of them is the thread of love. Whether it is a poem on divine love or human love, love for pets or love for the environment that you find yourself in, all the poems are connected with this in mind.

Writing this book has helped me deal with our most powerful emotions, without which I am unsure how easily or willingly I would have faced them. The result is a powerful yet compassionate collection of poems. I invite you to open the book at random and have a read.

Maybe there is a poem for you inside.

Introduction

Although you would not know it

I truly am the reluctant poet

It happened so fast

The ability to write this way

Never looking for it

It, in reality, found me

What is this it you speak of?

For truly it is a mystery

To one day wake up, rise from bed

To have all these poems

Flying around

Inside your head

Nothing is forgotten

The slightest word or phrase

Something said mistaken

Will be used in creative poetry

Even to challenge yourself

To write of things of interest

To feel the words flowing

To have a vested interest

I do not seek the glory

I do not seek the fame

Fortune is hardly my story

There will be no financial gain

The poetry that is written

And displayed inside this book

Is it truly a work of fiction

Or reality coming from my heart?

With the help and assistance

Of people you meet along the way

Where love and joy are mixed with wisdom

Clearly shown here on display

With too many names to mention

They will know just who they are

As they read some little notion

Hidden within the lines afar

I would just like to take a moment

To lovingly thank them from my heart

This book of poems seen before you

Would