Life-Inspiring Poems: Book Iii

By Patricia Peterson

This book is dedicated to all my friends, both living and deceased.

Ruth Adedeji
Virgil Alonso
Marina Alt Sanchez
Lanny Armstrong
Katherine Beanie Blair
Frederick Blakely
Veronika Blakely
Lisa Borges
Yvette Cardozo
Dorothy Cohn
Edna Danon
Alex Daoud
Sandy Davalos
Brenda Di Pilato
Elva Fernandez
Mike Fernandez
Denise Ghaleb
Peter Ghaleb
Michael Hannau
Donna Herzek

Gilberto Lopez
Geraldine Gerri Michalska
Rita Odza
Sheila Olsen
Marie Paredes
Liora Ramati
Katerine Ramirez
Kathy Rodriguez
Roger Rodriguez
Larry Sarbey
Shiloh Sarbey
Diego Siller
Sondra Torres
Carmen Vega
Guillermo Vega
Nelly Vega
Alsina Vidal
Patty Weissman
Eliana Welch
Luz Zarrazuga

Clair Brooks
Charlie Bromberger
Lillie Bromberger
Ruth Byron
Roz Klien
David Levitt
Julie Levitt
Florida Phumphey
Charlene Smith
Johnny Turk

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Oct 28, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524555665

Patricia Peterson

My name is Patricia Peterson. I was born in Miami, Florida. In school, I attended South Beach Elementary and St. Patrick’s School. After school, I attended the Park’s Program and won awards in many sports, including state championships. After graduating, I attended Miami-Dade Jr. College and the University of Florida with a BAE degree in education. When recertifying, I attended University of Miami, Barry College, and Florida International University. I taught kindergarten to sixth grade. Now, after forty-five years of teaching and forty years with UTD, I retired in 2011 and will have the time to continue my writing.

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Copyright © 2016 by Patricia Peterson.

Library of Congress Control Number:   2016918095

ISBN:   Hardcover   978-1-5245-5568-9

             Softcover     978-1-5245-5567-2

             eBook          978-1-5245-5566-5

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Rev. date: 10/27/2016

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CONTENTS

I Believe

Memorial Day

Not Good Enough

A Wish

No, Maybe, We’ll See

A Friend

Magic Words

What You Want

A Fool

Getting Old

Masks

God’s Plan

Questions

Youth

Life Is Funny

Try It

Ability of Talent

Bedtime

A Psychic Reading

Eyes

One-Sided

What to Do

Larry Martin Sarbey

An Awesome Sight

Waiting

Alone

Smoke

The Gift

Grandchildren

My Wedding Day

I Loved You Once

Stars

The Super Bowl

Where Are You?

The Malaysia Airliner

Cat and Mouse

Soul Mate

The Frangipani

I Think of You

Secrets

Hurting Words

The North Star

Exciting News

The March Winds

Change

Existing

Never Married

Wake Up

I Love You So Much

Our Senior Year

Income Tax Day

Come Back

Learn to Communicate

Why?

Immigration

The Winds of Time

I’m Ready

So Much Sadness

The Wind

Mistakes

All Alone

The Nor’easter

Heartless

Your Girlfriend

The Secret

Thinking of You

Mother Russia

Ravages of Time

I Cry

Losing Weight

My Coy Mistress

Eternity

I Can’t

Pretending

Selfish Ways

Look Inside

A Special Person

Reminders

Birthdays

Choose Wisely

Afraid

The End

Church Fear

Open Your Eyes

Message of Hope

I’m Busy

Getting Older

Bankruptcy

What Is Wrong?

A Sad Song

Au Revoir

Don’t Marry

Buckle Down

The Senior Center

It’s Time to Change

Mangos

I Wish

Pearls of White

The Road

My Final Wish

This book is

dedicated to all my friends, both living and deceased.