Poetic Summary: Poems to Stimulate the Mind & Soul

By Benjamin Roberts Jr.

The purpose of Poetic Summary is to express an un-orthodox method of writing excerpts from a journey of longevity and a distinct place in human harmony of life. It delivers words for a message that shares a common form of expression for people worldwide. This poetry also motivates others to write their own experience from their point of view. Poetic Summary is both mental, visual and spiritual expression that is derived from various paths in life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Dec 21, 2017
• ISBN: 9781543473612

Benjamin Roberts Jr.

Benjamin F. (Robinson) Roberts, Jr Born in Shreveport, LA, to Benjamin F. and Jennie Johnson (Robinson) Roberts. He spent most of his teenage years living in Bronx New York and some in Newark New Jersey. He is a graduate of Walnut Hill High School, Shreveport, LA. Where he was an outstanding athlete especially in track and field. He attended Los Angeles College majoring in Sociology, in his second year he was drafted into the United States Army. After serving his time for his Country he returned to college to complete his Sociology Degree at Santa Ana College after being called to the ministry. He moved to Lubbock, TX, to study Christian Education and Biblical studies at Lubbock Christian University. While pastoring in Lubbock he continued his education and his ministerial training at Bishop College and Dr. WA Criswell Minister Institute at First Baptist Church, Dallas, TX. He hosted the 1982 State Missionary General Baptist Convention in Lubbock, TX. He became the first Afro-American District Executive for the Boy Scouts of America. He served on various boards while in Lubbock, TX. He moved to Amarillo, TX for pastorage where he served almost thirty years at the Shiloh Cathedral of Praise Church. He organized local activists to Washington DC in 1989 for the National March for the Homeless. He was designated by the city of Amarillo, TX to represent the city at the Texas Capital in Austin regarding state financial expenditures for the area and served on countless boards. He was in the funeral home business for nearly twenty years, a licensed general insurance agent and Notary Public. He has pastored six churches in his forty-six years in ministry. He and his wife Brenda F. (Brown) Roberts have full hands in loving nine children, one is deceased, they also have 25 grandchildren, five great grandchildren as they reside in Amarillo, TX, for over 33 years.

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CONTENTS

I Want You Happy…

A Bird That Sings And Flies in the Night

Can’t Imagine

Keep Your Head Up

The Power of Listening

I’ll Love U, Long as I Can

I’ll Mentor U

The Heart Never Stops Loving Even When It Ends…

I Know You…

South Sea Vision

Come Forth Out of Your Pain

I Tried to Love You

Follow Me…

I Need to Talk to You…

I Guess I Have to Raise You

Don’t Let the Night Block Your View

The Song of an Intoxicating Love

From Questionable to Amazing

The Air Is Thin at the Top

Extraordinary Things Can Be Done

I Send You Long-Stemmed Roses

Walking on Water

Beneath Your Feet

Start All Over Again

Coming Attractions

All You See Won’t Always Be

A Panoramic View

Things Hard to Admit

Behind the Picture

Gossip from a Little Ol’ Town

Believe in Me

Releasing It in Albuquerque

Be All You Can Be…

Don’t Leave Me Without Kissing Me

I Found a Reason to Go On…

The Unexpected Rain

You Are My Miracle

Everyone Needs a Chat Room

Flowers in the Field…

The Power of Music

It’s Yours

The Message of Music

Can I Speak In Your Ear

My Diary

Marry me

How Are You Living

Riding in Cadillac Dreams

Another Visit

This Time of Year

Everybody Looking for a Hero

Kanna Like That

Souvenirs of Your Love

While I Waited, Thoughts

What Does It Mean To Be Seen From Yesterday

A Cottonwood View

Naturally, I Love Thee

Lost Minds

I Like Being Original

Whitney

You’re a Big Girl Now

All It Takes Is One Thought

Seems Like I’ve Been Here Before

In The Morning

Vision of L.A.

Small Talk

No Place Like Keithville

Rising Star

Life While At Wellington Manor

My Love

Mind Over Matter

Bro. Paul

Dedicated

To the many gifted people all over the world who have buried within them words to inspire and encourage struggling spirits to overcome another will trying to turn them from an ordained position in the earth. I say to you, especially to the children of the world, no matter who and where you are, you are a gift to the earth. Write down your journey, your pain, and put it