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    Poems from the Road: Laments of a Truck Driver
    Poems from the Road: Laments of a Truck Driver
    Poems from the Road: Laments of a Truck Driver
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    Poems from the Road: Laments of a Truck Driver

    By Robert Swanson

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    Poems from the Road is a collection of passionate and whimsical expressions of one persons outlook on life. The poems are from the writers heart and mind. They are not contrived or produced. Rather, they have written themselves, flowing from deep within the writer without constraint. These poems were not written to impress but to express, help, and share with other human beings.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateAug 9, 2018
    ISBN9781532055577
    Poems from the Road: Laments of a Truck Driver
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    Robert Swanson

    Robert Swanson was born in Dalton, GA in 1960. He has moved most of his life from Tennessee, Texas, Colorado respectively. He served in the U. S. Army as an M1A3 "Tanker". He also drove an eighteen wheeler in the Great Rocky Mountains for twenty years. Throughout his life he had many passions, opinions, and introspective feelings, but never knew how to express himself. Poetry changed all that. He began writing poetry at the age of 56 while he was on the road driving many lonely miles. His original intent was to turn his poetry into lyrics and music as The Door's had done with Jim Morrison's poetry. Then, he fell in love with poetry and it's ability to allow unlimited free expression. He was hooked.

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      Poems from the Road - Robert Swanson

      Copyright © 2018 Robert Swanson.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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      ISBN: 978-1-5320-5556-0 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-5320-5557-7 (e)

      iUniverse rev. date: 08/08/2018

      CONTENTS

      A Moment In Time

      A Matter Of Thought

      A Little Older

      A Journey

      A Golden Room

      A New Day

      A New Friend

      A Pin Drops

      A Place To Go

      A Place To Hide

      Lover’s Walk

      Magnificent Rose

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