Echoes Ii: A Book of Poems

By Ruth Stefano

At the tender age of ninety, my dearest wish has been to publish my remaining poems before I depart this world and to register my name on the list of published poets, thus avoiding my life’s work disappearing in the mists of time.

My grandmother on my father’s side wrote poetry, so I guess I inherited this wonderful gift from her. Unfortunately, she didn’t publish her work; so when she died, her poems died with her. Sadly, I didn’t get the chance or opportunity to read any of her work. What a loss! So, dear reader, I trust you may enjoy the words of my heart, mind, and soul. Happy reading!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris AU
• Release date: Mar 25, 2019
• ISBN: 9781796001174

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Copyright © 2019 by Ruth Stefano.

ISBN:                Softcover                978-1-7960-0118-1

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CONTENTS

Special Thanks

Introduction

The Orchid Adventure

Modern Day Poetry

To A Seductress

Beyond Pretence

A Time To Weep

I Love The Sun

Mother Daughter - The Eternal Link

Thoughts

I Think

Hi Ho Sparrows

Autumn

Matthew Flinders - Man Of Vision

An Observation Behind Glass

Boats

Perplexities

Christmas

The Tale Of Billy The Bumbler

Sonnet To A Gallant Knight

Sonnet To A Fearful Heart

Sonnet To A Lover

If I Should

Heed Not The East Wind

Contrasts

Questions & Answers

Thoughts On A Dead Magpie

Musings On A Fallen Rose

Thoughts On Our Queensland

A Trite Saying

A Sedentary Life

End Of Dreamtime

The 9.34

The Mullet Festival

Xmas Thoughts Down Under

With What To Do

Our Outback Australia

A Dozy Observation

Johann Sebastian

An Old Fashioned Tale/Tail

Lexi

To Be Or Not To Be - Sick

The Raincoat

It’s A Dogs’ World

A Diet Dilemma

The Dhurrie Rug

The Demise Of The Dhurrie Rug

Where Is She?

Lilli

An Epitaph To Lillie

To Be Or Not To Be - Sick

Zuki

Ned

Hi I’m Zuri

Life Is Full Of Surprises……..

Princess Lexy

A Venetian Altercation

When The 3 Little Pigs Met The 3 Blind Mice

FOR

MY DAUGHTER LIANA

MY SISTER MARGARETTA

SPECIAL THANKS

I give special thanks to my dear sister Margaretta for her support and encouragement, to my dear favourite and only daughter Liana for just being my daughter and last but by no means least to my printers and publishers Xlibris for causing this last dream of my life to come true – not forgetting all my dear friends for their greatly appreciated and ongoing support and encouragement, Thank you all so very much.

With love,

Ruth Stefano

INTRODUCTION

At the tender age of ninety, my dearest wish has been to publish my remaining poems before I depart this world, and so register my name on the list of published poets, thus avoiding my life’s work disappearing in the mists of time.

My grandmother on my father’s side wrote poetry so I guess I inherited from her this wonderful gift. Unfortunately, she didn’t publish her work so when she died her poems died with her. Sadly, I didn’t get the chance or opportunity to read any of her work. What a loss! So dear reader I trust you may enjoy the words of my heart, mind and soul – Happy reading!

THE ORCHID ADVENTURE

A thing of beauty is a joy forever

A famous poet was once heard to say

Thus I embarked on a brand new adventure

Marched blithely down the grand orchid way.

First there was one a soft fragrant one

With sepal and petal perfection

Then there were two, three four five and six

The start of my orchid collection.

Off then I went to my very first meeting

Amongst enthusiastic souls like my own

I took paper and pencil for pertinent jotting

Viewed species some members had grown.

I tried hard