Eudaimonia

By Richard M. Maldonado

The inspiration behind my poetry comes from some of life’s experiences while other poems were directly inspired by people. Love for the spoken word is a blessing and the need to share them comes from a deep-rooted belief that a blessing should never be kept to one’s self. They are meant to be shared with the hope that others find them moving, impactful, and inspiring.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Apr 25, 2019
• ISBN: 9781796026825

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To my lovely inspiration and wife James Etta,

and in honor of our mother, Virginia Olivo (depicted in back cover).

Copyright © 2019 by Richard M. Maldonado.

Library of Congress Control Number:   2019904231

ISBN:                Hardcover                      978-1-7960-2684-9

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Rev. date: 06/03/2019

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E u d a i m o n i a

Table of Contents

Peace

Spirit Uprisin

The Rain Came Down Today

I Will Not Die

And, We Go On

Painted Wind

The Lesser Road

A Vision

1 AM

I AM Your Nobody

Epiphany

Sun Rain

Marvelous Am 1

The Table Stood Alone

A Message From Me

Essence Quiescent

Love

A Voice Obeyed

Lifted

We As One

You

Her Name Was Peace

My Woman

A Stolen Glance

My Love’s Wonder

Simple Kiss

Then 1 Cried

Heavy The Night

Lest You Keep Your Secret

Love’s Portrait

Love Liquid

They Too Loved

Our Roads Converged

A Thousand Pages

Impassioned

Dare We Ask

Moonlit Homage

Your Hand In Mine

Here In My Soul

That Sweeter Song

Quiet Fire

Can I Touch You There

Life Eclectic

I Am Opposed

My Picture

Allow Me

I Will Not Be That Victim

Ode To W.H. Auden

At Wake’s End

Cauldron

The Naked Emergence

Too Cool

Death By Default

Commiserating

Lil Brown Man

Speechless

In My Dream I sleep

The Patient

The Day I Came To Be

Eulogy: In Memory of A Lost Memory

No Goodbye

From Whence She Came

Note To Self

The Murderous Crow

The Lamplight

April Reigns

From The Darkness Of Your Condition

Rainbow’s Shadow

You’ve Painted Yourself A Victim

Welcome

Dead

The Hope Of Subjugation

Mirror

Mine Eyes

Don’t Tell Me Where The Road Ends

The Smart Ass Atheist

Watered Down Rose Colored Tears

Happiness

You Can’t Kill Me

Don’t Touch Me

Don’t Back Up

Its Hard To Write From Up Here

Just This Side Of The Other Side

Barbacoa and Big Red

I’ve Found You In Common

Colors

Peace

Spirit Uprisin

Boy, weez about to let it go

If I start a shakin and it really

starts to sho’

don’t you dare stop a preachin

preacha then let the choir flow

Lay yo hands on me preacha

and let the spirit of God touch my soul.

If I get too crazy, please don’t let me

fall on the flo’.

I gots a hole in my sock

and a hole in my shoe but thats okay

I got the Lord to see me thru.

If you feelin bad and you just don’t know

come to church but beware there might

be an uprisin in the air

Spirit uprisin

sista I feel