Welcome, Let’s Visit

By Frances X. Toepfer

Welcome, Let’s Visit is a walk through my home visiting first the garden, then different rooms containing treasures which will allow you to experience a range of emotions. My goal is to share my life experiences, thoughts and feelings to make you laugh, rekindle memories or give you a new perspective on life and perhaps spark your own creativity. Feel free to share YOUR thoughts with me about what you have read. I always enjoy knowing if I have achieved my goal or what I can do to improve. You can reach me at [e-mail]

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Oct 22, 2019
• ISBN: 9781728332673

Frances X. Toepfer

I LOVE writing Poetry and also enjoy writing Prose and Short Stories. I grew up in Inwood, part of Upper Manhattan and have taken several creative writing courses. I have had two small booklets of Spiritual Poems published, and been included in publications by the Famous Poets Society, Golden Quill Press, New Horizons, Prentice Hall, The International Library of Poetry, Eber & Wein and had one poem selected and produced on a CD titled Expressions. I have also participated at Barnes & Noble meet the author & book signings. I have hosted several exhibits of my writing & photography and have been greatly rewarded by the kind words of people who have let me know their appreciation of my gift and how my words have touched their heart.

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© 2019 Frances X. Toepfer. All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

Published by AuthorHouse  10/22/2019

ISBN: 978-1-7283-3268-0 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-7283-3267-3 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2019916807

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CONTENTS

THE GARDEN

Poems Relating To Nature

THE LIVING ROOM

Poems About Life

THE DINING ROOM

Poems to chew on or think about

THE KITCHEN

Food for Thought

THE BEDROOM

Poems About Love And Relationships

THE ATTIC

Poems stored away, not fitting a room

A ROOM IN MY HEART

Special Pieces Set Aside

DEDICATION

This book is Dedicated to

My Children

Charles, Daniel, Gregory & Mary

also

The many friends who continue to

Encourage & Believe in me.

WELCOME

I invite you to share the many thoughts, feelings and

observations flowing to you from my heart.

Let me take you on a tour through the rooms of my life, a

journey in time filled with emotion. I hope you will visit often,

returning to the rooms that comfort and lighten your heart.

I would like to begin by introducing you to my FAMILY

by way of my opening poem. I was taking a creative writing

course and given this title to write something about.

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F A M I L Y

A patch quilt of colors

shapes and sizes.

Unique, independent,

touching, held together

by the thread of

LOVE

Mother….the thread.

Binding all together, lovingly,

fulfilling responsibilities

while dreams simmer on the

back burner of life. Hopefully,

one day to be uncovered.

A Son, firstborn, bringing

forth a bloom of love

heretofore unimagined.

Teaching me to care and nurture

not expecting change.

A daisy will not become a rose

but has a beauty all its own.

A second Son, involving me

in sports, music, projects and

people. We have ideas.

We converse for hours or

quietly observe an ant farm.

Son number three is quiet,

a