Standing Afar, Atop a Hill

By R. D. Hohenstein

This book is my truth. If one person can find enjoyment, inspiration, or a new understanding from reading it, it will have fulfilled its role.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Apr 23, 2020
• ISBN: 9781796096552

R. D. Hohenstein

As a reader of poetry, I find the most inspiration from poets who are able to convey their perceptions of the world in simple yet elegant language. Language that is easily understood but profound in its depth and can take the reader to another level of understanding. And the beauty of Great poetry is that everyone, regardless of age, education, or gender, can enjoy reading it while also recognizing its universal truth.

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Copyright © 2020 by Roger D. Hohenstein.

Library of Congress Control Number: 2020907085

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

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Rev. date: 08/13/2020

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Dedication

To Pia --- who so patiently encouraged and lovingly

coped with the time and space I took to write.

Contents

1. I Stand Afar, Atop a Hill

2. 10 Minutes Away

3. A Country Rain

4. Afternoon Reverie

5. Butterflies

6. Cathedrals in the Sky

7. Cherry Blossoms

8. Deserted

9. Continuity

10. Dove Calls

11. Encouragement

12. Escapism

13. A Girl Who Is Stoned

14. Master of His Realm

15. False Pretensions

16. Rhetoric and War

17. Feelings

18. The Stone Wall

19. The Pasture

20. Fine Rain

21. Illusory Ballet

22. From the Bank of the Makong

23. The Little Girl

24. The Cat’s Morning Hunt

25. Impairment

26. The Kick

27. Meditation

28. The Mime

29. Nature’s Power

30. In The Beginning

31. Moraine Lake

32. The Fireflies

33. Nelson Mandela

34. The Old House

35. New Year’s Resolutions

36. Teacher

37. Teacher’s Lament

38. Acorns

39. Routine

40. Oh, Thou Most Fragrant Rose

41. The Safety of the Rocks

42. Our Silent Wish to Soar

43. Winter

44. Parental Irony

45. Recollections

46. The Unknown Woman

47. Remembrances

48. The Wedding

49. The Bar

50. The Dragonfly

51. Our Oasis

52. The Sunbird

53. The Mare

54. The Picture of the Young Princess

55. The Magnolia Flower

56. Thought

57. Gentle Rain

58. Frozen

59. Wood Moth

60. Emerald Bay

I Stand Afar, Atop a Hill

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I stand afar, atop a hill

To find my way and take my fill

Of light and sound, of warmth and love

Until at last I take my quill

To pen some thoughts for him above

Of woodland fawns and prairie doves

Of wind and rain, of sky and lake

Of cooing from a quails’ cov

I wish that somehow I could make

A movie that someday would take

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