Precious Flowers: Abortion Afterthoughts

By Thomas G. Reischel

I am an Author who has written a 61 page book of prose and poetry that tells my story about how I went from considering an abortion of my daughter, and even paid for abortions by my son and his girlfriend to abort my grandchildren, twice. How I was haunted by their demise and came to the conclusion that abortion is murder. Then on further review

• Language: English
• Publisher: Stratton Press
• Release date: Apr 29, 2022
• ISBN: 9781648958489

Thomas G. Reischel

The author was born on 9/11/1948 and raised in Minnesota. He resides with his wife of 40+ years in its Capital of St. Paul, Minnesota. So, his pictures and tone carry a Midwestern sensibility and leaning. He has been writing poetry since he was a freshman in high school, when he had to write one as a class assignment. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota, with a BS in Business. He has been a top ranked poet on the FanStory site since 2011, with over 2000 Poems posted there. In 2015, he judged the poetry for the VOICE of KANSAS, Poetry Contest. He has over 900 photographs published on the Capture Minnesota website, an affiliate of Twin Cities Public Television. He has an acclaimed photograph in the 2012 One Life, Photo Journal. His Poem, "Enlightenment from the Merry-Go-Round", is published in Preston McWorter's book, Seeds of Enlightened Society. He worked for over 40 years as a purchasing manager for a large defense contractor, but is now retired. An avid Minnesota booster, he also lived in Colorado Springs from 1985 until 1991, and in St. James, LI, New York from 1991 until 1996. He has published 3 other books of poems in a series -Picture Poems, Volumes 1, 2, and 3. as well as a 4th book, Take Flight, The Sonnets. His 5th book is Animated Stills: Poetic Pariadolia.

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Abortion Afterthoughts

Thomas G. Reischel

Precious Flowers

Copyright © 2022 Thomas G. Reischel

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ISBN (Paperback): 978-1-64895-847-2

ISBN (Ebook): 978-1-64895-848-9

Printed in the United States of America

Dedication

To those precious flowers, those unborn who deserve a future

Contents

Dedication

Introduction

Aisha—The Decision

Issues and a Name

Aisha—The Name

My Branches

Why Abortion Is Evil

Daughter’s Choices

I’m a Dad

My Son’s Tale

Tracy

Abortion Analysis

Abortion Tableau

Haunting Thoughts

A Child’s Cry

Critical Conclusion

Satan’s Thorns

The Real Reasons

Sonnet 119: Pincers Probe

Comparisons

50 Million and Counting

Planned Parenthood and BLM

Do Black Lives Matter?

Appeal

Abortion—The Poem

Results

Innocent Blood

Evil Unleashed

I Just Don’t Know

My Prayer

The Big Question

Another Path

A Baby’s Smile

A Precious Gift

Conclusion

haiku (precious flowers)

Proposal

Description of Poem Types

Epilogue

References

Introduction

I have a story to tell. It’s about abortion and how it has impacted me personally.

I am against it, but I wasn’t always. Therein lies the story. I almost killed my own daughter and have contributed to destroying my own grandchildren. That’s what brought me to that realization. I am now pro-life. Although, I think I’ve come up with a government plan I’d like to propose to a federal legislator who’d listen that would greatly reduce both poverty and abortions. I’ll get to that at the end.

There is more to it than that, and being a poet, I would like to tell it to you the way it has spilled out through my pen into several poems. So let’s start at the beginning.

I was married and had two boys, Tom and Scott, from my first marriage. Then I met my current wife, Karen, who also had two children, Jodi and Sean, from her first marriage. We got married in 1975. At that time, we both agreed we had had our offspring and didn’t want