Some Flowers Bloom in Autumn: (A Compilation of Contemporary Poetry by Jaime P Sanchez)

By Jaime P. Sanchez and Wilfredo Pascua Sanchez

Time goes on like flowers in autumn,
Enabling forgotten memories to come back.
The earth revolves on its axis one more time.
Then I smile, though I know not why.

Flowing from author Jaime P. Sanchez’s newfound energy for writing poetry in a later stage of his life, Some Flowers Bloom in Autumn presents a collection of poetry intended to reach people of all ages—but particularly those struggling to find purpose in the latter part of their lives. Sanchez also speaks to those who are trying to seek the simple truths that are oftentimes ignored because they are controversial. Surprisingly candid and honest, these verses include passionate love poems and liberating descriptions of life with a difficult medical condition.

Open-hearted and engaging, this collection of poetry considers the changes of later life and embodies the life experience of a man of our time.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Archway Publishing
• Release date: Jul 11, 2022
• ISBN: 9781665725156

Jaime P. Sanchez

Jaime P. Sanchez was inspired to write poetry only after being diagnosed with end-stage renal disease and going on peritoneal dialysis. He writes contemporary poetry, touching on truth, equality, loving, and living in America. He and his wife, Stephanie, currently live in Vancouver, Washington having moved from Smithville, New Jersey. Jaime derives inspiration from the loving support of his wife, Stephanie and his two sons, Emil and Mickey and their families.

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ISBN: 978-1-6657-2514-9 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-6657-2515-6 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2022910929

Archway Publishing rev. date: 07/08/2022

CONTENTS

Foreword

Abstract (Once in a While)

The Mutterings of Johnny Barracuda

Craps

Song

Forgotten Memories

Ode to Love

Fate

Garden

Soulmate

Perfection

Companions in Suffering

Transient Beings

Seasons

Resolution

Order

Apogee

Samurai’s Lunch

Weed

Zeus

Goodbye, UT

Immigrant Still

Equality

The Mad Song That Hope Ends

Come to Me, My Lovely

Secret Transgressions

Seals of Monomoy Island

Conundrum

Whirlwind Zoo

A Horse with No Legs

Dream

Foolish Guillemot

Dancing Free

Easier to Love

Imagination Plus

Goddess

Choices Matter

Goodbye, Galloway

Medical Records (of Nobody Important)

Hurricane

Time to Leave

A Hero’s Death

Foreword by Wilfredo Pascua Sanchez, a Philippine-born poet based in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, and author of the book New and Later Poems published in 2003 by the University of the Philippines Press.

Images by Hannah Krafcik, a dancer, photographer, art critic, performance artist, and graduate of New York University who resides in Portland, Oregon.

FOREWORD

Poems are never autonomous. They arise in the contexts, experiences, and circumstances unique to each poet yet engender instant empathy in the reader’s heart and mind.

My brother Jaime, or Jimmy as we like to call him, never wrote a serious line of poetry, but he suddenly began to write poetry at seventy-nine in reaction to a belated illness. Perhaps also (and more pointedly), he began to write in