Reflections

By Deb McIntire

The author uses an honest and vibrant approach in "telling the story" in this collection of poems, while reflecting on memorable events in her life and the influences of those around her. Many of the poems depict what it was like growing up as a baby boomer on a rural prairie near and in Whiteface and Levelland, both small West Texas oil field boomtowns. The author's remarkable past is exemplified with family customs in Christmases past and experiences of living in the country and visiting grandparents on their farm, for which you may relate. The author also includes the blessings and mishaps of being a pastor's wife and the versatility of the ministry as well as her relationship with her mother, her family, and God. Many experiences and life's lessons are conveyed within this author's rhythmic verse, in addition to: humor, love, humility, disappointment, frustration, compassion and incomparable joy, and last but not least, a few blunders and tragedies that occurred during the author's lifetime. Some comments by readers and poetry connoisseurs indicate that this author's poetry is impressive! Ten inspirational poems, written by the author's loving and departed mother, Wilma Bryant Hunnicutt, are included in the "In Tribute" section of this book.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
• Release date: Jun 13, 2019
• ISBN: 9781644719220

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Reflections

Deb H. McIntire

ISBN 978-1-64471-921-3 (Paperback)

ISBN 978-1-64471-922-0 (Digital)

Copyright © 2019 Deb H. McIntire

All rights reserved

First Edition

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Table of Contents

Tribute to Mom

Ten Poems

A Formula for Life

A Wish

A Yielded Heart

Departure

Eternal Spring

God Is Great!

God’s Grace

Love to God in Action

Security

You Are Right

Reflections

Play

Baby Chicks

Basketball Forgotten

Bats

Dodge Ball

My Brother and the Slingshot

No Place to Hide

On Murky Pond

Roller Skating

Stilts

Straw Head Steed

The Fall

The Sailing Cart

The Tree House

Whimsical Site

Home

Boomtown

Cactus

Hunting Rabbits

On Fire!

Raising Rabbits

Rattlesnakes

Sleepwalking

This Ain’t Really Texas

West Texas Mud Balls

On the Farm

Cracklins

Don’t Stand Too Close

Granddad’s Business

Granddad’s Popping Johnny

Grandma Killed the Chickens

My Earliest Recollections

When Granddad Died

Inspiration

Carry Me

Majesty

No Wars Repeated

Pikes Peak Hike

Recovery

The Journey That We’re On

The Only One

The Listener

The Songbird

Things Lovely and Good

Thirteen

What Should I Do?

Holiday

Accidental Party

Celebrate

Christmas Boxes

Christmas Mirth

Dolls

For All of Mankind

I Think of You

Not Halloween at All!

Santa’s Secondhands

The Dollhouse

The Initiation

Love and Family

A Big, Empty Space

Brother, Friend

Caught in the Middle

Cousins

East Texas and Frog Legs

Expectations

Fell in Love

First Kiss

Foot Race

Handsome Gent

If I Had Time

Just a Memory

Little Beauty Bella

Mothers

My Beloved, My Dear

My First Hero

My Favorite Cowboy

My Great Aunt Sarah

Our Dog, Macy

Shining Star

Snores

The Carpenter’s Wife

The Craftsman

The Navy

The Piano

The Twenty-Dollar Bill

This Great Family

Unique, Each One

You’re Such a Gem!

Messages

Carefree Life

A Horse

A Memory of Peace

A Thank You Response

All That Glitters Is Not Gold

All Things Break!

As a Child

Bad Side

Called by God

Creatures

Crumbs

Deeds I Have Done

Does It Matter?

Everything Breaks

First Real Job

Fluff

Flying

Give a Gift

Greed, Greed

Guns

How to Work

Just a Few

It’s Not Bad Behavior

Life That’s New

Menagerie

No Piano Lessons

Ominous Storm

On Retirement

Shattered Dreams

Stay Away!

Take Responsibility!

The Candle

There’s No Hope

Watch Out!

Waters Deep

Wet Floor

Who Am I?

Relationships

A Ray of Sunshine

Behind Your Back

Betrayal

Bless What’s Left

Bosses Grim

Brock

Farewell Friend

Fire Breathing Dragon

Icy Stare

Legacy of James Fite

Love to Hate

My Friend Allena

Ravenous Wolves

The Bus Driver

There’s Always That One!

Worst She Displays

About the Author

Acknowledgments

I want to acknowledge English teachers and professors that have helped me with my writing skills. I want to thank my husband, David, for his patience for those times when I awake, in the wee morning hours and the late nights, with a poem reverberating in my mind and I must get up to write it down. Although I had other aspirations in life, I was always intrigued by and enjoyed poetry. I didn’t choose poetry. Poetry chose me. My writing experiences have taught me to write in a language and style that most people can easily understand. I want to be able to communicate the words that are embraced in my thoughts by opening the door to a multitude of readers who previously had no interest in swimming through poetry’s clouded verses. Although this book includes a tribute to my mother, I want to thank God most of all, for it is He who gave me the gift of poetry and helped me recall those priceless reflections of my past.

In addition, I wish to thank the following people for providing permission to publish the following:

Photos listed by name of poem(s):

As a Child, Caught in the Middle, Dolls, and My First Hero by Huston Hunnicutt and Katherine H. Sanders

Boomtown, Handsome Gent, Menagerie, My Favorite Cowboy, Straw Head Steed, and The Craftsman by David R. McIntire

Little Bella Princess and Reflections (front-cover) by Amanda L. McIntire

Cracklins, Christmas on the Farm, Cousins, Granddad’s Business, My Great Aunt Sarah, and When Granddad Died by Bryant Family, Janie Jeffcoat, and Katherine H. Sanders

The Navy by Timothy H. Hunnicutt

Part 1

Tribute to Mom

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