Undisciplined

By Jan Price

Over fifty poems with sayings sprinkled throughout. Some happy, some sad, others silly and fun, all from a place deep inside, I can not explain. Life has taught me to be a writer. My husband paused many times to allow me a moment to capture in writing my next poem before it fled my mind. Each poem came to me

• Language: English
• Publisher: Stacks of Books
• Release date: Feb 28, 2023
• ISBN: 9781732099463

Jan Price

As you read this story, stay with me. At this point in my life, I am first a mom. As you read this story, you may think I love our daughter the most because this story is about her, but I have a loving husband and we also have a son whom we love as immeasurably. Moms with more spectacular lives still say that loving their children is most important. Down on the list yet close to the top, I love writing. I am a writer only in that I have a story to tell. By profession, I taught young children to read and taught older children in trouble, helped them get out of high school. By profession and in my personal life, I have been a problem solver. I have not been a writer by profession. My personal life has made me a writer. Forgive my fragmented sentences, terms not well explained, the parts that may fumble along, as I fumbled along in the complex matrix of life. You will get to know me as a wife and a mother, as an observer, as a person who watches and thinks and makes sense of this world. I'm not sure if my gravestone one day will say, "I Tried" or "Good Enough," but either will do and in this piece, too. As you read this story, stay with me.

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UNDISCIPLINED

POEMS LEFT TO THEIR OWN DEVICES

JAN PRICE

Stacks of Books Life

Copyright © 2022 by Jan Price

All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations with author credit.

ISBN: 978-1-7320994-5-6

Jan Price

P.O. Box 662

Culpeper, Virginia 22701

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stacksofbookslife.com

Book design by Martin Walls, Walls Lithographics, Chantilly, Virginia

Cover art watercolor by Jackie Price for whom A Chance Meeting with Life was written

To my husband, Byron,

who before he passed away,

paused many times to allow me a moment

to capture in writing my next poem

before it fled my mind,

gone not to return as he has done.

I hold dear these poems

and many more to come.

I hold dear a love for and

gratefulness to my husband.

PART ONE

Light of Day

Words

~~~

Some things need not be said

They linger in the air

Breathed deeply and understood

Just there.

Others captured from the wild

Held together in thoughts

Found in a poem

To share.

~~~

What’s New?

~~~

I know what you want

And you know what I want

So, let’s do what I want.

We could go over here

We could go over there

But why do you care?

I don’t think you do

Let’s not go through

Figuring this out together.

Let’s jump to the truth

You just need to do

What’s best for me, you see.

I look out for you

Well, I kind of do

Sometimes I try, honestly.

Let’s go my way

That’s how it should stay

Why talk about this again?

What’s best for me

Must be best for you

So, we’ll do… What’s new?

~~~

FAMILY FARM PAINTED BY MARCIE

An Artist Lives Here

~~~

Walk in the door, look all around

What’s very clear, an artist lives here

The beautiful creations, and not only those

Everything about the house, shows

The walls adorned with works of art

But how adorned speaks so clear

The placement, so much to pause and absorb

Enchantments from wee tiny pieces to large

The moon painted orb on the sofa