Poetry From the Soul

By John M Merisko

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• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Sep 12, 2023
• ISBN: 9781665562294

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Published by AuthorHouse 09/07/2023

ISBN: 978-1-6655-6228-7 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-6655-6229-4 (e)

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Contents

About the Author

Preface

I Found a Stone

My Heart

My Book

Lost in Light the Reader is Found

My Garden

When I was Young

Tugs Upon the Heartstrings

The Passerby

Nighttime

God’s Perfection

Beach Boy

The Rose

The Rainbow

The Wooden Rocking Chair

The Joy B

I See God

Babaland

God’s Speed

Bluebird of Happiness

The Butterfly

The Fisherman

Broken Hearted

Fallen Angel

The Cinder and the Tear

My Secret Hiding Place

On Love

Love of a Father

The Poet’s Lament

The Pumpkin Patch

Precious Baby

The Moth

The Serpent

The Swinger

Goodbye

The Crown Prince

I Don’t Know

I Don’t Know Either

The Easter Bunny

The Race

The Cleansing

Carpe Diem

My Prayer

My Neighbor

Reflections

Friends

Jesus Christ is Born

My Captain’s Ship

The Legend of Garfield Jones

Heaven’s Call

Reaching the Gates

About the Author

"I...I start at the beginning.

I write for myself, my wife, and my children.

For this is my love to you."

John was a good, kind man who will be remembered as

a devoted husband and father, a

dedicated teacher to his students, and a devout Christian

who loved his God.

Enjoy Poetry from the Soul

The Merisko Family

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Preface

The poet in his solitude,

Uses his words as tools.

He crafts a rhyming tale of emotion

That touches the soul of the readers.

The poet is a man’s conscience.

In turn, he is the conscience of his society.

A culture without a poet is as barren as the desert.

The poet in his profundity,

Attempts to steer the direction of his reader.

His handicap is whether he is heard, or will