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    My Suicidal Friend: and Other Poems
    My Suicidal Friend: and Other Poems
    My Suicidal Friend: and Other Poems
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    My Suicidal Friend: and Other Poems

    By Joyce Keveren

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    Book synopsis: I had fun writing these poems. I hope my readers enjoy reading them, too. They are truthful and real and from my memory and my heart as well as my head. 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWriters Branding LLC
    Release dateOct 25, 2023
    ISBN9781639457984
    My Suicidal Friend: and Other Poems

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      My Suicidal Friend - Joyce Keveren

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      My Suicidal Friend : and Other Poems

      Copyright © 2023 by Joyce Keveren

      ISBN: 978-1639457984 (e)

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      The views expressed in this book are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

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      My Suicidal Friend

      and Other Poems

      Joyce Keveren

      Table of Contents

      Section: One Love and Other Ideas

      My Suicidal Friend 1

      Storms 3

      Sonnet #13 4

      The Nature of Love 5

      Because We Loved 6

      Misplaced Love 7

      The Embers 9

      That Tuesday in May 11

      For Mr. Tenorio 15

      Now Do You Know? 16

      Friends 17

      Desert Summer 18

      A Suggestion for your Suggestion Box 20

      Section Two: State of the Union Stuff

      The Rainbow Bridge 23

      Another Conundrum 24

      Maybe 25

      Procrastination Peril 26

      The Wannabe Mass Murderer 27

      The Path of Return 28

      The Wheel 29

      War 30

      Karma 31

      The Wannabe Dictator 32

      The Flim-Flam Man 34

      The Workplace (Job #17) 36

      A Question 37

      A 21st Century Story 38

      Our Town ca. Now 39

      On The Path 41

      The Fountain of Youth 42

      On Aging 43

      The Landlord 44

      The Search 45

      Patience and Pebbles 46

      POV I 47

      POV II 48

      America 21st Century 49

      The Lesson 50

      Words 51

      The Tree Trimmer (a cautionary tale) 52

      Do Not Ever Discuss This 53

      Section Three: World of Women

      Herstory 57

      Old Wives 58

      The Ill-Fated Battle of the Sexes 61

      Food for Thought 62

      Fantasyland 63

      I Will Sing You Home 65

      What?? 66

      Economics 101 67

      Section Iv Just for Fun 68

      Full Disclosure 69

      Limericks 70

      Seedy Underbellies 73

      Eleven Audacious Ideas That Really Took Off 74

      Notes from A Reader 79

      Me and Gunsmoke 80

      Haiku and Senryu

      Love 83

      You 84

      War 85

      ??? 86

      Cats 87

      Politics 88

      View #1 89

      View #2 90

      Happiness 91

      Rules 92

      Point of View #1 93

      Point of View #2 94

      Side One 95

      Side Two 96

      Pain Killer 97

      2023 98

      Love One Another -Jesus- 99

      Politics 100

      Drugs 101

      War 102

      Addictions 103

      Me Me Me 104

      Changes 105

      Faith 106

      Rules 107

      Failure 108

      Rain 109

      The Big Con 110

      Life 111

      Yep 112

      Fool’s Errand 113

      Friendship 114

      Hatred 115

      A Question 116

      For Betty Zane 117

      Free Women Now 1. 118

      Free Women Now 2. 119

      Lies 120

      Nukes 121

      Vampires 122

      Fairy Tales 123

      GOP (Goddamn Old Politicians) 124

      To The Flat Earthers 125

      Goodie Two-Shoes 126

      Peace 127

      The Seven Deadly Sins 128

      Lust 129

      Sloth 130

      Gluttony 131

      Greed 132

      Wrath 133

      Envy 134

      Birth 135

      Humility 136

      I Will 137

      For Rachel Tzuni

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