Lest We Forget Life's Passion

By P.S. Rowland

Lest We Forget Life's Passion probes the intuitive language of the heart - the universal human experiences of love, nature, struggle, and faith, through a combination of free verse poetry, rhyme, and haiku.

• Language: English
• Publisher: P.S. Rowland
• Release date: May 15, 2024

P.S. Rowland

P.S. Rowland resides in the beautiful state of Washington, where she writes poetry, dabbles in photography, enjoys many outside activities such as boating, skiing, and riding their Harley Davidson. Her love of wine has taken her across the United States, Canada and New Zealand for tastings. She's the mother of 2 children, and grandmother of 5.Author of "Lest We Forget Life's Passion" a collection of poetry, "Cut Both Ways" Peaks & Valleys of a Passionate Relationship, and "Simplistic Beauty" Japanese Poetry

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Foreword

Lest we Forget Life’s Passion is truly a treasure you’ll want to add to your collection of poetic works, and read over and over again. The author demonstrates great skill, allowing the reader to see how poetry can illuminate and stir desires of the heart and soul; beauty reflected in nature, and sensual intimacy. Her poems allow you to experience, pain, delight, joy, and love, with the ability to open your heart and mind, and be transformed. She touches on various aspects of human nature, introspection into the psyche, love, nature, and a form of Japanese Poetry -Haiku.

P.S. Rowland writes lovely, lifestyle poems that help sharpen reasoning skills, and formulate an interpretation of her work. I find great pleasure in her poetry, and have had the joy of conducting an online author interview with her. Her poems are epic, which is why I constantly dip in and out of them to use as they apply to my daily life. Like me, after you read the first poem you’ll crave more of her creations.

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Acknowledgement

I wish to thank all the people who have helped and supported me in my journey of exploring my true passion, and helped me take it to the next level.

I’d like to express my gratitude to John Smallshaw, Tony Novak, Grant Burford, Sezoni Whitfield, Janice Ross, and Madison Lake for their unwavering support and encouragement, endless Q & A sessions, feedback, and their friendship.

I want to thank my family, and close friends, for believing in me, and helping to push me forward.

A very special thanks to C.M. for holding my hand along the way, inspiring me, sharing my passion, and helping me to believe in myself. I couldn’t have done this without you.

Introduction

All around us on a daily basis, we see and feel passion. It comes in many forms; nature, animals, observances of others, life experiences, our families, people who wander in and out of our lives, and souls that brush past us unexpectedly that touch us deeper than we ever thought possible. More often than not most people in our society are too busy to recognize, or take the moment needed to experience some of the most beautiful aspects of life. My hope is that my collection of poems will encourage you to see the passion all around you, experience the feelings trapped inside you, and inspire you to live life true to yourself.

HUMAN NATURE

Visionary

Tinting the page

no matter the stage

Write it down

happy or a frown

Outlets of emotion

no matter the potion

Therapeutic and healing

and oh so revealing

Innermost feelings

stories of other dealings

The light of your eye

or heartbreaking goodbyes

It’s your page to paint

no imposing constraints

So make it worthwhile

and compile your style.

Spirit

Jello in the bowl

is wobbly as the soul.

Shaken here, and there,

making trials hard to bear.

Grit is what we need,