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    A Walk Beyond the Horizon
    A Walk Beyond the Horizon
    A Walk Beyond the Horizon
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    A Walk Beyond the Horizon

    By T.S.J.

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    I was lucky to have grown up in the 50ies era. I lived in
    a small town, not very far from where Im living now. I never
    did like traveling! Born at the end of the year, my dad called
    me his good luck baby. Id like some of that luck to strike me
    right about now. I have two sisters, one older, one younger,
    yes Im the middle child.

    I attended Catholic school Saint Michaels, until high
    school. It was at St. Mikes that I became fond of poetry. We
    memorized many. many poems. That was their way I guess, it
    worked. I love to read the work of the great poets still.

    From high school to the alter, I married just shy of
    eighteen. The Lord was very good to us he gave us three of
    his most precious gift s I had a daughter and two sons. They
    were then and are now the loves of my life.

    Now that Im older I see things through a bigger picture
    window, I dont want to come off sounding like my parents
    but as I remember it they oft en would say It can only get
    worse. Looking now through the glass, I would have to
    agree.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateMar 11, 2010
    ISBN9781450034340
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      Book preview

      A Walk Beyond the Horizon - T.S.J.

      Contents

      A note from the poet

      Rhythm in Verse

      Dance with the poet

      What Makes a Poet?

      Seasons

      Change can be good

      Spring

      Summer

      The Wicked Witch

      Winter Calls

      Sweet dreams

      A Day all My Own

      Cleaning

      When I’m dead

      Confusion

      Lucky!

      Life’s a Gamble

      I’m doing My Best

      My Favorite’s

      Not the same

      Shadows

      All that I need

      My Baby Girl

      In The Middle

      My Son

      My Grandchildren

      Forty Years

      Fond Memories

      Mother

      In Grandmothers garden

      Grandpa’s visits

      Within my life

      The past

      My Home

      My home is Connecticut

      Do you remember?

      God bless us please!

      God bless us please! Part two

      A Child’s Innocence

      Teddy

      From My Window

      The Love from a Child

      Through A Child’s Eyes

      Stages

      It’s best to be seen as human

      Blink;

      A wink

      Don’t tell mom

      Growing Old

      Inside the intersection

      What is life?

      The Best in You;

      How to Win

      Emotions of the Heart

      Be the keeper of your soul

      You Can’t Go Back

      We don’t own time

      Dreams

      Time is no friend

      Make Believe

      Be realistic

      Quite nice

      A Ray of Sunshine Is

      Portrait

      It’s up to us;

      Guilty

      When you’re down and out

      Fever

      Souls of the Lost and Lonely;

      Insanity

      When morning breaks

      How long has it been?

      The death of loved ones

      Dear Lord

      My Little One

      For your Birthday

      Dear Jesus

      In the Dark of the Night

      I’m Lost Lord;

      Prayer

      Our Last Day;

      We have a choice

      A prayer for answers

      I feel your Presence

      The Gift

      The Vision;

      The Climb

      A Message from Angels

      Just Call Me

      My Little Angel

      Bless me Father

      My thoughts on Faith

      About the Poet

      I dedicate this book

      To all the children in the world who need love.

      That would be everyone.

      A note of thanks

      If I were to say thanks a thousand times to these two very special people, it wouldn’t be enough. Not only did they fix mistakes but they helped me stay sane. Oh all right: they tried.

      A billion times over thank you for all your help Cheryl and Sharda, I could never have done this alone.

      I’ll be forever grateful

      T.S.J.

      A note from the poet

      Sometimes I sound opinionated,

      Over certain things I’ve stated

      I try hard not to be

      Please don’t hold it against me.

      All I want to do is open up some eyes

      To a lot of the hardships we would rather deny

      It is my hope that we can make it better

      You may be right, I could be wrong

      Just listen to the lyrics in the song

      In the end it’s your decision

      I only ask that you open your eyes

      So that you too may see the vision

      I’m glad that you picked up my book

      Sit down, enjoy, take a look

      Please read it from cover to cover

      You may soon discover

      That you liked what you have read

      In that case we can put our differences to bed

      If in fact you did like what you read

      Then maybe others will buy my book

      Maybe then we could work together

      Brave all the stormy weather

      Make our world a better place

      Where our children can enjoy the human race

      Rhythm in Verse

      Dance to the rhythm in this verse

      Tell me by its words you are immersed

      You will have given me high praise

      I’ll be looking for different ways to amaze

      I live for the hunger of words set to verse

      With each and every poem I nurse

      I ponder and I wane until I’m insane

      I like it best when with verse, I reign

      Some say it’s a gift, others say an art

      Although they both may play

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