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    Eudaimonia
    Eudaimonia
    Eudaimonia
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    Eudaimonia

    By Richard M. Maldonado

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    The inspiration behind my poetry comes from some of life’s experiences while other poems were directly inspired by people. Love for the spoken word is a blessing and the need to share them comes from a deep-rooted belief that a blessing should never be kept to one’s self. They are meant to be shared with the hope that others find them moving, impactful, and inspiring.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateApr 25, 2019
    ISBN9781796026825
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      Book preview

      Eudaimonia - Richard M. Maldonado

      To my lovely inspiration and wife James Etta,

      and in honor of our mother, Virginia Olivo (depicted in back cover).

      Copyright © 2019 by Richard M. Maldonado.

      Library of Congress Control Number:   2019904231

      ISBN:                Hardcover                      978-1-7960-2684-9

                               Softcover                        978-1-7960-2683-2

                               eBook                             978-1-7960-2682-5

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Getty Images are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Getty Images.

      Rev. date: 06/03/2019

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      E u d a i m o n i a

      Table of Contents

      Peace

      Spirit Uprisin

      The Rain Came Down Today

      I Will Not Die

      And, We Go On

      Painted Wind

      The Lesser Road

      A Vision

      1 AM

      I AM Your Nobody

      Epiphany

      Sun Rain

      Marvelous Am 1

      The Table Stood Alone

      A Message From Me

      Essence Quiescent

      Love

      A Voice Obeyed

      Lifted

      We As One

      You

      Her Name Was Peace

      My Woman

      A Stolen Glance

      My Love’s Wonder

      Simple Kiss

      Then 1 Cried

      Heavy The Night

      Lest You Keep Your Secret

      Love’s Portrait

      Love Liquid

      They Too Loved

      Our Roads Converged

      A Thousand Pages

      Impassioned

      Dare We Ask

      Moonlit Homage

      Your Hand In Mine

      Here In My Soul

      That Sweeter Song

      Quiet Fire

      Can I Touch You There

      Life Eclectic

      I Am Opposed

      My Picture

      Allow Me

      I Will Not Be That Victim

      Ode To W.H. Auden

      At Wake’s End

      Cauldron

      The Naked Emergence

      Too Cool

      Death By Default

      Commiserating

      Lil Brown Man

      Speechless

      In My Dream I sleep

      The Patient

      The Day I Came To Be

      Eulogy: In Memory of A Lost Memory

      No Goodbye

      From Whence She Came

      Note To Self

      The Murderous Crow

      The Lamplight

      April Reigns

      From The Darkness Of Your Condition

      Rainbow’s Shadow

      You’ve Painted Yourself A Victim

      Welcome

      Dead

      The Hope Of Subjugation

      Mirror

      Mine Eyes

      Don’t Tell Me Where The Road Ends

      The Smart Ass Atheist

      Watered Down Rose Colored Tears

      Happiness

      You Can’t Kill Me

      Don’t Touch Me

      Don’t Back Up

      Its Hard To Write From Up Here

      Just This Side Of The Other Side

      Barbacoa and Big Red

      I’ve Found You In Common

      Colors

      Peace

      Spirit Uprisin

      Boy, weez about to let it go

      If I start a shakin and it really

      starts to sho’

      don’t you dare stop a preachin

      preacha then let the choir flow

      Lay yo hands on me preacha

      and let the spirit of God touch my soul.

      If I get too crazy, please don’t let me

      fall on the flo’.

      I gots a hole in my sock

      and a hole in my shoe but thats okay

      I got the Lord to see me thru.

      If you feelin bad and you just don’t know

      come to church but beware there might

      be an uprisin in the air

      Spirit uprisin

      sista I feel

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