Most of the poems Ive written are based on my own memories and experiences as a child growing up, the games we played, and the adventures we had. Through encouragement from my family and friends, what started as a hobby led me to compile this book. I thank them all. I hope that, by reading this book, some of your childhood memories come back and leave you with a smile on your face.

21 BOBBIE KIZZEE THE GIFT Here’s a gift chosen especially for you in hope it turns your gray sky blue. Keep looking to Jesus for he will supply your need as you praise and worship and on his word feed. His word says on earth you will have trials and tribulations but be of good cheer as he has overcome the nations. One of his names is Jehovah Jireh so call on him as Provider. His word says I have been young and now am old yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken nor his seed begging bread. Continue to focus on what the word said. You have the victory! Praise God for what you do not see.

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The poems in this collection have to do with the passing of time-its relentlessness, speed and events-and people facing sadness, humor, joy, social upheavals such as wars, inequities, corruption, goodness, apprehensions about life and death, love, hatred, dreams, disappointments, fears, injustices, blessings, sacrifice, sloth, industriousness, physical impairments/strengths, spirituality, God, worry, specific battles in various wars, elation, jealousy, greed, generosity, meanness, aging-in short, the everyday happenings/abstractions that, totaled, simply make life what it is for everyone, both individually and collectively. While the book includes both free verse and traditional poetry as defined consensually, most of the poems feature rhythm and rhyme, not the sing-song type of thing, but serious and consistent style presenting subjects in a manner conducive to reading them aloud and remembering. Though this is a departure from the styles mostly in vogue today, it features form that has withstood the testing of time while demanding more of the creator, just as in the case of classical music-perhaps an interesting change of pace for the reader.