Up On Deck

A collection of poems by R. Winston Smith

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Reading a book of poetry is like looking for Easter eggs.

You can look in several places, without a reward, and then find a golden egg under the third bush. In a poetry book, that egg is the poem that truly speaks to your heart. I pray you take the time to work your way through the pages, and maybe that gem is in this collection of poems.-- from the Foreword

The Poems

I. To Wake Or Venture Out

The Eyes With Which It's Greeted
The Graduation Dilemma
Just Another Day
The Fork In The Road
Foundation
Omaha Beach
Venezia
One Morning, In A Small Plane Over New Zealand
A Different Kind Of Morning
Never A New Day

II. To Endure Or Persist

Unsung Song
One Day At The Ice Rink
Candles In Thin Air
Talking To Myself
In The Riderwood Elementary Gymnasium
The Father Of A Boy With Seizures
Drowning Together
31 Cents
The Heart's Condition
Exposed
My Boat
That Summer (1971)
My Turn
Between
Ortygia

III. To Wonder Or To Hope

Elusive
When Do We Visit The Queen's Garden
Despite What You May Think
The Snowflakes Of Last Night
Do I Cling
When We Don't Know
In My Garden Of Faith
My Mother's Recollections
Why
On A Son's Birthday
Remedy For The Evening News
Why Now?

IV. To Relinquish Or To Lament

The Season Is The Season
A Red Leaf In April
Wisdom
A Cold Stone
Her Beautiful Defiance
Your Whisper To Me
The Debris
Futile
To Die Like Autumn
Truly
A Poem Too Late
Doubt
To Dan
The Landscaper
Prayer

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Thank you!

Thanks again for offering me some of your precious time.- R. Winston Smith (Bobby)

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