Hidden Treasures in Life's Norms in Poems: A Father's and Daughter's Poetic Expressions

By GREGORY PROCTOR and SHALISA PROCTOR

This book illustrates through poetic expressions the normal everyday life situations we face in our lives. The lessons we learn; the struggle with growing up; understanding who we are; our failures; the friends we have and lose; confrontations we deal with; forgiveness; and death. Although, our situations may be unique and diff erent in nature, they create our thoughts, our emotions and reactions to life. Those elements of life carry with them hidden treasures. You are the key to unlocking your vault.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Oct 1, 2014
• ISBN: 9781491744598

GREGORY PROCTOR

Greg Proctor, is currently retired from the U.S.P.S after 37 years of service. He attended Shepherd College. He has two daughters and four grand children. He currently resides in Germantown, Maryland.

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HIDDEN TREASURES IN LIFE’S NORMS IN POEMS

A FATH ER’S AND DAUGHT ER’S POETIC EXPRESSIONS

Copyright © 2014 Gregory Proctor Co Author Shalisa Proctor.

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ISBN: 978-1-4917-4458-1 (sc)

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2014915192

iUniverse rev. date: 08/29/2014

Contents

Introduction

A Close Encounter

A Double Identity

A self-Righteous Confutation

A song forever remembered

A Vanished Love

An Old Me A New Discovery

An Unexpected Gift, From God

Another Death Another Life Another Lie

Don’t Understand Don’t Have A Clue

Dream On

How Can This Be

I Felt That Way

I Need To Know

I Was Everything

It’s My Heart’s Desire

Just a dream

Just a Friend

No Boundaries to Love

Pain

That’s Love Defined

The Fullness

The Place I Call Home

The Reason

The Window of Opportunity

This Is Life, the Life I Lived

True Freedom

What Would This World Have Been Like Without You Mom

Because of Who You Are

Why Can’t Love

You