For God, Country, And Family: Poems From My Heart

by Adams, William Wells

• ISBN13: 9780533149339
• ISBN10: 0533149339
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-30
• Publisher: Vantage Pr

Table of Contents

Poems of Faith
The Smallest Gift from Heaven	3	(1)
Angel's Flight	4	(1)
Angie's Song	5	(1)
The Gift of Life	6	(1)
Alejandro	7	(1)
My Little Hope	8	(2)
How a Family Begins	10	(2)
Our Newest Arrival	12	(1)
We Wanted to Be Surprised	13	(2)
The Birth of a Child	15	(1)
The Guideposts	16	(1)
Have You Ever	17	(2)
In the Arms of an Angel	19	(2)
The Driven Rain	21	(2)
My Father and My Friend	23	(2)
The Dream	25	(2)
River Full of Tears	27	(2)
Looking up to Heaven	29	(1)
My Shadow	30	(1)
A Little Prayer	31	(1)
The Crossroads	32	(2)
A Simple Man	34	(1)
The Wish	35	(2)
This Band of Gold	37	(2)
The Lonely Road	39	(2)
Time for Me to Go	41	(1)
To Walk through the Dark of Night	42	(1)
The Mirror	43	(4)
Poems of Patriotism
The Graduation of a Team	47	(1)
Where Were You When You Turned Nineteen	48	(2)
Seven New Stars	50	(2)
For You We Rise	52	(1)
The Morning News 9/11	53	(2)
Do You Still Remember (9-11-01)	55	(2)
When Angels Cry (9-11-01)	57	(1)
Remembering When	58	(2)
Veteran's Day	60	(2)
No Hero Left Behind	62	(1)
The Homecoming Star	63	(2)
An Angry Old Man	65	(2)
Hero	67	(2)
Freedom's Letter	69	(2)
Faded Flowers	71	(1)
Stand in Defence	72	(2)
The Price of Freedom	74	(1)
The Sacrifice	75	(4)
Poems of Viet Nam
A Second Chance	79	(2)
The Vision	81	(2)
The Nightmares Gone	83	(2)
For Tom	85	(1)
The Night We Never Slept	86	(1)
The Letter	87	(4)
Poems of Home
If I Could Go Back in Time	91	(3)
For My Mother on Mother's Day	94	(1)
The Day My Father Died	95	(2)
But Don't Tell Mom	97	(3)
The Christmas I Remember	100	(2)
A Christmas of Old and New	102	(2)
The Farm	104	(2)
Drumbeater Creek	106	(2)
Moments to Remember	108	(2)
The Past Is Where You've Been	110	(2)
A Mother's Love	112	(1)
So Far from Home	113	(2)
For a Friend of Mine	115	(2)
The Poet	117	(2)
The Bard	119	(2)
Three Little Words	121	(1)
Destiny	122	(2)
El Paso	124	(1)
The Nurse	124	(1)
The Player	124	(1)
The Last to Leave	125	(2)
Last Call	127	(2)
She's No Fallen Angel	129	(1)
My Love	130	(1)
Love ``A Question''	131	(1)
A Father's Pride	132	(2)
Mistakes	134	(1)
No Desert Rain	135	(2)
The Party	137	(4)
Poems of School
Two Wrongs Don't Make It Right	141	(2)
Listen to the Children	143	(2)
Bassett	145	(2)
The Ambassadors	147	(1)
Leadership	148	(1)
How Nice to Have a Friend	149	(2)
Graduation	151	(2)
School's Out	153	(1)
Ending Year One	154	(2)
Another Year	156	(1)
To Say Good-bye	157