A LIFETIME OF LOVE AND OTHER POEMS

About the Book

This volume of “lifetime” poems contains the selections that had been omitted (much to my wife’s chagrin) from volume 1, as well as poems written after the publication of the first volume. The poems in the section devoted to “other” works are actually also love poems, but the love is that for children and grandchildren, which of course differs from spousal love. The reader may wonder about the dearth of poems for my son’s two sons. When my last two grandchildren were infants, I was confronted by the writer’s “blank wall”—that is, when age claimed me and my muse deserted me. They were not the only ones affected by my writer’s block: all of my loved ones were. If you have read volume 1, I hope that you will like volume 2 as well. If you have not read the first volume and have enjoyed this one, then I hope it will inspire you to read volume 1 next. In any event, I would appreciate comments from you. You can reach me via e-mail at Donnycyn@aol.com.

About the Author

Don Mirabel has been expressing himself in poetry all his life. Despite the urging of family and friends, he has, until now, resisted publication because he has felt that he could not compare with the masters of English poetry. Age, however, has taught him that perfection is a goal to which one aspires but few, if any, ever reach. He is no longer wary of the judgment of others but content to know that family and friends appreciate his poems. Mr. Mirabel is Phi Beta Kappa and a magna cum laude graduate. Retired since the beginning of this century, he has been an advertising copywriter, a public relations representative, and a management consultant. His favorite sport is swimming; his favorite hobby is crossword puzzles (solving, not creating, them). On October 17, 2011, he and his wife (the inspiration for his love poems) celebrated their fifty-eight years of marriage. He has three grown children and eight grandchildren and lives in Long Island, New York.