This book is volume two of Heart thoughts with some added firefighter, 9-11, and hospice poems included.
Hearts on Fire is a book of poems about life and how the heart and mind work together to produce feelings of emotion and passion. This is a continuation of “Heart Thoughts”. The second section of the book includes poems about the fire service and the events of 9-11. Our minds tend to want to be logical, but the heart steers us toward living our lives as they are meant to be. Think with your mind, live with your heart, and enjoy the experience that comes from melding the two. Experiences surrounding everyday events within the fire service lead to many thoughts that come from a logical mind and a feeling heart.
Excerpt
As the Bagpipes Play
As the bagpipes are played and flags do wave,
Understand what has happened on this day.
At such a great cost a life has been lost,
A call to service has come at a great cost.
Hearts are broken and souls are torn,
Wondering what we will be in the morn.
We gather together at this time and place
Tears are seen on many a face
A life given in service for fellow man
To be taken from us was not in the plan
With pride and honor they answer the call
Not knowing when or if they will fall.
Each day we are given is considered a gift,
Do we lock it away or use it to live?
Have I given my all; was it considered enough?
Answering the call no matter how tough.
A duty to serve, a willingness to give,
Sacrificing it all so others may live.
Welcome!
The poems in this beautifully bound book are a result of over twenty years of observations. Observations of the world around us and on the telecommunications network. All of the hate, love, heroism, disasters, and those who help.
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Early Works is an exhaustive compilation of the first decade of the poems and stories of Z.B.McClure. Included are family photos, rare personal photos, photos of 1st draft manuscripts of many of his early poems. Also some biography and memoir materia
