Life's Beautiful Path: August 2017

Thursday, August 31, 2017

Poem "GONE."

I placed this on children's author David L. Harrison's W.O.M. blog. The word for the month "Gone."
Mary Nida Smith

AUGUST 29, 2017 @ 4:06 PM

ABSENT
Gone from my life
Wildlife friends
Herds of deer
Special doe and fawn
Turtles bathing
Birds building homes
Chipmunks filling cheeks
Funny looking insects
Snakes up trees, down holes
Gone from my view
I watch and wonder
Where have
they gone?
(C) Mary Nida Smith

A very busy time for me, I have several commitments to fulfill the next two months and I need to do work on promoting my book, "Submarine Stories of World War II" for ages ten and up before the eyes of an editor/publisher. I received a letter from my literary agent and she believes in this book and respects the men in it and she is working extra hard, so I want to do my part. The nine veterans(in their 80s and 90s) sharing their stories are friends of mine. Several have sailed on and I want school children, grandkids and adults to remember what they endured during the underwater war. I am so surprise how many people never heard of submarines. The submarines and their crew took over after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. God is in control and if this is suppose to be, it will be.