Highways and Byways, I’ve Travelled to Find Myself

Peter C. Fraser

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This collection of poems covers many years of writing by the author. He started writing while in high school, encouraged by his English teacher, Evelyn Mecure.

Sujets

• Poetry

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• Publié par: AuthorHouse
• Date de parution: 27 juin 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798823007672
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Highways and Byways, I’ve Travelled to Find Myself
 
 
A Collection of Poetry
 
By
 
Peter C. Fraser
 
 
 



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Dear Readers
When I contemplated this book of poetry I had several notebooks of writings to go through. I had at first, thought that trials and tribulations might make a good title but the more I worked with Highways and Byways, the more I felt it fit the poems be tter.
As you read through, you will find poems about Vietnam which I wrote for the therapeutic value of dealing with PTSD, especially with the sometimes overwhelming desire to just disappear and hit the road to anywhere but where I was. Many homeless Vets use this as a coping mechanism. For that reason I decided not to use trials and tribulations as a book t itle.
It seems each time I reviewed a poem; I ended up making a change to it so I had to stop the editing process several times. This has allowed me to delay and delay some more the publishing process until my publisher wondered if I was serious about putting this book out.
Finally we have agreed and it is now in your hands. I hope you enjoy these trial and tribulations that has become this book, The Highways and Byways I Have Travelled to find My self.
I have also written of lost love and my great fortune of finding a special woman who has supported me with her love for 52 years. I would be remiss if I did not mention her here as I dedicate this collection to my wife, Brenda. A special shout out to my daughter, Emily Fraser Lewis, for her help in proofing and editing my cover and the contents and my niece, Jennifer Leigh for her helping to proof my text along with my sister Marianne No rris.
Many Th anks,
Peter C. Fr aser


Contents
Highways and By ways
A Miracle Along Life’s Hig hway
A Split in the Road
A lone
Ancient Age
Back Roads and Side Str eets
Answering the Highways Call
Battlef ield
Beachfront Prop erty
Call of The Road
Chestnut Street, Oak Street and Other Streets I wish I had Never Bee n On.
Closing Time
Comfort Inn
Highway Dri fter
Jou rney
Lonely Jou rney
Making and Keeping Prom ises
Memo ries
Movin g On
My Jou rney
On The Road
Sp ring
Travelling Man
Wea lthy
A lone
Life
19 Year Old State of Mind
Angel W ings
Ans wers
Autumn Le aves
Beach Lear ning
Being a live
Blind ness
Being Judgme ntal
Believing Your Own Lies
Changing the w orld
Fire wood
Chasing Rain bows
Common Huma nity
Complic ated
Do You W rong
Drinking in Self-Def ense
Going Home
Grains of Sand
Homemade Wine Memo ries
Hug a Small Boy
Imposs ible
Life on the R ocks
Life’s Jou rney
Lightning Fla shes
Lone some
Mirror, Mirror on My Wall
Lost to a Drunk Dr iver
More Thoughts About D ying
Moth to the F lame
My Caring A ngel
My Eu logy
My First New Car
My Old Man
My Thoughts About D ying
Park Bench Revelat ions
Passing Out
P oems
Rock and Roll S ouls
Searching For You
Strike to The H eart
Ta lent
Surfing in God’s Love
Surv ivor
The In Between Y ears
The Meaning of Life
The Rain
T imex
Together ness
Uncle Herman’s V isit
When God’s Angel Flies Close to the E arth
When I First Saw You
When You Die
W ords
Whiskey W omen
Wrong Pl aces
The Vietnam War
Airborne Infantry One Oh One
An Old Ma rine
Basic Combat Load
Boyhood Adven ture
Chris was in Heaven Before He Died
Down and Out in Ame rica
Dying in Vain
For Danny F erry
Forever Nine teen
Forgotten Cigare ttes
Making Th irty
Memories I Dream of from Battles Long Past
My Black Guardian A ngel.
Nam’s Hell
My Woman is a S aint
Random Fire
Soaking My Soul
The Long Black Wall
The Vietnam Pot Luck B lues
Obituary of an Old Man
C ovid
Angels In Blue
C ovid
Dancing to The End of Eter nity
Death on Today’s Battlef ield
For the Love of La uren
Listening and Hea ring
Pandemic B lues
Saw it on Face book
The Shelter in Place Covid B lues
What Did You Do Today, Girlfr iend
Growin g Up
Bike Racing Down Oak Hill
Bridge Di ving
My Brother Jim Died
The Leetonia Train Sta tion
Love
A Thousand and One
Angel With an Atti tude
Being A live
Breat hing
Br idge
Catch a Falling Star
Cradle of Love
Crazy Glue
Dance me to the end of love
Dancing With Butterf lies
Drea ming
God’s Good Inten tion
Holiday Surp rise
I am what I am
Life’s Song
Love C hain
Love Song
Loving You
Mom ents
My Lady
On Our First Mee ting
One With You
Paint the Sky with S tars
Pra yers
Proxi mity
Renewing Our Love
Sanct uary
Self-immola tion
Sha dows
Singing the B lues
Still Loving You
Taken for Gra nted
The Leap
The First Time
The Power of Love
The Simplicity of a Pr ayer
Thri ving
What Love is all A bout
Ups and Down of Love
When I First Saw You
You Hold The Power of Love
Your Damn Cat
Lost Love
A Poem With No W ords
Aliena tion
Ans wers
Bed of a V iper
Betr ayal
Ceiling Cracks and Other Memo ries
Complexi ties
Contempla tion
Do You W rong
Each Mo ment
Here A lone
I am no Longer What I Was
If Only
Imposs ible
Rain
It is Not All About You
Living and Lo ving
Love on the R ocks
Ohio Memo ries
On Losing You
The Grieving P lace
Reme mber
Seeking Ans wers
The Coward’s C urse
The Living Dead
Wha t Is
Wit hout
Yesterday’s Tomo rrow
Na ture
A Mo ment
Fire wood
A Rainy Day
At The Water’s Edge
Dawning at The Pond
Fearing Not hing
It Is Mor ning
Mill Creek Park
Perspec tive
Spring Came Early This Year
The Elephant and The Fly
The End of The Day
PTSD
Flashb acks
Festering S tone
Going B lind
Growing Old with D eath
Heaven or Hell
It Was Neve r Me
Nocturnal Quest ions
Problem Sol ving
PTSD
Tra pped
Soc iety
A Symp hony
Abnormally No rmal
Another Poor Black woman’s s tory
At the Bo ttom
Black Skin
Bobo, the Cran eman
Change Will Come
Change Came
Death of an In fant
Cold Snap In T exas
Co ping
Dancing Alone, Toge ther
Changing the w orld
Des pair
Fearing Judg ment
Fifty Years Ago
Growing Old in a One Room Flat
I Hear the Child Cr ying
In Jenny’s Sh adow
Keeping Us A part
Life is a Dance F loor
Lost and F ound
My Le gacy
My Prayer for a Dying Fr iend
My Soldier’s Homeco ming
Out Of P lace
Pawns in The Game
Pelican Pier
Possess ions
Profit Mar gins
Second Amendment R ight
Serious Drin king
Shoot to Kill
Springtime for Huma nity
Teac hers
The Final Judg ment
The George Washington Br idge
The Hacker Man
The Immigrant’s La ment
The New Urban Life
The Rocky Road of Fre edom
The Tem pest
T ruth
Urban Flo wers
Youngstown’s Steel M ills
Ukr aine
Rules Of Ground War fare
An Offering of War
On the Apartment Building Coll apse
Weapons of War
P oems
A Better P lace
A Poet’s Confes sion
Admiring a Rose
After My D eath
April F ools
Poets and Art ists
Children of God
Etched in S tone
Fearing Judg ment
In Our Huma nity
Our Daughter’s Eyes
Jack Daniel’s Revela tion
Jack Daniels for the N ight
January in Ohio
Man Cha nger
Midnight Walk
No Coming Back
Forgive the Fool
Posse ssed
P ower
Sometimes Goodbye it too Good a Word
The Day A fter
The Hand of God
The Time of Falling Le aves
There ain’t No Getting Over You
Walking in The Rain
On Your Turnin g 70


Highways and Byways



A Miracle Along Life’s Highway
I met an old man
along the hig hway,
his clothing was old,
all tattered and worn.
He needed a s have
and a bath wouldn’t have hurt.
I offered to walk with him for aw hile,
but he soon had to stop.
A pebble was in his shoe
from the hole in the sole,
which he tried to c over
with a piece of cardb oard.
He smiled a t me
as he adjusted the hole in his sock,
then said his luck was a little bad.
Said he had been a dad
and worke