Growth

A.A Winston

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We all go through different stages in life. The seasoning of time provides greater insight and straightforwardness with an inclination toward irritability.
We all go through different stages in life. New experiences – good, bad, indifferent – make us who we are as we age. We start out young and impressionable.
We move toward a more enlightened station in life as we move into young adulthood. We then progress, if we continue to learn, to realizations and impressions shaped through a variety of interactions and relationships – both direct and indirect.
With Growth, the reader follows the evolution of a person through phases of his life. From a teenager/young man who lost his father when he was 12 to a middle-aged man with some wear and tear. He didn’t fully know how to show his feelings. To this day as an older man, the author still doesn’t always know how to show his feelings. But poetry is an outlet, a sort of safety valve.
While the first volume leans on idealism, the next two provide more depth, intellect, and imagination with a bent toward hope. The author wouldn’t necessarily call many of them good, but they are raw and unpolished. The level of sophistication from Immaturity increases in style and substance in what follows through further Maturing and Continued Maturation. The seasoning of time provides greater insight and straightforwardness with an inclination toward irritability.
Growth represents phases of a person’s life that he hopes others may relate.

Sujets

• Maturing
• Old
• Growth
• Age
• Seasoning
• Poetry
• Haddad
• Young
• Good
• Russ
• Life
• Progress

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• Publié par: iUniverse
• Date de parution: 19 janvier 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781663249821
• Langue: English

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GROWTH
 
 
 
 
A.A. Winston
 
 
 
 

 
GROWTH
 
 
Copyright © 2023 A.A. Winston.
 
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ISBN: 978-1-6632-4981-4 (sc)
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2023900925
 
iUniverse rev. date: 01/16/2023
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
IMMATURITY
MIND MELT
A SPIRIT WITHOUT THE SOUL
A SHORT ONE
TOO CHEAP TO KEEP
THE FLIGHT OF SPRING
HUMBLE GRATITUDE
SLUMBER
THE UNKNOWN NIGHT
GETTING IT STRAIGHT
THE MIX
CREATIVITY
HUH?
REQUIEM FOR THE DEAD
RETROSPECTION
IT’S BEEN SAID
THE SECRET CLUE
SECRETS OF THE UNTELLING
REVEALING DARKNESS
THE WRITTEN WORD
HIGH AND INSIDE
IS ANYBODY OUT THERE?
THE LESSON
PLAY DEEP
PASSING ON
PRECIOUS FRIENDS
THE FINALS
NO FOUNDATION, NO ANCHOR
THE FEELING
FOR AN INSTANCE
LONESOME DESIRE
MISUNDERSTANDABLE
EVERY INCH OF THE WAY
SYMPTOMS
CARRIE ANN
MODERN SOCIETY
PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE
DREAMS
CONTEMPLATIONS
REALIZATIONS
WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT?
MOMENTS
THE FINE LINE
INNER QUALITY
THE SPECTRUM
DISCONTENT
FRIENDSHIP VERSUS SOMETHING MORE
THE LIMIT
ALL AVAILABLE OPTIONS
CONCENTRATION
THE END
IT’S OVER
FAMILY TRAIT
A THOUGHT
ATTITUDES
THE MIND
DETERMINATION
TREND REVERSAL
A SPECIAL REWARD
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
SERVICE HELP
THE AWAITING
REACH OUT
WHERE’S THE RELATIONSHIP?
CORNUCOPIA
MELODY MEDLEY 1
MELODY MEDLEY 2
MELODY MEDLEY 3
MELODY MEDLEY 4
SHOCKED
SHOW AND TELL
WHO IS TO BLAME?
HOW DO YOU GET THERE?
ON AND ON …
DAZED
THE WAY I SEE IT
MATURING
PINNING THE TAIL
I KNOW THE REACTION
RED
WHO DO YOU WANT?
LOST IN THE PAGES
ROMANTICALLY INVOLVED
NEMESIS
THE HEAT
SHOULD I DARE?
LULLA-BYE
A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE
OPEN BOOK
MEDIACRACY
FALLEN FRIENDSHIP
PERIODICAL PUPILS
LISTEN
A SIMPLE VALENTINE
JUST FRIENDS, OKAY?
FORGET IT NOT
YEA OR NAY
PAINFUL PRICE
ISOLATION
OUT OF REACH
CAUSAL RELATION
EXPLANATION, PLEASE
BETWEEN A LAUGH AND A TEAR
CLASSIC
DEFINITION, PLEASE
THIS CLOSE
FAMILY
CLOUDS WITHIN THE MIND
SUNBEAM
DON’T LOSE SLEEP
SELF-PITY
EXHAUSTION, PART 1
EXHAUSTION, PART 2
UNACHIEVABLE
BASEBALL
GET IT STRAIGHT!
THE PREDICAMENT
METHODS
SPEAK TO ME
NATURALLY
FORGET THEM NOT
THE NEIGHBORHOOD
TAKING STOCK
MOTHER AND SON
INTOXICATION
HEROES OF OUR TIME
PASSION
ONE STEP AWAY
CRYING FOR LOVE
FIRST RHYME
YOUR TURN TO FINISH
THE HEART IS HOME
A SHIFT IN WEIGHT
IMAGES
FALSE CONCEIT
TIME TO COME HOME
THE WANTING OF A WISH
CITY LIGHTS
PRIDE AND RESPECT
VISIONS
A PAPER MIND
DOUBLE TAKE
THE PERSON WITHIN
FORTUNES OF LIFE
THE BURNING FIRE
RECORDED LINES
YA KNOW?
ALPHABET COUPLETS 1
ALPHABET COUPLETS 2
A SUBTLE DEPENDENCY
CONTINUED MATURITY
BETCHA CAN’T
KAT MAN DO
SILENT SOUND
THE VIEW
AHEAD OF THE TIMES
THE RIGHT OF THE WRONG
SANCTUARY
THE ACHIEVEMENT
THE NIGHT WITHOUT CLUTTER
FRAILTY
GRAPHICALLY SPEAKING
I STILL BELIEVE
SHADED FATE
THE VOICE
RENAISSANCE MAN
THE REVELATION
TRANSLATION
THE ROPES
SCREAMS ON THE INSIDE
DERANGEMENT
TRIVIAL
BLUE
TION’ED
STRAIN OF THE HEART
THE DEVIL
I SAY ONE
JUST A QUIP
HUNGER
FOR REAL
WHAT A CLICHÉ!
HEADACHE
A TIP OF THE GLASS
SINK OR SWIM
JUST HANGIN’
A FIGURE
SUNSET, SUNRISE
REVENGE
QUIET, PLEASE
MY GENERATION
THE NOTICE
MARCHING ON
THE BALANCING ACT
SHHH!
NO GAME
HOW FAR WE’VE COME
INNOCENCE
I SAY TWO
OVER THE SHOULDER
ME, SORRY?
YOU
FUEL-FILLMENT
F AND E AND A
SOBER DRUNKENNESS
ENLIGHTENMENT
CIRCULATION
THROWING WORDS TOGETHER
THROWING MORE WORDS TOGETHER
CLOSED
RANDOM THOUGHT
ANOTHER RANDOM THOUGHT
TIME ZONE
A LOT LIKE LOVE MORE
GET OUTTA HERE
GOLDEN RULE
SIGHT UNSEEN
SOMEDAY
MOMMA CRYIN’
SHE WASN’T THERE (REPULSE THIS)
WEALTH
WHAT DO YOU SEE?
DON’T HOLD BACK
RING, RING
HE LAY THERE/LIFE REMEMBERED
UNFINISHED?
INTRODUCTION
We all go through different stages in life. New experiences—good, bad, and indifferent—make us who we are as we age. We start out young and impressionable.
We move toward a more enlightened station in life as we move into young adulthood. We then progress, if we continue to learn, through realizations and impressions shaped through our varied interactions and relationships, both direct and indirect.
In Growth , the reader follows the evolution of the phases of my life. From a teenager/young adult who lost his father when he was twelve to a middle-aged man with some wear and tear. I didn’t fully know how to show my feelings. To this day as an older man, I still don’t always know how to show my feelings. But poetry is an outlet; a sort of safety valve.
The first set of poems in Immaturity leans on idealism. The next two, Maturing and Continued Maturation, provide more depth, intellect, and imagination with a bent toward hope. The seasoning of time provides greater insight and straightforwardness with an inclination toward irritability.
Growth represents phases of my life, to which I hope others may relate.
IMMATURITY
I sort of tripped into writing poetry. It started when I was a senior in high school and writing for the school newspaper. I wasn’t really a reporter, whatever that means at a high school newspaper. Somehow, I became the newspaper poet in response to something I’ve since forgotten.
Each edition featured a poem by A.A. Winston, which I had adopted as my pen name. I revealed my true identity in the last edition before graduation in a poem titled “The Revelation” Not many noticed that I had masked my identity before the reveal, nor many after. I adopted A.A. Winston in future writings and the unveiling poem became part of an initial collection of poems I wrote through college.
This first section of seventy-five poems includes writings of a teenager/young man who lost his father when he was twelve. They are reflections through the eyes and mind of an unseasoned person. I was just starting out and had an idealistic viewpoint on life and relationships. I show my naivete and confusion in Immatu rity .
Immaturity is the first phase of a person’s life. I hope others may relate to these poems.
MIND MELT
The destruction I’m going through,
No one can understand.
It is in my mind.
Of high hopes and low confidence,
Nothing can replace.
A SPIRIT WITHOUT THE SOUL
With all the promises
And statements of good fortune,
Where do we stand today?
The same place as yesterday.
We just sit and wait,
Putting our lives on hold.
Turning blue from the lack of air.
Hoping for that quick release,
And that feeling of exhilaration.
Frustrations and tensions mount
To an incalculable scale.
So helpless and far away.
Only so much can be taken,
Then that line will be crossed.
Everything hinges on so little.
The chosen few know the scoop.
They possess lives in their balance
And act as though they are trivial cares.
In the end, it is they who win
As we fall by the side of the road.
A SHORT ONE
When it comes to dust to dust,
Ashes to ashes,
Some will be grateful,
Most will be deceived.
TOO CHEAP TO KEEP
You spend a lot of money
And cry when the bill reaches the ceiling.
You come to me—
Believing I’m ready to give.
I say no way,
But you know it’s not true.
Once the hand is in the pocket,
There is no way of getting it back.
When the well runs dry,
I get ready to hear a ring.
No reason to pick up—
It could only be you.
For you, the merchandise is piled high.
For me, the sea of debt is overflowing.
You echo the sounds
That I can only hear.
I seldom see you weep
Or feel my kind of guilt.
I guess I’m just too cheap to keep.
THE FLIGHT OF SPRING
When two hearts
Become one,
That is the time.
The time we all wait for.
When unending time stops
And the picture becomes clear,
That is the time.
The time we all wait for.
When the mind and body are in sync
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