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    Reflections Of The Moment
    Reflections Of The Moment
    Reflections Of The Moment
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    Reflections Of The Moment

    By Arthur Weil

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    This is Arthur's 4th book of poetry. His previous books include "Love,Life and Gems That Shine" "Exploding Mind [or Not Over The Hill Yet]" and "Poetry Is For Sissies." His work has appeared in several anthologies and is the winner of numerous awards and contests.
    "Arthur's poetry illuminates all the possibilities of life beautifully, in words that take one by surprise" - Jerome Kirk

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArthur Weil
    Release dateApr 15, 2011
    ISBN9781452433301
    Reflections Of The Moment
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    Arthur Weil

    Arthur Weil 85 years old Arthur Weil is from Piedmont, California. He is a retired high school teacher and real estate agent. Arthur Weil's poetry examines all facets of life while paying tribute to them with wit, wisdom and whimsy. His words inspire the reader to look at life in a new way, to pause and appreciate, and, always, to chuckle. He has been published in a number of anthologies and newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune. He has published 17 books of poetry since his first, “Life, Love and Gems That Shine,” in December of 1999. Mr. Weil escaped Nazi Germany in 1938 as one of 1400 children of the kindertransport. He spent his formative years in Chicago, completing his BA and MA degrees, finished his PhD coursework in History at UC Berkeley. He taught in the public school system for 27 years, and went on to run his own real estate business for 24 years before becoming a full time writer. Art is a strong supporter of the arts in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has two children and three grandchildren. At the age of 85, Art recently finished a book of poetry for teens, “Eat My Words.”

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      Reflections Of The Moment - Arthur Weil

      Reflections of the Moment

      by Arthur Weil

      SMASHWORDS EDITION

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      PUBLISHED BY:

      Arthur Weil - Smashwords

      Reflections of the Moment

      Copyright © 2001 by Arthur Weil

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the author's work.

      * * * * *

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review or article, without written permission from the author.

      For all inquiries or to order printed copies of this book, contact

      Arthur Weil by email at: aweil444@aol.com or - 208 Pala Avenue, Piedmont, CA 94611

      Pricing: $5 per copy (25% discount if ordered directly through the author with no shipping costs)

      Some images copyright www.arttoday.com

      ISBN: 0-9676149-3-7

      Please visit me at my website: www.poetrypearls.com blog: http://arthurweilpoetry.blogspot.com/ or look me up on Facebook and Twitter

      * * * *

      Acknowledgments

      Thank you to Kandy Kidd, Jerome Kirk, Shirley Klein,

      James Maiz, and Vicky McNail

      for their help in proofing and reviewing the text.

      Special thanks to Seth Lepore for persevering in the completion of this book.

      Yet again, your consistent work in compiling, editing, and arranging this book

      cannot be appreciated enough.

      Dedication

      To all the ghosts of friends and family who are no longer here.

      * * *

      Table of Contents

      The Magic is You

      A Question to Mankind

      The Mystery of Life

      Kosovo

      Challenge Adversity

      Hands

      It Will Get Better

      Momentary Bliss

      Complex

      Beyond Limitations

      Choice

      Maintenance in Friendship

      Other-wise

      Growing Pains

      Secret Revelation

      Apricots

      Speed of Life

      To Grieve

      Forget

      Inner Symphony

      True Writers

      To Sleep

      Idiot’s Laugh

      Man’s Shadow

      Single

      The Fly

      True Love

      Subtle Expressions

      Silent Thunder

      Even Giants

      Stranger Than Fiction

      Gum Remnants On a Tree

      Subliminal Messages

      Nakedness

      Our Legacy

      Heatwave

      Squeaky Dog

      Decisions

      If We…

      Where is Where?

      Weekend News

      Asleep in Love

      First Sign

      Packrats

      Impeachment

      The Boundaries of Mankind

      Morning Toiletry

      When Nothing Makes Sense

      Infinite Space

      Overwhelming Fillers

      Persistent Cold

      This Morning

      Reflection

      Surviving the Elements

      The Doers

      Too little/Too much

      Through My Ages

      Who will…?

      Raspberry Candy

      Missing Love

      Youthful Folly

      This Freedom

      Inner Turbulence

      Stooping and Sinking

      Miracle

      Tolerant

      Words to Heal

      Self-Medicate

      Alone

      Contemplation Expands

      Battery

      A Day in Numbers

      Eagle Spread

      Cycle of Life

      Destiny’s Gift

      The Other Side of Nothing

      So Close, So Far

      Within

      Last Leaves

      Lusty Lips

      Two Watches

      Making a Mistake

      Winners and Losers

      Amongst the Creatures

      This is the Day

      Thank Myself

      A Pedestal

      Opening Up

      The Seeds of Poetry

      Different Beds

      In the Senses

      The Angel

      Between Dreams

      This Last Smile

      Drama-rama

      Rapture

      Blueprint

      Twilight Age

      Open Wounds

      Burial Day

      Free Flow

      Ritual of Sleep

      D Day

      Accessories

      It Never Happened

      A Formula

      A Poet’s Creation

      Your Gift

      When

      Must I Decide

      Just Be Sure

      How Many Endings

      Give and Take

      At Day’s End

      Photo/ Sketch Art Credits

      Front Cover Photo, Arthur at Donner Lake, California

      The Magic is You,, Arthur and Lillian Weil at a charity dance

      It Will Get Better, statue by Emanuel Vigeland, Oslo, Norway

      Single, bronze sculpture by Henry Moore

      True Love, painting by Vincent Van Gogh

      Gum Remnants on a Tree, Tree outside of Ford’s Theater where Lincoln was assassinated

      If We…, copy of the Liberty Bell

      Infinite Space, Lake Tahoe, California

      This Morning, Orangutan, Zoo, Washington D.C.

      Through My Ages, Arthur with friends, April, 1944, Chicago

      Youthful Folly, Jordan Weil (3and a half years old)

      A Day in Numbers, Dinner at Lisa Weil’s

      Within, Painting by post-impressionist

      Winners and Losers, Josh Steinhorn on rock climbing wall

      Seeds of Poetry, Watercolor by Arthur Weil

      Blueprint, Mobile by sculptor Jerome Kirk

      Burial Day, Painting by El Greco

      Accessories, Two hands posed, New Mexico

      Give and Take, Photo of Lillian, Jeff and Judy Weil, 1959

      * * * *

      The Magic Is You

      The magic of this

      Book is you

      Yes - - you the reader

      As you venture

      Dream

      Dance with my light rhymes

      Your luck will turn

      Into action

      Your mind delirious

      Ignited by thoughts

      The power is within you!

      Belief and deed in visions does spell action

      Results are sure to follow

      For better or worse

      Fortune in thought

      Joy in behavior

      Ecstatic in love of mankind

      To read is to enrich the mind

      Phrases into visions

      Read – read – dare open your mind

      So go ahead

      Read a few rhymes each day

      They were written

      For unique you

      By my delirious mind

      With love and gratitude

      In life – if not you

      Who?

      * * *

      A Question to Mankind

      There

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