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    Summertime Musings During the Rise of Fall
    Summertime Musings During the Rise of Fall
    Summertime Musings During the Rise of Fall
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    Summertime Musings During the Rise of Fall

    By Gary Hawkes

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    A book of poetry of songs. Themes of love, honor, 21st century living, and Americanism are all explored

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGary Hawkes
    Release dateSep 6, 2014
    ISBN9781310343216
    Summertime Musings During the Rise of Fall
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    Gary Hawkes

    Gary Hawkes spent most of his child hood years on Whidbey Island in western Washington, aside from three years spent in Japan during his mother and step-father's Navy deployment. The experience of living in Japan and calling that country home and then moving back to the U.S., had quite the effect on the young aspiring writer; a unique perspective on what it means to be an American.Early on however, Gary's interests were mostly in music and sports. It was periodic encouragements from family and specifically a high school teacher that spurred Gary to pursue writing more diligently later on. Most of the writer's early work were simple short stories and some poetry.Several years after graduating college he published his first collection of poems and followed quickly after with several more books of poetry and short stories. Currently living in Washington State.

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      Summertime Musings During the Rise of Fall - Gary Hawkes

      Summertime Musings During the Rising of Fall

      By Gary Hawkes

      Copyright Gary Hawkes 2014

      Smashwords Edition

      Modern Debate

      A recent debate with an old friend

      Has me questioning again what it means to be an American

      Do people have the right to intimidate and to incite fear?

      Just because THEY believe the end is near

      Put down others who only want to live peacefully

      War is not only hell; it’s useless and solves nothing,

      And infringes upon our right to be free

      But what is freedom?

      The right to be dumb; the right to not care?

      The right to watch TV all day, while the ones in power decide how much toxins to put in the water and air

      Hard to say anymore; lines have been drawn and labels have been made

      You MUST be one OR the other it seems, no in-between these days

      But, sorry to disappoint;

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