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    The Musings of an Old Man
    The Musings of an Old Man
    The Musings of an Old Man
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    The Musings of an Old Man

    By William Gardner

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    An interesting series of poems describing the thoughts about life's later years. His "Octogenarian" has been especially well received.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWilliam Gardner
    Release dateSep 26, 2015
    The Musings of an Old Man
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    William Gardner

    William Garder was raised in New Canaan, Conneticut, and served with the Army in the early 1960s in Munich and Augsburg, Germany. He has traveled extensively through and learned much about the people within Germany, Switzerland and the former Czechoslovakia. He is an executive and lawyer in New York City.

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      The Musings of an Old Man - William Gardner

      THE MUSINGS OF AN OLD MAN By William A. Gardner

      A VISIT WITH PARENTS

      This isn’t the right lane ... or is it?

      I apparently don’t remember from our most recent visit!

      That far area with the mausoleum must be new

      And I don’t recall any cornfield view.

      Otherwise, it all looks the same – almost more than one can bear.

      Then suddenly things look familiar; it’s that one over there.

      I guess it’s reasonable that the cemetery has grown.

      That would explain the difficulty in locating a specific stone.

      It’s been several years since we last were here.

      An insatiable tug on our heartstrings now pulls us near.

      The monument at the head of

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