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    Love in the Space That I Occupy: A Selection of Poems by Keith L. Scott
    Love in the Space That I Occupy: A Selection of Poems by Keith L. Scott
    Love in the Space That I Occupy: A Selection of Poems by Keith L. Scott
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    Love in the Space That I Occupy: A Selection of Poems by Keith L. Scott

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    Love in the Space That I Occupy explores the many facets of relationships from the time you first meet someone to the time that you first make love. In this collection, you will explore the emotions received when you find love, when you give trust, when you experience betrayal, and the healing that comes when you move on with your life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTrafford Publishing
    Release dateJan 11, 2011
    ISBN9781426950049
    Love in the Space That I Occupy: A Selection of Poems by Keith L. Scott
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    Keith L. Scott

    Keith L. Scott has been writing poems since childhood. Love in the Space That I Occupy is his first collection of poetry. In this collection you can feel his expression of love, hate, and recovery.

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      Love in the Space That I Occupy - Keith L. Scott

      © Copyright 2011 Keith L. Scott.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written prior permission of the author.

      Printed in the United States of America.

      isbn: 978-1-4269-5003-2 (sc)

      isbn: 978-1-4269-5004-9 (e)

      Trafford rev. 01/04/2011

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      North America & international

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      phone: 250 383 6864 fax: 812 355 4082

      Contents

      Acknowledgments

      Preface

      Love

      (I Think I Have Finally Found Her)

      To Love Someone Deeply

      Commit Myself to You

      Unto Me Came One

      From Atlanta to New York

      What Does She See In Me?

      Cell

      When I See Her

      You Are

      Searching

      One Love Share by Two

      That Red Dress

      Pathway to My Soul

      Revealed

      She is Woman

      Silence

      Joseph Kameron

      Existing

      Fictitious Woman

      Seasons

      Determined

      A Better Man

      A Better Place to Die

      A Loan

      Overflowing

      A Man… A Woman… A Love

      Arms

      Your Eyes Captivate Me

      Awaken

      Awe

      My Gypsy

      Doorstep

      Intimacy

      (The Sexual Experience)

      Flawless

      Passionate

      Open

      Explode

      Spilling Soda on the Lawn

      The Bitter Smell of Sweat and Perfume

      Baptism

      Drinking from the Fountain

      Her Magic Carpet

      The Breakup

      (She Loves Me Not)

      I KNOW HER

      You Stoned Me

      Frown

      Frozen: A Condition Caused By You

      Gestures

      That Shit You Said

      The End of a Slow Dance

      And Now I Know

      Let Her

      A Limo Ride on the Road Called Opportunity

      Betrayal

      Beware of the Power of Moods

      Born in the Shadows of the Future

      The Last Time

      Talk

      Both Sides of Now

      Call Me

      Climb

      Look…Listen…Hear Me

      Mad as Hell for Being a Fool Again

      Over

      Rebuilding

      (Recovering from the Bitterness)

      No Ass until the Baby is Sleep

      To Heal

      I Am a Tree

      The Day I Stood Up for Myself

      A Letter to My Life Called Gently Weeps

      A Worried Mind

      And From This I Shall Recover

      Angel

      Empty Hole

      Godless and Broken

      Losing

      Hello

      Companion

      I Remember

      I Wait For the Passing of Time

      If I Will Find Love

      Mirror

      My Future

      As Yet Untitled

      My Life

      My Savior

      My Thoughts Don’t Fit the Woman

      Often

      On These Pages

      Once Occupied

      Played

      Privacy

      Rain Drop

      The Ending of Tomorrow’s Hope

      The Piano

      They Said

      Time

      Dreamer

      Clean

      Acknowledgments

      The following have my unending and unbending love and gratitude: God (the most high); my dad Joseph W. (the greatest father a man could have); Louise C. (an awesome mom); my brother Ronald; my sister Sabrina (my rock); my kids Gabrielle and Joseph Kameron; and my extended family and friends you have been so influential in my life with special acknowledgment to my Fictitious Woman.

      Preface

      I am a fan of many poets – Langston Hughes, Nikki Giovanni, Maya Angelou, Phillis Wheatley, Gwendolyn Brooks, Gil Scott Heron, and a growing list of others. Their method of capturing emotion and clearly drawing a picture through prose is amazing. I wish I could be as excellent as they have been.

      This is my story about heartache and heartbreak but most importantly the ability to rebound. Love is the greatest romance ever sold. It can build you or destroy you. Love in the Space That I Occupy is about meeting that special

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