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    Fence Lines
    Fence Lines
    Fence Lines
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    Fence Lines

    By Vernon L. Blythe

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    If youre lucky enough to have many blessings in your life; to travel to other states and environments; to have a variety of jobs; great children; and a good education, then youre privileged to observe some of the many circumstances of the world and experience life as others do.

    If you are further blessed to be able to express yourself and your experiences through writing, then you may have made the world a better place and opened its wonders to some of those who have yet to see and experience those conditions.

    And so it is with this book of poems. Fence Lines is a collection of lifes observations in humor, nature, children, technology and barriers Fence Lines real or imagined.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateApr 13, 2011
    ISBN9781456744755
    Fence Lines
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    Vernon L. Blythe

    Vern Blythe is a native of the State of Wisconsin and currently lives in the Denver, Colorado area. He has written poetry at various times throughout his adult life. He spent part of his childhood on a dairy farm and graduated from Iowa Grant High School near Livingston, Wisconsin. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. His MBA degree was conferred from the University of Wisconsin – LaCrosse. He spent most of his professional career in the corporate world and has travelled the United States extensively. Vern enjoys travel, sports, music, writing and the outdoors.

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      Fence Lines - Vernon L. Blythe

      © 2011 Vernon L. Blythe. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      First published by AuthorHouse 6/28/2011

      ISBN: 978-1-4567-4475-5 (e)

      ISBN: 978-1-4567-4474-8 (sc)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2011903260

      Printed in the United States of America

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models,

      and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Contents

      In - Out

      The Parthenon

      Meeting A Fence

      (A Sonnet)

      In Your Mind

      On Mending A Fence

      Island Sea

      A Farmer and His Fence

      The Arch

      TO DO … TO BE

      STAND ALONE

      STANDING GUARD

      I AM HERE

      AT EASE

      NOW AND THEN

      The Child of Itasca

      OH MORAN!

      LOIS

      TETONS

      SEQUOIAS

      The Memory Tree

      COSMICS

      FENCE LINES

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      By: Vernon L. Blythe

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

      Seldom is there a person who has not been significantly influenced by others at various times of his or her life. In my case, I have always had the benefit of the availability of numerous books and magazines throughout my younger years. Information was everywhere. Questions were never-ending as the world and the awareness of it, grew with the advent of television and instant communication. To that

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