Soulmate
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Richard Reith
Husband, father of four, poet, IBM engineer, foster parent, triumphant over multiple bouts with cancer, juvenile court volunteer, Vietnam war veteran, international soccer player, incurable romantic, soccer coach, newspaper writer and editor, Richard Reith has an extremely wide range of life experience that comes through in all of his writings.
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Soulmate - Richard Reith
Contents
Acknowledgements
Dance Me To The End Of Time
Love Is
Women
And I Love Her
Standing Strong Against Cancer
Soulmate
Every So Often
Her Veterans Day
A Girl’s Best Friend
A Tapestry
Her Father’s Hands
A Simple Peck
Aftermath
My Daughter
Family Outing
The Invisible Man
To My New Granddaughter
Angels With One Wing
Whenever I Dream
Firsts
Eyes Gently Closed
She Finally Tried
I’m Not Sure
I Love You, But…
I Am Tumor
Love in a Dream
If I Could Have Lived One More Day
Morning Prayers
Moths
My Blessed Pen
New Birth
On the Marriage of My Daughter
On the Marriage of My Son
Once
Paradise
Slow Dance
I Whisper to the Forest
Somewhere
Spiritual Love
Strangers
The Cost of War
The Lovers
The New Marriage
The Poet
The Puppet
The Reminder
The Wonder of Love
This Selfsame Man
Today
Together
Trust
If Two Souls Were Ever One
Her Unexpected Love
Until Him
We Came to Nam
Whenever I Dream
A Winter Night in Carrington, ND
You are Love
You Have Cancer
(When Death Knocks at your Door)
Losing a Generation of Heroes
A Doctor, And a Woman
Coming Together
Ethereal Love
Free and Wild
Language of My Love
The World of the Poet
Daddy
Walk With Me
If I Could See
A Place
Better Off
Acknowledgements
The Cover – The cover art was created by David Brownstead, an artist with decades of experience, located in San Diego, California. David attended the prestigious Art School of Ohio University, in Athens, Ohio, graduating in 1978, Summa Cum Laude, designated Most Outstanding Undergraduate. At the time of his graduation, the Smithsonian Institute listed the art school as one of the twenty best in the United States.
My influences – It is hard to list all of the people in my life who influenced these poems.
Certainly, my paternal grandparents who taught me from my earliest days about being a man – honesty, character, strength, judgment and sensitivity. Who taught me that life was about choices, consequences and judging what hills were worth dying for. My maternal grandparents who taught me about unconditional love. My parents, who showed love, understanding and support for my love of reading, writing, sports and learning.
My family – Patty, my children and grandchildren (and spouses), Amber, Brian, Russell, Michael, Rob, Kristy, Andrea, Ryan, Jake – who instilled in me the wonder of family, of being a father, father-in-law and husband, of a life of unconditional love. My siblings - Bert, Ronald, Hollie and Paul, some of whom I helped raise, all of whom helped shape my formative years.
Mary Lou and Bart, loving in-laws who supported me in anything I tried.
Nancy, who made me realize that, after 30 years of throwing away my poetry, that it was worth sharing with others.
The many young men and women I coached or mentored and watched over, who made me understand the hopes, dreams and vulnerability of the young.
Cancer, war and transplants, which all taught me the need for strength, humor, judgment, sacrifice, giving of yourself to support those who loved you, and the power of triumph over the most terrible odds.
In alphabetical order: Amber, Babe, Evelyn, Hollie, Judy, Kathy, Kristi, Liz, Maria, Nancy, Patty, Susie, Terri, and so many other women who helped me understand the truth of a woman’s heart.
And last, but most important – God. The One who created His user’s manual on how to be a man, a man of God, a husband, a father, and a caring friend – the Bible.
All of these live in all the words of these poems.
Dance Me To The
End Of Time
By Rich Reith
I still remember
the expression in your eyes,
the tear,
the joy
the day I took you in my arms