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    Truth Is: Life, Love & Humor
    Truth Is: Life, Love & Humor
    Truth Is: Life, Love & Humor
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    Truth Is: Life, Love & Humor

    By Eddie J. Carr

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    Imagination is a great part of every one of us. We set and day dream about things fantasying the way we see them occurring. In this book of poetry I have taken imagination, history and our everyday life experiences, mixing them and putting them into stories. This book Truth Is, has come from those dreams. This not abstract poetry and a person reading will understand what message is being delivered in the numerous poems. I want the reader to enjoy and dream of things that happen to each one of us in our lives.
    In this book you will read stories of happiness and sadness. In the poem, Willie Cane, the locations are real and the characters fictional. In Making a Name, you will get parts of history and a fictitious but interesting outcome to a well known holiday in the City of Mobile. You will find sadness in Karley and Me, and Two Sisters Together, along with humor in Little Arnold Gets the Ball. Someday, will give a lifes perspective and Angels Kiss, talks of love. There are many other stories, dreams and words of encouragement that I hope you will find enjoyable to read.
    The book contains stories in verse form about life, love and humor. I have tried to tell of things that I have heard about and some that have happened too me. Most of them are just, imagination, with lots of fantasy, history and fiction. I hope that you will find some of these works entertaining and some useful in your everyday life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateSep 19, 2011
    ISBN9781456795443
    Truth Is: Life, Love & Humor
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    Eddie J. Carr

    In keeping with his storytelling, Eddie has followed along the same line as his last book, Gifts of Onile. He has taken a poem from his first book, Truth Is, and wrote a full length tale of the life of a young man growing up on the Tensas River Delta in the lower part of south Alabama. The book titled Under the Willow is filled with actual locations of the small community of Stockton, Alabama, and the story is dotted with history. Eddie has retired and is now spending more time writing and enjoying the outdoors. His thirty-six years with the Mobile Police Department has given him ideas and he is now working on his fourth book. He is now writing a murder mystery. The story is in the works and should be completed very soon. Many things are revealed in this tale and Eddie hopes that you enjoy the book.

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      Book preview

      Truth Is - Eddie J. Carr

      SOMEDAY

      Life, to us, is a passion

      It is always hurry up and wait.

      No matter how hard we rush,

      We usually show up late.

      The things that we plan to do

      Just seem to slip away

      Because we simply put them off

      Saying we’ll do it someday.

      In growing up we wondered

      How our life would be.

      We made plans to see the world

      And keep our life so free.

      But all we do is work hard

      To earn a decent pay

      We simply put things off

      To this time that we call someday.

      As the years we live roll on

      And we think about the past.

      It’s realized what we didn’t do

      Because our life went by so fast.

      If it comes to thing we want to do

      We should remember not to say

      That we have something else to do

      Or maybe, I’ll do it, someday.

      These words that I write to you

      They want start your life again.

      They want change or make a difference

      On how things could have been.

      You see, someday is like tomorrow,

      Neither will ever come your way.

      Do the things you’ve always wanted

      And live life day to day.

      TRUTH IS

      We all have these problems that come up in our life

      They cause us to get down and feel nothing but strife.

      My life was at this point and things were closing in,

      I felt I was a burden with nobody to call a friend

      I got out of my bed one morning, stressed and alone

      What good had I done in life, was I all that strong?

      So I loaded up my boat with some bait and poles

      Then launched it in the river to go look for a fishing hole.

      My mind wasn’t on fishing or relaxing on that day,

      But on trying to ease my pain and find a better way.

      I pulled off of the river to a place called Atkins Creek

      A place no one ever went, quite serene and meek.

      Cedars line the banks of Atkins, barely thirty feet wide.

      It was rarely use by many and a real good place to hide.

      I moved with the current, a breeze pushed the boat along

      The creek was very deep and my thoughts were so wrong.

      I rounded the bend of the creek and seen him sitting there

      A pole in his hand, singing without much of a care.

      He looked at me with a big grin and motioned me too him

      He asked me of my fishing to which I told him was slim

      He said "well try it here, you may just catch a few

      I think they’ll bite right here if you have nothing else to do.

      His face was red with deep wrinkles and his eyes were sky blue.

      He wore overalls, faded blue shirt and straw hat with the word True.

      The wooden boat he was in looked to have been built by hand

      Its paint was cracked and faded, half white and half tan.

      The name Truth Is was on the boat that had seen better days

      But he seemed happy with it, guess that’s what really pays.

      Well I pulled up near him and tied off on a limb,

      He just looked at me smiling and said son my name is Clem.

      Before I could respond he said, saw you coming round that bend.

      Could tell you have things on your mind; felt you could use a friend.

      Truth Is, it’s none of my business but I feel a need to let you know

      These troubles that you are facing, they will come and go.

      Truth Is, all these things you are hoping for and all that you wish

      Is nothing more than words and you’d do better just to fish?

      As I sat and listened I noticed the fish began to bite.

      I wasn’t sure of what he knew but so far his words were right.

      He said "life is tough on us all but our problems are the same

      Truth Is, son if you prepare yourself they’ll run off like the rain.

      Money he said is a big problem some got plenty and others less

      If you have none you have the most but those with plenty have a mess.

      Truth Is, son it doesn’t matter how much money that you’ve got

      Cause if you use and spend it right, you want really need a lot.

      Relationships, now they are rough and will come and go

      But when your feelings run deep, sometimes this ain’t really so.

      Truth Is, you will find someone that will set your heart aglow

      Just hold on tight and fight for her, if it’s meant to be you’ll know.

      There may be a time that comes when you’ve done all you can

      Step back and just look at things and try to understand

      If you feel that there will be no change and all hope is gone,

      You may find it easier just letting go and simply moving on.

      The causes of stress in life are these things I have mentioned

      Money and relationships do cause us sadness and tension

      Truth Is, if you work on them and put other things on a shelf

      You’ll realize that most things you probably brought upon yourself.

      Clem looked at me and said son this earth ain’t a bad place,

      But it will pass on by you if you don’t get in the race.

      God promised he’d take care of us, as he does the sparrow

      He will give you these things you ask, try not to be so narrow.

      I sat there and listened to him and realized my bait was gone.

      I pondered how he knew my thoughts and if it really shown.

      He said, Truth Is, in our talk you caught a mess of fish

      Just one thing left to say my friend, "Don’t plan

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