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    Yester-Days, Today and Tomorrow
    Yester-Days, Today and Tomorrow
    Yester-Days, Today and Tomorrow
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    Yester-Days, Today and Tomorrow

    By Yolanda Rodriguez

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    I dedicate these poems to the students and the teachers and staff of P.S. #5 in Jersey City New Jersey. Also to all my children, Alex, Lynnette, Ronny, Merry, and grandchildren, Tiffany, Micaela, Max, and Sofia. To my father Anibal and my mother Francisca.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateAug 30, 2012
    ISBN9781477244241
    Yester-Days, Today and Tomorrow
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    Yolanda Rodriguez

    After moving from the island of Puerto Rico to the United States at 19, Yolanda attanded BMCC in Manhattan. She then earned a BS in Art from the Staten Island University in New York, where she studied studio painting, drawing, photography and silk screening. Yolanda paints from the heart and has been influenced by the bright colors utilized by the impressionist artists such as Van Gogh and Gauguin.

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      Yester-Days, Today and Tomorrow - Yolanda Rodriguez

      Yester-days,

      Today and

      Tomorrow

      Yolanda Rodriguez

      US%26UKLogoB%26Wnew.ai

      AuthorHouse™

      1663 Liberty Drive

      Bloomington, IN 47403

      www.authorhouse.com

      Phone: 1-800-839-8640

      © 2012 by Yolanda Rodriguez. 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.

      Published by AuthorHouse 07/10/2012

      ISBN: 978-1-4772-4423-4 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4772-4424-1 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2012912420

      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 Florida

      Nature Math

      2004

      Echo of Yesterdays Kindergarten Class

      Fear is a factor

      When Autumn Leaves Fall

      Are You For Real?

      Mother Earth

      The Professor

      Autumn Dizzy Gliders

      Plump Pumkins

      December, 1994

      Halloween

      The Sun

      A Spider

      Thanksgiving

      On the 24th of December

      September 4, 1995

      A Tree

      My Mimosa Tree

      Upon A Window Sill

      Mt. Pocono Vacation

      The Life of an Apple

      Baghdad

      The Massive Tidal Wave

      Falling Angels

      September 11, 2001

      Poem inspired by one of my paintings The Freedom Rider

      Saddam Has Been Captured

      To the class of Room 302

      Love and Tranquility is Love

      If Your Heart Were Made Out of Cotton

      Oath Not To Hate

      Dear Mother

      Rain Drops

      Upon A Ripple Pond

      A Butterly A Butterfly can flap her wings

      Creepy Crawlers

      Leprechaun

      Winter Begins

      The Children Want Snow

      The Sun In The Winter

      Silent in Winter

      Winter Yearning

      When Your Heart Feels …

      Simile

      Blessing From The Sky

      Los Tres Reyes Magos

      Ayer Soñé con Puerto Rico

      En Mi Isla Yo Nací

      Ya nacio el

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