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    Poems of a Random Nature

    By Norman Sindlinger

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    A contemporary collection of fifty-four American Poems of a Random Nature with about half in free verse and a half in rhyme. Many poems are based upon nature, the sea, birds and storms. Many are humorous, whimsical and inspirational. A very few are a bit on the dark side. The poems vary in length from as few as eight lines to a maximum of ninety-one lines. The ebook contains 103 pages. The following poem is of short length:

    Wind

    Wind, don't push so roughly
    I know I'm in your way
    Don't hurry by me so.

    Let this day belong to me
    You've known all yesterdays
    Tomorrow will come soon enough.

    Let me feel your strength then
    Let me wonder at your power
    As you fill my sails with bluster.

    You may put me to the test
    Proving my skills to respond
    By letting my craft leap waves.

    Spare me on this day
    Let all your fury subside
    Return when my work's done.

    Put yourself to other tasks
    Turn mills so your subjects may eat
    Drive pumps so they may drink.

    Legends speak of your might
    Today, hold back your furies
    Until my ship is safe in port.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNorman Sindlinger
    Release dateSep 24, 2018
    ISBN9781386967170
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    Poems of a Random Nature
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    Norman Sindlinger

    Hi! I’m Norman. I’m a retired Director of Engineering at Mattel Toys. I’m very much older than the typical author; although I’m still very much young at heart. I remain always optimistic in spite of having lived through many tumultuous events since the 1930s, right into today’s most interesting political and world events. I always wanted to be a writer. I wrote quite a lot in high school and my first year of college at Ohio University in Athens Ohio while studying journalism. I dropped out of college for a year prior to deciding to make a career in the Army while pursuing a BS Mechanical Engineering for four years at Pennsylvania Military College in Chester, Pa. PMC at the time was one of six so-called tin colleges graduating 2nd lieutenants. The original military school closed many years ago and reopened as significantly expanded Widener University. Following 22 weeks of additional training at the Basic Infantry Officer School and Airborne School in Fort Benning, Ga., I was assigned to the 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Oahu, Hawaii. After twenty-one months of active service, I was released from active duty as a 1st Lieutenant and returned to Reserve status. Obviously, I did not make the Army a career choice. I began my civilian career as a Research Engineer at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, Pa. I continued basic research and product development at several other corporations became a manager of product development at two additional corporations, and a Director of Engineering at a start-up computer corporation. I next moved from NJ to California to join Mattel and retired as one of several Directors of Engineering. During my career, my writing was almost all technical in nature. I returned to NJ in retirement. I’m a widower and was married for forty-nine years to, Jacqueline; a wonderful woman and my best friend for nearly 50 years. I have one surviving daughter and four grandchildren. I moved from southern NJ to Pompton Plains, NJ a small town thirty miles north-west of New York City, and began writing again.

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