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    Mystical Musings: A Collection of Poetry
    Mystical Musings: A Collection of Poetry
    Mystical Musings: A Collection of Poetry
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    Mystical Musings: A Collection of Poetry

    By RK Wheeler

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    Epic poetry written in rhyme in RK Wheeler's unique style.  A seamless blending of Greek, Norse and Hebrew mythology with Biblical names and stories.  When read in series the poems tell a larger story.


    The audiobook hit number 1 for new releases in January 2019 under Poetry Anthologies.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRobert K. Wheeler
    Release dateJan 15, 2018
    ISBN9781983634826
    Mystical Musings: A Collection of Poetry

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      Mystical Musings - RK Wheeler

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      R.K. Wheeler

      REVIEW: MYSITCAL MUSINGS: A Collection of Poetry by Mercy Bolo

      with Online Book Club: "Mystical Musings by R.K. Wheeler brings to life a world of myth and legend through flowing poetic prose…The engaging and captivating writing storytelling made me not put the book down until I was done. I especially liked the all so familiar experience of reading one continuous story although this is a collection of poems….4/4 Stars and I recommend it to anyone who wishes to be transported to a world of mystery.

      Mystical Musings

      A Collection of Poetry

      Copyright © 2018,

      Dr. Robert Kenneth Wheeler Jr.

      All Rights Reserved

      No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the caser of brief quotations em- bodied in critical articles or reviews.

      For information contact :

      www.rkwheeler.com (Blog)

      Cover design by the author

      ISBN 13-978-1983634826

      ISBN 10-1983634824

      THE FAIRIES’ TALE

      The days are long the nights are mild

      The blissful life of a fairy child

      They play with fish with birds they sing

      Magic they wield on gossamer wings

      The forest animals to them do speak

      When injured or frightened its fairies they seek Fairies they sing of Heaven above

      Of war long ago and God’s lost love

      Soon comes Armageddon at the end of an age

      A side they must choose for battle will rage

      A SUMMERS FRIGHT

      Beware the howls at full moon,

      The werewolf's near and coming soon

      The wolf takes over, full of rage,

      None are safe until its day

      Run! Flee! Escape! Hide!

      Or silver bullet in its side

      If once bit, pray to die,

      For next full moon, wolf's inside

      GABRIEL

      Son of Morning, never fell,

      The stalwart one, the angels tell

      A mighty general, cherubim he leads,

      He fights the Devil, eternally

      Loves the day, shuns the night

      Through his veins, flows holy light

      If the war, Heaven to win,

      He must guard, his brother's kin

      Through the earth, where danger lies,

      Before the war, with The Lord of the Flies

      WHISPERS IN THE DARK

      Archangel from heaven fell,

      To the earth where man dwells

      A Son of Morning, Satanel,

      Never Heaven, only Hell

      Now he comes to counsel Cain,

      Due to him young Abel slain

      Armageddon soon to come,

      But in the end your judgment comes

      AZAZYEL

      Heaven weeps the tales do tell,

      For the youngest son Azazyel

      He who found forbidden love,

      And thereby angered God above

      Son of Light, Archangel,

      Forbidden secrets he did tell

      Buried alone and in pain,

      Buried by his brothers twain

      NOME

      Snow and ice, dogs do run,

      Iditarod and midnight sun

      Gnomes of Nome, stories told,

      Of great deeds, and cursed gold

      Eagles fly, bears do roam,

      Wolves do howl, sea doth foam

      SAFRIEL’S BANE

      Long ago and far away,

      A lonely angel lost his way

      Sent from heaven on a mission he came,

      Sent by Gabriel to Camelot’s flames

      To find and bury King Arthur’s gem,

      Under the stones that men call henge

      One day he met a lady fair,

      And became enamored by her auburn hair

      A touch, a kiss he broke his vow,

      For to love a mortal is not allowed

      In her eyes he found true love,

      But forbidden it was from up above

      Two sons to him she one day bore,

      In secret vale on Ireland’s shores

      For his sin an Archangel came,

      To take him to prison head bowed in shame

      Without angelic father his sons grew no more,

      Their children’s children waved from shore

      As half-angel sons sailed far away,

      To paradise where the Menehune play

      For a time they found love once more

      On the beaches of Hawaii’s shores

      On Maui were buried side by side,

      Their second wives while children cried

      They took the gem and sailed far away,

      At first all was calm upon gentle waves

      The sun was warm, their spirits high,

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