Love, Lust, Loved Laughter, Lessons

Welcome to this book of Poetry: Love, Lust, Loved, Laughter and Lessons. It is my fervent hope and prayer that you will find some interesting in these poems and perhaps learn some life lessons in reading the rhyming poetry that has been more than a two decade adventure for me. Most all poems have been experienced by me in actual relationships or in deep emotional thoughts on events and experiences in life. I would suggest the way to read this book is to identify your feelings and find a corresponding poem that exhibits similar thoughts to assist you in going through your own feelings of Love, Lust or Loved relationships continuing also with the Laughter and Lessons chapters. Prayerfully, I hope you will learn the lessons on a deep and existing level. Perhaps you will not reserve the need or desire to experience the lesson if you read and understand the reasoning that led me to the written conclusions illustrated in these chapters.

Welcome to this book of Poetry: Love, Lust, Loved, Laughter and Lessons. It is my fervent hope and prayer that you will find some interesting in these poems and perhaps learn some life lessons in reading the rhyming poetry that has been more than a two decade adventure for me. Most all poems have been experienced by me in actual relationships or in deep emotional thoughts on events and experiences in life. I would suggest the way to read this book is to identify your feelings and find a corresponding poem that exhibits similar thoughts to assist you in going through your own feelings of Love, Lust or Loved relationships continuing also with the Laughter and Lessons chapters. Prayerfully, I hope you will learn the lessons on a deep and existing level. Perhaps you will not reserve the need or desire to experience the lesson if you read and understand the reasoning that led me to the written conclusions illustrated in these chapters. I started with the inclination of naming this book: "What the "L" do you know? Of course referring to the beginning letter of each chapter and recalls an old crude statement known as [What the "hell" do you know?] On some level this appeals to the fun loving side of me as a fun loving story and joke teller. You may ask what are my qualifications to write these poems and to present them to you, the reader, as lessons and funny experiences from which you may learn life lessons. I believe age doesn't qualify anyone for anything other than aching joints, unstable bowel movements, loss of friends, loves and probably unmet needs and dreams. But on the other hand what such great memories, exciting experiences and valuable lessons that have been learned in costly, hard learned adventures and mistakes in approximately seven decades of life. As a very spiritual and religious follower of Jesus Christ I have read many of the great spiritual leaders of the past two thousand years. I developed a personal philosophy concerning my earthly existence. I feel and think that as a heavenly tiny spiritual being having the ability to view the entire past as well as the future from heaven and knowing full well all the trials and task I would need to contend with in my earthly human existence. I chose my own parents, I fully knew what I would be asked to endure, to face and what trials I'd contend with daily throughout my life. What makes me a success is that I've met all of those challenges with at least a fair attitude and appreciation for the experience and the lessons learned. Hopefully I have been able to do this with a tongue in cheek manner of happiness and joy. For a more complete understanding perhaps you'd better understand me and my journey if you take a brief look at my attached biography and the life experiences paper titled, "I know this man:". Again my hope is that you will learn and grow, as have I. Most importantly to use a quote from Dr. Wayne Dyer "Don't die with your music inside you".

Richard E McPherson Biography: Married to my beautiful wife Debbie, May 6, 2017 Currently, a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) WSP/USA Contractor Rapid Response Housing inspector for federally declared emergences. Retired USAF, Ever increasing responsibilities throughout 21 years of service culminating as Air Traffic Control and Landing Systems Superintend, Kelly AFB. Member and co-founding vice-president of Viet Nam Veterans Association Chapter 772 Associates Degree in Electrical Engineering from Community College of Air Force, Owner/Operator Sunshine Real Estate Investments, Remodeling and Repair Company, Community Leader, President of Lanier Singles organization. (2007-2014) concentrating on the welfare of thousands of members and also an eighteen year member. Four year volunteer as a Court Appointed Special Advisor (CASA) for the state of Georgia representing children within the Department of Family and Children Services (DFACS) (2005 – 2009) Four Seasons on Lanier Subdivision Home Owners Association Director 2007-2011 Past President Preferred Biodiesel L.L.C. 2008-2010 Past President Toastmaster Club, San Antonio Texas 1986-1988 Seminar Leader-Presenter, Real Estate Investments and Relationship Recovery Seminars (2003- 2006) Dance Instructor East Coast Swing, Texas Two Step, and Waltz plus many popular Line Dances. Gainesville American Legion, University Yacht Club, Brenau University "Adult Summer Program" (2007- 2010) Two year president Kelly AFB Top three Senior NCO organization1987- 1989 18 years Night School student in 13 Colleges and Universities, Dantes and CLEP credits, Three upper rank Military Schools and extended travel across four continents while moving eighteen times in twenty one years.