One’s Perspective
Poetry for the Past Fifty Years in a Singer-Songwriter Style with a Baby-Boomer's Point of View
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One’ Perspective is a book of poetry by Timothy J. Donovan Jr. He shares a lifetime of poems that span the last 50 years. Each one a time capsule, a mere moment in the evolution of a baby boomers viewpoint, as life unfolded. Here are a few excerpts, pieces of poems, to get a taste of his subject matter and style.
a good friend’s spouse past away.
My greeting was a heartfelt hug,
knowing not what to say.
The sadness filled the entire room
and radiated down the hall.
The loss of the love of your life,
is the ultimate loss of all.
who has individual goals to attain.
He may be applauded, worshipped and rewarded,
for being great, in a losing campaign.
What did we learn, we should not know?
While wondering what lies ahead
Still searching for definitive answers
Remembering what the old man said
Dawn light shines upon the shoreline
Illuminating a lady so fare
Addressing the gathering of natives
Her massage permeates the air
I have received the key to the kingdom
A direction, how to live the right way
Follow the path inside your heart, it’s
Haddi Boddi Goon Don Day
Life is filled with distractions, many they may be.
Although my mind can find the time, to think another way.
Thoughts of you, I do, continually through, every single day.
achievement is in the deep.
Happiness is contingent upon
the company that you keep.
For time waits for no one
and nothing forever survives.
Enjoy each moment together,
traversing each other’s lives.
Where an abandoned lighthouse stands, a war is about to begin.
Develop rhymes, that sometimes are clever.
But no dough, throughout this endeavor,
it’s true, the two of you, I’ll better never.
So, you may decide, to pick up the pieces,
someday we’ll see both Timmy’s and Denise’s,
our grandchildren, your nephews and nieces,
a chance to create, your own masterpieces
with the goal, to control, what you do.
Using confusing words, devised by the frightened,
never let others do your thinking for you.
will play, as your final sun sets
But keep in mind, what you leave behind,
should be a life without any regrets.
Now that you had the appetizer, it’s time to enjoy the entire feast, get a copy and read “One’s Perspective” you’ll find it thought provoking.
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About the Book
One’s Perspective is a collection of poems written from the 1960s to the present day that speak of teenage curiosity, lost and found relationships, social turmoil, and wisdom of the years. It is the culmination of a lifetime of reflection, just snippets in time framed in poetic verse from one baby boomer’s point of view. One’s Perspective will lead you to recall a time when you felt deeply about a given topic, one that made you feel compelled to take a side, to march for a cause, and maybe to shed a quiet tear or two or to write a poem. But no matter how you feel today, opinions evolve and points of view change. So after reading each poem, keep in mind that it’s only one’s perspective.
About the Author
Timothy J. Donovan Jr. was born in New York City in the early 1950s and moved to the suburbs of Long Island as a teenager. His talent as a writer was first revealed as a singer-songwriter in several acoustic rock bands in the 1960s and ’70s. The love of poetry came next while he was attending college, where he learned to appreciate the words of the great poets of the past, along with the lyrics of Paul Simon, the Beatles, and Bob Dylan. Now, after more than forty-five years of traveling the world in the aerospace industry as an instructor/consultant, he continues to write his unique perspective on everyday issues. One’s Perspective, his first book, is filled with poetic snapshots of the past five decades, from an always questioning teenage viewpoint all the way to a grandfather’s words of wisdom. The book is aptly named One’s Perspective.