Poems from the Heart and Pen of the Magican

About the Book

FOR I! THE AUTHOR OF THESE WORKS HAVE SET FORTH TO PEN OF WHAT I SEE AND FEEL IN LIFE. I WISH NOT TO BE LIKE OTHER MEN, SO! I PLAY WITH WORDS AS I PUT THEM DOWN. I STACK THEM UP, THEN TURN THEM AROUND. I TAKE A PAGE FROM REALITY AND FANTASY; A BIT OF THE BIZARRE AND ADD THE LOVE AND SADNESS WHICH BE WITHIN MY HEART. ADD NOW! MY WISDOM OF THE YEARS. FROM THIS! I SCULPTURE THE WORKING OF THE PEN. FOR IF I BUT TOUCH YOUR HEART WITH LOVE, LONGING, SADNESS, TEARS OR JOY..... THEN YOU KNOW! A POET! I THUS BE! WALTER P THEDERAHN, THE MAGICIAN

About the Author

Walter P. Thederahn was born Novemeber 3, 1930 in Brooklyn, N.Y. to German immigrants. As a young boy he started performing magic acts and later began to dabble in writing poetry. Walt was drafted to the Army during the Korean conflict where he earned his airborne wings in 1952. He served in both the 187th Regimental Combat Team and the 45th Infantry Division. Following his discharge he joined the family bakery business but left to enter the carpenter trade. He married and moved to Griggstown, NJ. The couple had four sons of whom he was very proud. He married his second wife, Mary, the mother of six children, in 1988. They settled in Mercerville, NJ spending many hours with their children who lived close by and traveling to visit their children who lived out of state. He retired from the Capentary Union, Local 1006 in 1992. Walt was a member of the International Brotherhood of Poetry and the Magician Ring of New Brunswick, NJ. He was active in the American Legion, Post 530 and two senior clubs in Robbinsville, NJ. Walter paseed away on October 31, 2009, the anniversary of the death of trhe famous magician Houdini. He is sadly missed by his wife, family and all who knew him.