Are there yet those thoughtful people

Who love the poets words of rhyme?

Are we too busy with daily care?

Are our emotions lost to time?

Do we not have a fleeting moment

Just to sit and meditate;

To, read some lovely words of rhyme

Of something small or something great?

When we can read and meditate

All the poets thoughts we share.

We can see within his life---

His deepest emotion, his deepest care.

And, we can see his lighter side,

Or, even his anger, fierce;

His calm, his anguish, his love, his hate,

Or, thoughts which, through his heart do pierce.

If you are one of those thoughtful people

Who have a moment or two of time

To sit, relax and enjoy life,

I hope you'll enjoy this book of rhyme.

By L. B. Strawn

January, 1976