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    God, It's Only Me Knocking: Inspirational Poetry for the Journey of Life
    God, It's Only Me Knocking: Inspirational Poetry for the Journey of Life
    God, It's Only Me Knocking: Inspirational Poetry for the Journey of Life
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    God, It's Only Me Knocking: Inspirational Poetry for the Journey of Life

    By Mildred E. Stanard

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    Mildred E. Stanard penned over one-hundred inspirational poems during her lifetime. Her poetry captures key insights into life and motivates the reader to reflect on their own lifes journey and learnings. These fun-to-read, reflective, and inspirational poems provide something for everyone in the family. Topics include love, humor, friendship, children, stress, words with God and more. Mildred grew up during the depression era and lived in several small Midwestern towns as a girl. She married and started a family in the city of Chicago, later moving to the Chicago suburb of Villa Park.
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    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateOct 20, 2011
    ISBN9781462047079
    God, It's Only Me Knocking: Inspirational Poetry for the Journey of Life
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    Mildred E. Stanard

    Mildred E. Stanard penned over one-hundred inspirational poems during her lifetime. Her poetry captures key insights into life and motivates the reader to reflect on their own life’s journey and learnings. These fun-to-read, reflective, and inspirational poems provide something for everyone in the family. Topics include love, humor, friendship, children, stress, words with God and more. Mildred grew up during the depression era and lived in several small Midwestern towns as a girl. She married and started a family in the city of Chicago, later moving to the Chicago suburb of Villa Park.

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      God, It's Only Me Knocking - Mildred E. Stanard

      God, It’s Only

      Me Knocking

      Inspirational Poetry for the Journey of Life

      Mildred E. Stanard

      iUniverse, Inc.

      Bloomington

      God, It’s Only Me Knocking

      Inspirational Poetry for the Journey of Life

      Copyright © 2011 by Mildred E. Stanard.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

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      ISBN: 978-1-4620-4706-2 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4620-4707-9 (ebk)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2011914849

      Printed in the United States of America

      iUniverse rev. date: 10/17/2011

      Contents

      Foreword

      Acknowledgments

      Introduction

      PART I

      Embarrassed

      Who Looked First

      Illinois Bell Telephone

      Happy Birthday Kenny

      Martinis To Go

      A Dissertation on Garbage Cans

      PART II

      A Too Busy Day

      The Super Chief

      Listen Around

      Snow?

      Poets Do Their Best

      An Unwanted Dish

      PART III

      Funny Rose

      Part-time Friend

      Friendship

      Give them Roses in Life

      Spring Overhaul

      The Club

      Dear Friend

      PART IV

      The Light of Heart

      Love in Youth

      The Quiet One

      Physical Love

      Lover, Art Thou Strong?

      Birth of Love

      Beauty Secrets

      Young Love is Envied

      Mirror of Love

      Kiss Me Please

      You Are My Love

      To My Husband on Our 18th Anniversary

      A Crowded House I Am

      PART V

      From God’s Own Hands

      Miracle of Life

      Pregnancy

      A Crib… .

      PART VI

      A Little Boy Turns Over Rocks

      My Gift to You My Children

      Toddler in Glee

      Empty Cabinets

      It’s Not the Change of Life

      Nightmare

      Goodbye Grammar School

      My Children

      The Boys Have Gone to Camp

      Are You the Complaint of a Youth?

      Men of Eternity

      I Didn’t Hang a Service Star

      PART VII

      The Game of Life

      And What Shall It be Called?

      Friends, Family & Countrymen

      Contemplation

      Keep Your Feet on the Ground

      Here are My Reins

      Invite Me Again, Dear God

      Give Me the Heart to Judge Them Alright

      Be True Unto Thyself

      Forgive

      Beginning Anew

      PART VIII

      Summertime

      An Interesting Cup of Tea

      A Petty Incident

      Suburbia, USA

      Gee, Bedtime Already

      Confirmation Day

      Grandparents 50th Anniversary

      I Took Up My Grandmother’s Bitterness

      When I was only Five

      PART IX

      Elation in Rhythm

      Memories Don’t Belong in a Book

      Weather or Not

      Who Are You?

      Rags or Laces

      Precious Time

      PART X

      What Season is 38?

      Memories

      Crossroads

      "Because the day of the Lord of Hosts shall be upon everyone that is proud and high minded, and upon everyone that is arrogant,

      and he shall be humbled…"

      —Douay-Rheims Bible, Old Testament, Isaiah 2:12

      He answering said: thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind, and thy neighbour as thyself.

      —Douay-Rheims Bible, New Testament, Luke 10:27

      I wish my mind was as full of knowledge as my heart is full of love.

      —Mildred E. Stanard

      Foreword

      The following is a collection of poetry that my mother, Mildred E. Stanard, penned over a 35-year span of her life. Her poetry book knocked around our house when I grew up like it was part of the family. It was a faded blue, cloth-covered, three-ring binder. As a little girl, I remember punching the

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