Collecting memories is inevitable. As human beings, each one of us goes through life experiencing events, feelings, and sometimes tragedies. Some of the poems in this collection express the emotion felt at such times by the author. Some pieces convey whimsy and fun, whereas others travel to mundane places, such as garage sales, childhood memories, scary nights, and days gone by. Altogether this collection offers the reader time to unwind and enjoy.

Echoes:

A Collection of Free Verse PoemsBy Rebeca Frees

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Copyright © 2010 Rebeca Frees
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ISBN: 978-1-4490-8757-9

Contents

Duality.....................................................1Final Balance...............................................2On War......................................................3Regretfully Simple..........................................4Midnight Companion..........................................5"Irrevocably Yours".........................................6Conclusion..................................................7According to Carl Sagan ....................................8Conundrum...................................................9A History Lesson Remembered.................................10Word: Thou Art Sound........................................12The USS Bunker Hill CV-17...................................13Twofold.....................................................14Love Seat...................................................15Redeeming Rain..............................................16Solemn......................................................17Readiness...................................................18Intersection................................................20My Family...................................................21Search......................................................22Traveler....................................................23Destiny.....................................................24Subtle Glimpse..............................................25La Muerte...................................................26In Routing Out..............................................27Identity....................................................28Indignity...................................................29Puzzled.....................................................30Belated Surge...............................................31Tabby.......................................................32Reflection..................................................34Native American.............................................35Resurrection................................................36Urban Hunting...............................................37Reminiscence................................................38Pale Rider..................................................39Third Age...................................................40Winter......................................................41Unanticipated...............................................42Presentiment................................................43Nameless....................................................44Natural Progression.........................................45Missing Dad.................................................46Mirage......................................................47Before Dawn.................................................49Respectful Gesture to the Moors.............................50Waiting for the Flood.......................................51Chapter One, Verse Two......................................52Enemies Five................................................53Archangel...................................................54Culebra Cafe................................................55Elected Path................................................56Burnout.....................................................57Experience..................................................58Blindness...................................................59Finality....................................................60Cosmic Associate............................................61Anniversary.................................................62Time Was....................................................63Matter of Fact..............................................64Nephew......................................................65Euterpe.....................................................66Melancholy..................................................67Acceptance..................................................68For the New Year............................................69A Mercenary Thought.........................................70On Coping...................................................71Regrets.....................................................72My Plea.....................................................73Feelings....................................................74Surprise....................................................75A Compassionate Thought.....................................76Communion...................................................77A Personal View.............................................78Eventuality.................................................79Automobile..................................................80Baptist Medical Center at Dallas Street.....................81My Trinity..................................................82Uncertainty.................................................83Stubborn Heart..............................................84Haunted.....................................................85Brother-in-Law..............................................86Child of Passion............................................87Chimera.....................................................88Compact Revisited...........................................89Diecisis de Septiembre Parade..............................90La Lechuza..................................................91Elusive Rights..............................................92Forever Puzzling Questions..................................93Full Moon...................................................94Futile Monologue............................................95Hesitant....................................................96In Between..................................................97The Fifth...................................................98Yule Tidings................................................99Wanderers 1.................................................00I Want to Believe; In Retrospect............................101

Chapter One

Duality Not born to a language holding me captive, driven by poets dreaming in lands I never saw, I - composing verses - do not understand sometimes - Was it an unpardonable choice? How could logic explain to the mind what the spirit wants? I love Nervo, Neruda, Bcquer, and Paz, but Dickinson, Nimoy, and Wordsworth also bring joy to my heart. Was it an unpardonable choice? Sometimes, I must feel contrite. Genuflecting as a penitent, I pray, "Sancho Panza, tell Don Quixote I also strive for truth." Was it an unpardonable choice?

Final Balance Lately adding up my completed life - surprisingly I realized I wasn't finished. There were other things to accomplish, dreams to fulfill and places to explore. Even if my legs no longer moved as fast as long ago and slow blinding curtains in my eyes made writing and exploring difficult sometimes, I continued meeting people and places not seen before. My childish heart free of boundaries still kept wishing, wondering for new feelings to blossom. My spirit complied, giving the body strength to go on against insurmountable odds. Quietly, I considered Bookkeeping be left to better bean counters than I - the Balance Sheet -mere report of assets - not a bill of lading.

On War One by one the soldiers marched. One by one they waved good-bye. One by one they climbed the trucks,...