We live in a time when the essence of energy is being rediscovered. The discovery of fire by ancient man created the world in which eventually mankind would reach a crisis of energy depletion. We use energy in just about every way possible, we use it to move about, we use it to sink, we use it to develop our emotional life, and we use it to communicate, to link one another together. Such is the power of energy! And energy is fire. words have power, words have energy, words have fire! In the pages that follow, the reader will be exposed to the fire, the energy, and the power of words. These words have the ability to change and transform to emote and to inspire words of the force of determination and decision they guide and direct, the animate and move, mind heart and spirit. This work of poetry is divided into four sections, each one having thirty-one poems or sonnets as the Shakespearean tradition would call them. These forms were inspired by life, by the fire of each new day and they represent a source of energy, a new fire for those who read them and absorb them, reflecting on what emerges from within by the reading and the reflection: life inspiration. Each poem is a generator of energy, capable of infusing life for this day for this twenty-four hour cycle during which energy will be required, used, and converted into meaning.
About the Author: This collection of poems is the fifth book of poetry and the third in this series, "Poetry for the Ages," written by Robert M Johnson PhD. These poems were written in celebration of each new day, during the latter part of the year 2015. Poetry has been a chosen worldview for the author for over sixty years. It has permeated his writings, his fictional work and his Philosophical and Psychological as well as his mystical writings. Where a novel tells a story with changing scenes and characters and action events, poetry is more like a still life. It captures the creative juice of the moment, freezing it in time and giving the reader, like the art observer, material for inspiration. Poetry thrives on word economy in both the color and sound of each word. Cadence is the lifeblood of the poetic creation, change one word and the cadence comes unraveled. Words are both their own powerful expression and they also have a shared harmony with one another. To fully appreciate poetry, this deep harmony is the marrow of the writing. Read for the marrow of the soul!