An Inspirational Book of Poetry

Copyright © 2014 by James Miller Sr.

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CONTENTS

About The Author

Smile

A Lemon

Jose The Leaping Frog

Little Girl Blue

Jesus Christ Of Nazareth

Love Begins

A Big Bird Aircraft Cruise

A Big Bird Airplane

A Fighter Imagination

A Friend

A Man On Trial In Atlantic Georgia

A Place Of Happiness

A Sailor In Distress

A Thin Lady

A Wonderful Woman

Alligators

Judy Snail Is A Snake

Tragedy

The Phenomenal Woman

Grandpa And Grand Ma’s Little Girl

Cockroaches

The Little Crying Baby

God Is Watching Over Me

Don’t Drink And Drive

Guests Who Came To The Bullfrogs’ Wedding,

Baby You Don’t Know Me

I Will Do What My Lord Tells Me To Do

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

I Am Free

Love Can You Picture Me Without You?

Friend

Load That Shotgun

The Things Animals Insects And I Love To Do

To My Sister

When Someone You Love Dies

I Shed A Million Teardrops

The Things The Animals Loves To Do

My Baby Left Me

My Kind Of Friends

Angelia’s Birthday

Dogs

Don’t Smoke

The Garbage Men Stole Two Of My Bicycles

Honey Why Are You

My Baby Left Me Crying

There Is No Other Lover Have I

Things I Have Seen And Haven’t Seen

How Do We Say Good Bye?

The California Earthquake

Old Lady Myra

Who Is God?

Christmas Time

Little Tizzy Easel

Shotgun Wedding

Lazy Boy Slum

I Wish

There Is A Time

Oh, I Wish I Knew

That Gospel Train,

I Am A Military Man

The Mambo Jumbo

My Lord Will Descend From Heaven

Do You Believe In Jesus Christ?

Old Man Winter Is Here

I Am That Noisy Little Red Rooster

I Need Help Lord

Willie Billy Was A Bully

Why My Parents Weren’t Free?

Fish

I Want To Be

Stranded

There Must Be A God Somewhere

Halloweeen Trick Or Treater’s Safety Rules

My Farewell Speech (The Ball’s Family Reunion)

Jesus Forgive Us

God Was So Wonderful To Me

Is It I Lord

When I Am Gone I Am Gone

I Love You Darling

The Rose That Couldn’t Bloom

The Star No One Recognized

Sarah How Can You Tell If It Is Real Love?

Rainbow

Darling Don’t Play With My Heart

Nearing Death

God Got A Man

God Is Our Refuge

I’m Working On A Building

We Have Decided To Stay In The Ship

Why Worry

I Works In An Office Filled With Cigarette, And Cigar Smoke

Jesus You Are My Present

Colby Is My Cat

The Moment I Stood With Tears In My Eyes

The Ugliest Woman In The World

Roses

Love Sorrow

These Are Things That Require In A Good Marriage

You Don’t Know What Real Love Is Child

I Pity That Leader

My Teen-Age Friends

My Son Sam

My Son, Luis G. Miller Is A Baseball Pitcher

Why Do Liars Tells Lies?

Daddy Phenomenal Daddy

Katie

Peace Shall Come

The Monkey Versus The Lion

Words Of Love

God Is Like

The Little Boy Who Never Had A Christmas Tree.

Decision

Rain, Rain

What Is God To Me?

I Lost My Little Brown Teddy Bear

Life

Preacher Shot Down

It Was A Good Day Today

Rudy The Mugger Is Wanted Dead Or Alive

The Things That I Asked For I Never Got

Child You Asked Me What Is Love?

What Is Required In A Marriage

I Sat Under An Apples Tree

My Last Call On This Earth

Chief The Drunkard

My Dream

Bullfrog

My Friend Jake’s The Gambling Man

Bad Billy Joe And Mr. Miller

Sally Led Is The Talking Worm

Always And Forever

It Has Been A Rainy Day In Marina, California, Today

Darling You’re So Beautiful To Me

When I Die

Love I Think Of You Each Morning

It Is Spring Time

I Enlisted In The Us Army,

Sweetheart You Broke Your Promise

Lazy Daisy

When I Dream Of Love

Dopes

I Love You Sweetheart

Love Me

The Soldiers Are Coming Home Today

Who Is My Dad?

My Gumdrops Tree

Jesus Christ Is Coming Back On Earth Again

I Went In My Garden Alone

My Five Little Puppies

Doctor

I Stopped By The Flowers Shop

Dragon

My Snow White Church

Christopher

Darling You’re A Unique Woman

Drunk Driver Is Apprehended

I Wonder Why I Feel So Blue

The Spider And The Fly

Madonna

Little Lulu The Crying Baby Girl

Jack Tell Me About The Poor Men

Trouble

Mr. Pool

No More Blues Will Be Playing Today

Johnny

The Great Beyond (Heaven)

My Mother Geneva And Aunt Virginia Is In The Lord Hands Now

Wake Up My Beautiful One

You And Me Honey

I Am Getting Ready For The Judgment Day

Mr. Guitar Man

My Jesus Shows Me The Way

Darling How Do You Mend A Broken Heart?

Snails

Fetch Me Some Flowers

The Darkest Nights I Have Ever Seen

Sue Has The Flu

Drippy Drip

When Thing Goes Wrong

Mr. Miller’s The Bragger

Honey

Who Made The Baby Cry?

Why?

Santa Claus

Pride

Satan Is Standing In The Fork Of The Road

Kiddy The Fly And Trudy The Spider

Don’t Get Married My Friend

I Am Who I Am

Love Is Like Cherries In A Bowl

Legs And No Legs

The Statue Of Liberty

Poor Miss Cathy Broudle

Dan The Cursing Man

The Lonely Soldiers On The Battle Field

Matthew My Handsome Child

Spring Is Here

Brown My Jealous Brother

The Sea And Me

What’s That I Hear?

Brother Paul

I Remembered All Of The Good Times

Cold Hearted Hanna

My Bad Dream

The Man In The Big Pot

Growing Pain

Honey Why Are You Not Feeling Well?

Private Jack The Sleeper

I Am A Hitchhiker

My First Love

The Bedbugs And The Dust Mites

The Explorer

The Dust Mites

Today And Tomorrow

The Rich Dreamer

I Love You Girl

That Boy Is Leroy

Drunk Driving

Killer Mccoy

Autumn

Our American Flag

The Aquarium

Who Shot My Little Sparrow?

My True Friends

No More Army Life

Jack Versus A Boxer

The Things My Girlfriend Called Me

Don’t Take The Melody Out Of My Song

What Would America Be Like Without A Constitution?

Love Is Nothing But A Big Mistake

The Bump

Mike Stole A Million Dollars

Janette’s My Beautiful Wife

Just Me And My Shadow

My Blue World Without Sue

Free

Brown’s That Clown

The Ants

Wishful Thinking

Foster Parents

The Preying Mantises

Sweetheart Don’t Play With My Heart

Love Is Nothing But A Headache, Or An Illusion

No More Sorrow Or Pains

My Sugarplum

I Am A Blind Man

Why Do I Feel Blue?

Darling You Are The Only Woman For Me

Sweetheart There Is No One Like You.

Who’s That Ugly Witch?

My World Of Unhappiness

I Love Sweets

I Drank No Alcohol

The Fearless Man

Nosey Herbert Posey’

Miller’s Restaurant

Darling We Have Had Some Bad Times And Good Times

Mr. President, Poverty And Me

Who Is He?

Who’s That Lucky Man Who Is Going To Be Married To Miss Lizzie Lane?

Oh, I Wish

Last Night I Dreamt

Love Is A Feeling

Love Is A Beautiful Feeling

Love Is A Feeling That Does Exist

Money Can’t Buy You Love

Love Is So Strong

Love Is A Feeling That Lies Within Our Hearts

Love Is A Feeling That We Don’t See

Love Is A Passionate Devotion

What Is Love?

Love Isn’t A Fruit You Take From A Tree

Darling You’re My Sugar

What Is Love Made Out Of?

Jogo The Monkey

Where Did Everything Go?

The Request Of Mr. Jones To His Wife

Janette’s My Valentine Sweetheart

Begging Benjamin

God Made

Love You Are Gorgeous

Love Is A Funny Feeling

The Snow Fell

There’s A Time To Weep

The Singing Blue Bird And Me

Drug Free

How Happy Both Of Us Will Be

I Forgot My Friend’s Name

The Snow Has Fallen

The Things I Called My Sweetheart

The Party

I Love You Honey Bun

My Little Baby Loves To Dance

Darling

The Things The Animals And Insects Love To Do

Jesus Is The One

I Love You Sugarplum

A Quiet Place

The Mongoose Versus The Cobra Snake

Sweet As You

Keeva Why I Am Always Right?

My Sweetie Pie

The North Star And The Moon

Love

Old Lady Caddy

My Girlfriend Abandoned Me

Sunrise, Sunset

Sweetheart You’re The Sweetest Woman In The World

I Love The United States Of America

Do You Call Him A Preacher

DEDICATION

I would like to give thanks to God,

My Beautiful Wife Janette L. Miller,

Friends and Co-Workers Who Inspired

Me to Write this book,

An Inspirational Book of Poetry.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

James Miller, Sr.

SPECIAL THANKS

TO THE FOLLOWING PERSONS FOR P

ERMISSION TO USE THEIR MATERIALS

(Indicated Below)

Adrie Ciccone—Rain

Barbara Miller—To My Sister

Janette L. Miller—Can You Picture Me Without You?/The Phenomenal Woman/When Things Go Wrong

Keeva R. Johnson—Decision/Load That Shotgun/Why Do I Feel Blue?

Christopher J. Cook—My Kind of Friends/Words of Love

Laura Holly—We Have Decided to Stay in the Ship/Jesus You Are My Present (All I Want for Christmas is You)/God Is My Refuge/I Am Working on a Building/God Got a Man

Linda Miller—Who Is My Dad?

Sharon Covington—Love Sorrow/Roses

Tiffany and Shannon—How Do We Say Goodbye?

Lisa Kelley—The Rose That Couldn’t Bloom/The Star No One Recognized/Daddy Phenomenal Daddy

SMILE

A smile will ease your pains and sorrows.

It’ll make you see a bright tomorrow.

So smile when you’re blue,

Just pull yourself together and be you.

Remember a sunny day always follows the rain;

You have nothing to lose, everything to gain.

Why don’t you give a smile?

You’ll be smiling for a long,-long while.

A little smile will go a long way—

That’s what the old folks always say.

Give a big smile and that’s a clue;

Keep on smiling and the whole world’ll

Smile with you.

A smile is the key.

Try smiling and you’ll see;

’Cause that the only way to be.

Just a smile will bring you tranquility.

Smile although your heart is aching.

Smile today, it’ll be a breathtaking;

Let a smile begin your day, smile regardless

Of what anyone says,

And in a short while all of your troubles

Will fade away.

A LEMON

Roses are red Mr. Bower,

And the lemons are sour,

That car you sold me has no power.

The engine needs tuning up; it won’t crank;

I observed the gallons of oil, and gas it drank.

Part of it body has turned to the color of gold;

Those five tires are bald, and very old.

That car won’t shift in reverse;

I had been hit in my wallet where it really hurt.

No heat is to be found Mr. Bower and you not around.

Mr. Bower you are and excellent Conn man, but you thought

You would never get caught; even with a bloodhound.

Mr. Bower violets are dead; I hope your blood is red.

Because you’ve already given me an excuse to go up side

Your head.

Mr. Bower you are going to take that piece of junk back;

Because you’ve gone too far,

Or I will expose your bad business to the law.

Mr. Bower you had better stop talking trash;

You had better get yourself together, and give me back

My hard-earned cash.

MR. Bower when you are apprehended and go to jail; you

Might not be coming back; believe me Jack, and that’s a fact.

JOSE

THE LEAPING FROG

Jose the leaping frog, why are you leaping?

Did someone disturb you while you were sleeping?

Or maybe it was that insect you caught

While just pretending you were weeping.

Jose was it a cat or a dog?

Is that the reason you are leaping in the fog?

Tell me why did you leap over four large logs?

But you almost landed on the back of a muddy hog.

However, you landed right in the bog!

Jose why are you leaping so high?

Are you trying to reach the sky?

Nevertheless, if you do, why don’t you make it your home,

And don’t come back until the Fourth of July?

Jose, do you ever go to sleep?

Just close your eyes and don’t try to peep.

Jose, since you won’t discuss why you were leaping,

That secret you are holding inside,

May be its worth while keeping.

LITTLE GIRL BLUE

Little girl, little girl, little girl

Blue;

Please tell me just what is

Bothering you.

Why are you sitting in the garden

Alone?

Is it a broken heart that’s causing you

To moan?

Just pull yourself together and

Give me a clue,

And I’ll find you a lover that I

Know will be true.

I happen to be that lover; my

Heart belongs to you.

JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH

Jesus Christ of Nazareth rose from poverty,

And became a great leader although he never went to

High school, or college; therefore, he never

Received a high school diploma, Or a college degree;

He never worked in an office, and he is never mean

He made the lepers cleaned; he healed my daughter,

And he walked on water; he is the man who is sweet and kind;

At a wedding turned the water into wine. He healed the sick,

And he raised the dead; with two little fish and five love of breads

Five thousand he fed. So if it Jesus Christ you seek he can help you When

You’re strong or weak. He made the blind man see and the dumb man speak.

There’s nothing this man called Jesus cannot do because he’s impeccable. He

Make no mistakes; he is always on time Then one day he died on the cross on Calvary

For our sin; so that we can be cleaned again; so if you want your life to be all right

You had better put your trust in Jesus Christ; because he is the one that can lead you out of

Darkness into the bright light; he could touch a leave and turned it to gold, and can touch a

Young man and make him old; mystery unfolded the greatest story that has ever been told.

The whole life story of Jesus Christ.

LOVE BEGINS

Love begins with words saying, I love you.

Believe it or not, those three beautiful words are so true.

Love begins with a love song.

Just sing out loud with those words and you’ll

Never go wrong.

Love begins by reading poems of love and beauty.

Anyone can fall in love; it’s everyone’s duty.

Love begins when two hearts meet.

Need I say more on this subject; or should I repeat.

Love begins with caring.

Love begins by sharing.

Love begins with good communication.

Love never begins with isolation.

Love never begins with jealousy.

Love begins with trust, respect and honesty.

Love begins with L and end with an E

And in between Is O and V.

Love begins with the birds and the bees.

Just open your eyes and you’ll see!!

Love begins with a beautiful bouquet that

Bloom in the spring;

However love begins with hugs, and kisses and

All kind of lovely things.

A BIG BIRD AIRCRAFT CRUISE

I went to New York, in a big bird aircraft cruise;

Arrived there safe and without any bruises.

I rode in a big bird aircrafts cruise, and it had windows,

And doors, the size of it was fifty times, or more bigger than I;

It’s heavier than air, propelled by jet engines, and can fly very high.

I sat in a seat near the window in that big bird aircraft, on the right wing side;

Speeding off the roadway, I watched as it rises;

With engine roaring; it soars like an eagle toward the sky;

After looking through my window, I was mesmerized when it rose high above

Land, and sea, over beautiful mountain tops, it didn’t stopped it continued on

Through white clouds it glides; it got so level I walked down the aisle inside;

I t flew so smoothed, and I wonder why;

How could such a gigantic bird with landing gears a pairs of wing traveled so fast,

And very high;

However, looking down everything became miniature,

Even the two men below I saw moving some furniture;

However, when I reached my destination;

I walked off that big bird aircraft cruise with a big smile,

Because that is going to stay with me for a long, long while.

After I got off that big bird aircraft that was bigger than I;

I thank the pilots and his crews for a safe trip. I did some research work on this project;

The answer