My Vice Is Verses - Softcover

Yaeger, Bernard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1556181876 ISBN 13: 9781556181870

Publisher: Brunswick Pub Co, 2000

My Vice Is Verses reflects the experiences of the author's life dedicated to family, church, country and his fellow man. The poems describe love, life, frustrations, triumphs, humor, and contemplation of the state of mankind. They plea for tolerance, peace, love, and understanding. Written in the traditional format including sonnets and ballads, some poems are several pages in length while others are short four liners. The author follows the style of classical poets such as Whittier, Blake, and Benet, but also shows a touch of Ogden Nash. The poems cover a wide variety of subjects, forms, rhythms, and rhyming schemes rather than sticking to one rigid format. While the discipline of the sonnet is present, the freedom to let the content and ideas dictate the form of the poem rather than to force the ideas into one classical structure is clearly evident. The variety of forms and subjects including patriotism, politics, war, humor, life, and philosophy is such that every reader should find poems to appreciate and enjoy.

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About the Author:

Bernard Yaeger was born in the sandhills of Nebraska, was raised in the snows of Minnesota, and attended the University of Iowa and Purdue. He received a BA and an MS in Psychology and developed into a Human Factor Design Engineer. He spent twenty-eight years with the Honeywell Corp. Unlike Poe, the author's first priority was supporting and educating his family of five children all of whom graduated from various University of California campuses. Three children went on to advanced degrees, an MBA, an MD, and a PhD in Economics. The author first encountered poetry in a high school English class and wrote poems on and off during his working years. In retirement, his interest in poetry was rekindled by reading and studying poetry and books on poetry. He joined the "Poets of the Vineyard" which is a group of poets of all persuasions who meet monthly for readarounds of their material. The advice, criticisms, corrections, and suggestions of the group were especially helpful in encouraging the author to continue writing.

Review:

"I think this verse will kill you no matter what you do with it. It is not politically correct." -- Poets of the Vineyard

"This is the most entertaining piece I've read. The balance of the humor is great!" "Really touches the heart." -- Poets of the Vineyard

"Wonderful, rollicking, sarcastic, funny, and true!" "I love the bemused tone you take. It's just right." -- Poets of the Vineyard

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