The Boat Rocker: A Poetry of Life

The Boat Rocker is a poetry of life that both presents a philosophy of life and describes an art of living that has been learned the hard way-by actually living a life; by having tasted all the joys life offers and having suffered many of the tragedies and pains life inevitably brings as well.While The Boat Rocker will not help a person to avoid all tragedy and pain-those are a part of every life-it will help everyone who takes it's message to heart to avoid some needless suffering and to get through whatever vale of tears is encountered through a simple act of faith, for fidelity is everything in life-fidelity to self, fidelity to our loved ones, fidelity to our purpose in life, and fidelity to God. These are essential for a well-lived, rewarding life.But love is the heart and soul of faith, and faith is but love made real.

Michael Mann is the pen name of a professor of philosophy at a well-known Christian university in the Mid-west. He has been married and widowed, raised children, worked as a laborer, earned college degrees, served in the military, and taught at several colleges. In short, he?s lived a full life.