Love Lane
poetry from my heart and soul
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This is a selection of the 86 poems titles published in my book: Various Titles Abused Woman, American Eagle, Autumn, Boo Hoo Were at Columbine, Canada’s Peace Poem, Challenger, Doom or Quest, Christmas 1792, Dormant But Ready to Flower, Drawn to Danger, How Steep the Price, I Had a Dream, It’s Going to Take Some Time, Kayla Rolland, Lance Armstrong ‘Superfly on Wheels’, Lane, Long Days Ago, Millennium, My Will to You, Mystery Madness, NFL Frenzy, One Constant in Life, Raindrop, Safe Sex is Not ‘Magic’, Scramble, Stormy, Sunset, The Pond, The Tree, Tsunami, Twin Tower Terror, Vietnam, What is the Point?, Winter, Write, Yonder Hudson Bay, Terrorism Spawn Heroes, Love Poetry Moonbeam Castles, Love, Consummated Butterfly Love, Butterfly Free Not to Be, Love Mate of Life, Falling in Love, Nugget of Love, Kisses of Fire, Fire! Lover!, Butterfly’s, Chameleon Eyes, Off the Deep End, Atomic Feelings, Heart Calling from Space, Butterfly Love Notes, Fire Makes the Sunshine, Twinkle, Burden of Love, Metamorphosis of a Love Butterfly, We, Dear Oh Dear, Love Beyond Thy Reach, How Do I Love Thee, Did I Tell You, Skin Deep, Golden Girl, A Life Without Love
One Constant in Life
Even though you might not think that it’s so
There is one thing in life that we absolutely know
Time and the forces of nature will rearrange
In front of your eye everything will change
Every day that greets you the one thing that is the same Everything is changing and times the one to blame Change can be predictable like a shot of good stiff rye Or the beautiful metamorphosis of the free butterfly
Hues of autumn will carpet the earth and barren trees will stand But spring will see them blossom again as change lends a hand Leaves straining for a beam of the sun, the power of the earth But some day even it will change and die as surely as birth
Look at your room, the dust it does settle
Chemicals corrode even the strongest metal
Rivers etch the soil away
Changing the canyon every single day
Look at your pet so frisky and spry
Still you must know that one day he’ll die
Your bright new car, soon will be old
It will choke some day if in time it’s not sold
Money is changing, ours is a mess
We need to work even harder or it will be worth even less
Look at the seasons, the wind, sun and rain
Working their magic so nothing’s the same
Colliding on earth causing a saga
Islands of rock floating on magma
Spinning and orbiting around our star, sun
Ever so mindless of what they have done
One thing is constant and will forever be
Change changes everything, including you and me
We will grow older, maturer and wise
But time will see our eventual demise
Everything is changing, how can I cope
Give me a moment; I think there's still hope
If you foresee how change will take place
Do what is necessary to keep with the pace
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About the Book
This is a selection of the 86 poems titles published in my book: Various Titles Abused Woman, American Eagle, Autumn, Boo Hoo Were at Columbine, Canada’s Peace Poem, Challenger, Doom or Quest, Christmas 1792, Dormant But Ready to Flower, Drawn to Danger, How Steep the Price, I Had a Dream, It’s Going to Take Some Time, Kayla Rolland, Lance Armstrong ‘Superfly on Wheels’, Lane, Long Days Ago, Millennium, My Will to You, Mystery Madness, NFL Frenzy, One Constant in Life, Raindrop, Safe Sex is Not ‘Magic’, Scramble, Stormy, Sunset, The Pond, The Tree, Tsunami, Twin Tower Terror, Vietnam, What is the Point?, Winter, Write, Yonder Hudson Bay, Terrorism Spawn Heroes Love Poetry Moonbeam Castles, Love, Consummated Butterfly Love, Butterfly Free Not to Be, Love Mate of Life, Falling in Love, Nugget of Love, Kisses of Fire, Fire! Lover!, Butterfly’s, Chameleon Eyes, Off the Deep End, Atomic Feelings, Heart Calling from Space, Butterfly Love Notes, Fire Makes the Sunshine, Twinkle,Burden of Love,Metamorphosis of a Love Butterfly, We, Dear Oh Dear,Love Beyond Thy Reach,How Do I Love Thee, Did I Tell You, Skin Deep, Golden Girl, A Life Without Love
About the Author
Lane is proud to be a Canadian. He was a schoolteacher with the passion of bringing his classroom alive with the excitement of learning. Through story telling, poetry, science experiments and projects he strove to get his student’s attention and make their eyes open wide with excitement and wonder. To do this he always researched deeply into science and history two subjects that are his delight. He would then present the unusual and little known stories from the past.
A theme that always ran though his lessons was that to do something great you have to ‘dream’. He would tell them that only by dreaming and working with dedication and determination could you make your dreams come true. There were so many examples historically and scientifically. He would tell them about people like: Terry Fox, Janis Babson, Frederick Banting nationally and the likes of Ghandi, Marie Curie and Martin Luther King internationally. There were also notable events like the Klondike Gold Rush, Halifax Explosion or space exploration and the atomic bomb.
Science was a great way to motivate young minds. They loved to peer into microscopes like Anton van Leeuwenhoek the ‘father of microbiology’ Artistic in his own right he encouraged them to draw what they saw and observed. Imagine the delight in the classroom when students saw the actual birth of some microorganisms.
Writing and studying poetry was one thing he found students enjoyed. He would introduce them to William Blake’s powerful ‘The Tiger’ and William Drummond’s ‘Little Bateese’. Pauline Johnson’s ‘Songs My Paddle Sings’ was excellent for it wove nicely into early exploration of
Lane has written this collection of poetry over many years. Some of them are whimsical like The Tree and Raindrop. Some are epic like Yonder Hudson Bay and Christmas 1792. Others are disturbing like Boo Hoo Were at Columbine, Kayla Rolland and Abused Woman. Then there is the deep and thought provoking like One Constant in Life and My Will to You.
The love poetry contained in this book is to no one person but to those that Lane has loved over the years. They are all special is some way. Some are light and full of love. Some are dripped in the tears of love lost like Butterfly Free Not to Be. Lane is especially proud of the poem Fire! Lover! that you will immediately recognize as a take on Blake’s wonderfully powerful poem but with a goddess as its focus instead of a tiger.
Lane is sad that he is no longer welcome in the classroom because of administrative bungling and discrimination. Unfortunately it is the young minds of the future that are losing a mentor who truly cared about their dreams and their future. It is out of his hands now but he hopes that this collection of poetry will perhaps make you dream and say “Why not!”
This collection has been honed, read and reread to get the rhythm as smooth as silk. The rhymes have a lilt that caresses the ear with a song of hope, courage and love. Most importantly he says read them aloud for that is how this book can truly be enjoyed with those you love enough to share with.