Guardian Angel
All My Tomorrows, Poetic Passions
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Do you believe in angels? How can you not! Angels are all around us -- mother or father, grandmother or grandfather, sister or brother, teacher, coworker, supervisor, neighbor to name a few. Shed a tear or two while reading the wedding song, “All My Tomorrows” or the engagement poem, “Precious Promises”.
Allow your Old West imagination to soar with the Legends and Lore of people, places, and events around a real West Texas hometown and the schoolboy confessions of the perpetrator. Gasp in horror or smile in amusement at the mystical beings inhabiting the mind of the author -- beings both living and dead. “An Ode to Toilet Paper” and “Some Things Drive Me Crazy” are sure to delight and entertain. Holidays are retold in both a serious and funny mode.
The depth of the author’s thinking is convincing as he provides his own “Peterson Formula for Success” and casts a suspicious eye toward the social networking software of the modern era in “Facebook”. He joins the wise thinkers and sophists of the ages as he provides clever twists to old proverbs and a modern take on reality.
The author’s Lists for the Listless section poke fun with an amusing eye at military life, Texas culture, gift giving, horoscopes, and even trips to the supermarket. The range of creative thought is astounding.
The fanciful side is on display with poems such as “If I Were an Animal” and “The Coffee Song”. The ironic side perhaps even with a hint of sarcasm includes “I’m Sorry I’m Not Perfect” and “Decisions, Decisions”.
The author takes the reader through the broadest possible range of emotions making “Guardian Angel” one of the most stimulating poetry books ever conceived.
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Guardian Angel is a kaleidoscope of vivid poetic imagery and begins with “To all the angels I have known and some I never knew a thousand pardons for the stress I must have put you through.” Guardian Angels protect the good from bad consequences. LTC Roy Peterson is the embodiment of the renaissance soldier, statesman, and literary gentleman and harkens back to the likes of Poe and Longfellow, but with the romantic urges of Hemingway and Lord Byron.
About the Author
LTC Roy E. Peterson (US Army Retired) is the author of seven books including the lifetime collection of poetry, "Between Darkness and Light: Coal Eyes and Fight for Right," published by AuthorHouse. His first poetry book was submitted for the Pulitzer Prize. "Guardian Angel" is a second substantial tome of poetry, written over a recent two year period and includes songs, sometimes wise and sometimes humorous witticisms, and lists of advice.
LTC Peterson is an internationally known military strategist, intelligence collector and analyst, singer, song writer, and author of a vast range of intelligence and government publications.
LTC Roy Peterson brings a strong academic and professional teaching background to his work with two MA degrees and an MBA degree and having taught for the University of Phoenix, University of Arizona, University of Maryland, and Western New Mexico University.
During his military career, LTC Roy Peterson was an Army Attache in Moscow, Manager of all Army Security Clearances, Military Assistant on the Army Staff in the Pentagon, and served as Commander Portal Monitoring for the On-Site Inspection Agency in the former Soviet Union. Roy retired as a Lieutenant Colonel from the U.S. Army, Military Intelligence Branch, with the Legion of Merit and Bronze Star among other decorations. LTC Peterson was a Russian/East European Foreign Area Officer and Intelligence Officer.