Amidst the Chilling Storm

<p class=ql-align-center><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>The title poem of Amidst the chilling storm was</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>inspired by my father as he was telling me stories</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>of when he was a shepherd boy fending off the</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>wild storms and chasing the cunning wolves as</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>he was trying to protect his flock of sheep.</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>The book is a collection of my earliest poems and the</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>poem Beauty rises above the weeds is inspired by my</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>mother who always instilled in me a nostalgic yet simple</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>way to reflect beauty I was also inspired by Chuck Norris</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>to write the poem win every fight as he always did</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>win in all of his martial arts movies. And the poem</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>Streetfighter was inspired by Jean Claude Van Damme</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>who moves passionately glorious in every film.</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>As always I wish the reader some happy moments</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>reading my poetry for whom I share with all.</span></p>