Around the Barn Poems to Think About

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>One might say that </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Around the Barn</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a befitting title for a book written by an author who spent his childhood out in the country. The old barn was his iconic shelter and headquarters for playing hide-and-seek or cowboys and indians among the neatly stacked bales of hay. When chores were done it was off to the barn. The old barn was also a perfect place for solitude as the author found no quieter place to think and write. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>By using poetry as his vehicle Walter A. Wheat prods his audience into mental remembrance with reflections that were experienced in his own life. God is referred to many times as a point of reference. As a Vietnam Veteran Wheat is able to give an insight into the feelings and emotions of those who have experienced the realities of war. Not without a sense of humor Wheat can also offer a suitable explanation about how and when that big fish got away.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The poetry that was written in </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Around the Barn Poems to Think About</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> serves as an avenue to cushion those terrible times when life doesn't go your way. God knows that everyday is not a good day. It is Wheat's wish that the readers of </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Around the Barn Poems to Think About</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> strive to put their guards down and look for the true meaning of forgiveness. Let's  try concentrating on the nice things in life.</span></p>