Sheltered Moments

In his third volume of poetry Dr. Fred Smiley’s Sheltered Moments: People Places and Things offers a series of prose poems to capture small meaningful life moments that often go unrecorded. The introduction explains how and why the text was written describes the poems’ three tiers and adds complementary quotes. The author then divides the book into three domains: real and imagined people past and present places and meaningful and eventful things.. Built upon Dr. Smiley’s experiences as student teacher professor and journeyer this book contains adventures of mind body and spirit. Readers are invited into such divergent locations as a beach walk a circus sideshow and an old theater. The poems offer unforgettable characters including a fragile homeless person a wary town crier and a unique professional wrestler. Rich with pathos and wit with a mixture of philosophy what-might-have-been or what-might-be the author also interweaves evocative asides and wry commentaries. Sheltered Moments: People Places and Things offers readers the enjoyment of the selections. However Dr. Smiley also invites readers to compile and write their own life experiences and poetic journeys.