I hope that Cadet Lieutenant Daniels, another contact from the great Carolyn Howard-Johnson, is doing well and is safe wherever he is. Please, Cadet Lieutenant, reply and let us know how you are!
Soldiers Return
Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Corey Daniels, US Air Force
Note: Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Daniels, referred by PWP friend Carolyn Howard-Johnson (SUPPORT OUR TROOPS), is our first USAF poet! We salute Carolyn and Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Daniels for being awesome poets, and offer gratitude to the impressive young man whose poem we reprint with pride! We are also happy to support a fellow PublishAmerica author (Kristin Johnson has been published by PA.)
M E D I A R E L E A S E
CONTACT: Carolyn Howard-Johnson, publicist or Corey Daniels, author
Phone: (610)-342-7146
E-mail: HoJoNews@aol.com or coreyddelgado@yahoo.com
For Immediate Release
Author Publishes First Book of Poetry at Only Twenty-Two
"The soldiers stood proud,
their chest out and backs straight,
except for their hearts"
Allentown, PA -- Corey Daniels, a twenty-two year old poet, will release his first book of poetry, My Steady Catchphrase, this fall.
Daniels, a young Air Force veteran, says he is fond of the quote above from the
poem "Soldiers Return" because "people tend to hide on the outside what they truly feel on the inside."
A resident of Allentown since grade school, Daniels' second book of poetry, My
Steady Catchphrase II Broken Confessions has been submitted to PA and he is
working on a third.
Daniels' poems deal with failure, misunderstanding and gratification, emotions
that touch us all. The military is an important thread as well and he gathers
images from his experience in high school Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Corp
(ROTC); and his service with the Air Force. At Eglin Air Force Base, Fort Walton
Beach, FL.
Publish America, Baltimore, Md., has been serving authors since 1999. Ingram's
chairman John Ingram stated recently, "Having worked with Publish America
throughout its six-year history of steady growth, I am proud to be associated with such a forward thinking company that is bringing the reality of traditional book publishing to many thousands of new authors."
Learn more about Corey Daniels at
http://www.coreydaniels.net
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Support Materials available electronically or by post on request.
Corey Daniels,
Author of My Steady Catchphrase: Book of Poetry
http://www.coreydaniels.net
corey@coreydaniels.net
Soldiers Return
The soldiers stood proud
Their chest out
And backs straight
Except for their hearts
Disserted for years it seemed
Waiting patiently
Incapable to withstand the steady pain
Of the emptiness and lonely emotions
Trying not to show it
Still they stood strong and quiet
Pondering what was next
Questioning their very soul
Knowing for sure they were very confused
Stock-still they remained
Meditating in restraint
The burden of control
Hindered from their leathered hearts
Only to look more disturbed
Frustrated
Separated
Regulated
To whom they waved
Longing to be molded back to society
And thus attempting to forget the past
The killing
The Torture
Wouldn’t be missed
Resentment much too great
And so they stand
Staring into the crowd
As they waved
Saturated in selfless depression
Hardly showing expressions
Not just one soul
But for all
Those who live in the shadows of guilt
Such is a true soldier…
Copyright ©2006 Corey Daniels
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