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    Pieces of the Heart Iii
    Pieces of the Heart Iii
    Pieces of the Heart Iii
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    Pieces of the Heart Iii

    By Mike Haszto

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    With no particular rhyme or reason to its organization, Haszto puts together another collection so deep in feeling and intense in thought that 'Pieces III' would fit perfectly with its predecessors, 'Pieces of the Heart' and 'Pieces of the Heart II'.


    Once again, as is with life, anything thing can happen at any time, and that continues to be the theme running through the 'Pieces' books. All too often, life is improvised, feelings blossom, sometimes to extremes, as events occur in our everyday lives.


    Enter the mind of this author and prepare to take a long ride into his rollercoaster-like imagination and perception-filled world. A peek will be all that's needed, as any one of the dozens of creative poems will hook the reader into full indulgence. Enjoy!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateJul 16, 2009
    ISBN9781467874991
    Pieces of the Heart Iii
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    Mike Haszto

    Mike Haszto will be turning sixty-two in this year of 2021. He still resides in North Ridgeville, Ohio, although this native of Islip, Long Island, New York still dreams of a house on the beach somewhere between the Outer Banks and Key West. A tent may have to do. Mike’s adventures still take him on journeys for childhood cancer through the Great Cycle Challenge. This will be Mike’s fourth year riding for the kids who should be living life and not fighting for it. You can donate at: www.greatcyclechallenge.com/Riders?MikeHaszto Each passage of time has taken him into various directions and hobbies…whether the radio industry, footgolf, golf, hockey, etc, but some things remain the same…his love of coaching hockey (31+ years), his love of writing (14 novels and 6 poetry books), his love of being a Parrothead (45+ years) and the escapism of the lifestyle and music of Jimmy Buffett, his intense obsessions with the New York Mets and Islanders, and his love of Joyce and family.

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      Pieces of the Heart Iii - Mike Haszto

      AuthorHouse™

      1663 Liberty Drive

      Bloomington, IN 47403

      www.authorhouse.com

      Phone: 1-800-839-8640

      © 2009 Mike Haszto. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      First published by AuthorHouse 7/15/2009

      ISBN: 978-1-4490-0318-0 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4678-7499-1 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2009907036

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      Foreword

      It’s truly been a wonderful ride. Novels and poems, the blessings have been quite evident. Friends, family, yes the blessings are absolutely evident. It takes so many things in order to put a book together.

      Outside influences are indeed key. The environment that surrounds one must be motivating as well as filled with little nuances that can capture the attention of this writer. It may be just one little item that can spawn five or more poems, when expanding an imagination to its depths. Yet, that one little item needs to be found, needs to unlock the mind, and let the imagination run free.

      It’s no secret that this writer uses a stretching imagination and dreams outside the box. One would have to live infinite lives and experience infinite things so many times over in order to actually live out these experiences in each poem. But that’s the beauty about being a writer and a poet. It’s being able to take a vision, any vision, and describe it so that the reader will be put right there experiencing it. And, hopefully, invoke the reader’s thought process as well.

      Whether it was throughout childhood, the early adult years, or now through the later years, this writer has been blessed with a fertile environment to expound upon. As with all lives, there are so many positives to draw from and lessons to learn from…and so many observations to make. Add to that mix the challenges and obstacles of everyday life as well for some more stirring in the environmental pot of stew. Then, consider what is real, what is dream, and what is fantasy…and that magical pot of environmental stew boils over with an endless wealth to draw upon…

      One must admit that it is fun to be a romanticist and a dreamer. To be able to take a spectrum of emotions, as a romanticist lives with on a daily basis, and put them into visions and words is an incredible feeling. Sure, at times it becomes an overwhelming feeling of extremism, with the stretching of emotions into a deep depression or a shout-from-the-mountaintop euphoria. Yet, in essence, there are times in our lives where all of us feel just that: whether alone and depressed or ecstatic and euphoric. The point is we all feel that at some time, hence the last of the trilogy we have here called Pieces of the Heart.

      Or will this be the last ?

      Emotions, like experiences and time seem to go on. And with every new experience appears a new feeling. It’s all part of the personal development of all of us, until we reach that next stage in another place and time…and life.

      Then, one would imagine, we’ll all deal with this again, under a different understanding…

      Enjoy!

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      Contents

      Foreword

      An Honest Stand

      Learning to Think

      Still Chill

      What Exhaustion?

      One Step Beyond

      Heaven and Hell

      Heaven and Hell    (Part II)

      Heaven and Hell   (Part III)

      Starry

      Twilight Zone

      Twilight Zone  (Part II)

      The Twilight Zone (Part III)

      Pieces

      Childish Games

      Cry For Help

      Wrong

      Childish Games  (Tomorrow)

      Go To Pieces

      Insensitive

      Sun’s Risen (And So Will We)

      What’s It All Mean 

      Why

      Real vs Fantasy

      The Future 

      We Are Ghosts

      Fantasyland

      Ghostlike

      Now Wait For It

      Perceptions

      Not Pretty Enough

      Bitter Feelings

      Image Fantastic

      Ghost

      Dream

      Conscience

      keys

      A Ghost

      You Are a Ghost

      Ghostly Expectations

      Splash

      Shady Observation

      Currents

      Morning

      Seize What’s There

      Majestic Relaxation

      Wish You Were Here

      What Will Become

      Forgotten

      For Just One Night

      Yearn

      Peaceful Moment

      You’re My Music

      Petunia Rhapsody

      Mandy’s Here

      The Heart

      Whispering Palms

      whisperly weep

      Realization

      I Hope You Remember

      Transcending Thoughts

      Silence

      Wings

      New Pair Of Wings

      Dreams

      With You

      Inner Peace

      Deserving Soul

      Parallel Universe

      Open Book

      Parallel Universe II

      If You’re On The List

      Just A Word Away

      Shyness of Stark

      Is Anybody Out There?

      South to Eden, North to Paradise

      So Be

      Yearn

      You Know Who You Are

      Hearts on Fire

      Zero Hour

      The Wilderness

      Low

      Lost

      Life Is Live (Live It)

      Discovery

      My World

      In Time

      Our Breathless Soul

      Acknowledgements…

      About the Author…

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      An Honest Stand

      an honest stand

      writer with pen in hand

      an honest stand

      orator expresses plan

      fire away and be heard

      scribble visions and words

      expressions are what attracts

      imagination in many acts

      suspension of disbelief

      poetic license on new leaf

      believe in creation

      journey to destinations

      take an honest stand

      writer with pen in hand

      take an honest stand

      orator expresses plan

      take an honest stand

      dream with feet in sand

      take an honest stand

      live life so grand…

      take an honest stand

      poet with expressions in hand

      take an honest stand

      believe in poet that can…

      Learning to Think

      open my eyes

      to the circling skies

      of my ceilings white…

      feeling the dread

      of those sticky cobwebs

      from the faded night…

      body looks to roll

      i’m in search of soul

      to combat this sight…

      suspended animation

      creative fascination

      is it wrong or right…

      can’t keep my mind on my twisting finds

      brain behind i’m just a dreamland misfit in time…

      body one big ache

      from a life’s big stake

      to love and learn…

      fatal attraction

      on a massive distraction

      to go on and yearn…

      gotta move about

      and rid all doubt

      of desires that burn…

      passionate fix

      on the bomb that ticks

      no need for concern…

      can’t keep my mind on my twisting finds

      brain behind i’m just a dreamland misfit in time…

      in the distance

                      another stare

                      emoting radiance

                      can’t be fair

                      phony presence

                      friend warning

                      make no sense

                      chaotic morning…

      open my mind

      to the cycling times

      and accept just blue…

      no longer dead

      as the day’s ahead

      gotta breathe and choose…

      can’t force to think

      the results will stink

      as eyes close to continue…

      naturally forming

      no heed of

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