Poems in the Keys of Life is the authors foray into the world of poetry. The book correlates poems with music. Each elicits certain feelings and emotions (keys or tonics) from the listener. Poems can have a musical melody of their own. Just as you can enjoy the lovely vocal melodies in music such as Verdiās āRigolettoā, poems can achieve the same level of beauty. After all, many songs are created from poems!
The author defines a poemās key as āthe major events/emotions/thoughts which dominate a personās lifeā:
1. Birth
2 Childhood, School, & Work
3. Love, Sex, & Marriage
4. Family
5. Interaction with Nature
6. Mind Streams
7. Retirement & Death.
This organization represents the authorās mind map which shows that poetry impacts us at every stage and state of our lives. In this book he presents Poems in the Key of life.
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