Looking for a romantic gift or just a collection of poetry related to love and work to read and enjoy yourself? IN LOVE AND WORK: POEMS may be that collection you have been searching for.
This collection of poems by a husband and wife, writing separately although several of the poems are about each other, covers all types of love, from romantic love to the love of a parent, sibling, child, grandchild, pet, and friend, to work, whether that work is serving in the Navy, witnessing the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the way to work, writing, being an artist, and more. There are poems in celebration of birthdays, Valentine's Day, and wedding anniversaries. The styles of the poems range from free verse to rhyming, from solemn ("The Victim") to more whimsical ("Children's Day").
The anthology includes an essay by Jan Yager about the evolution of the collection as well as Fred Yager's essay reflecting on the ten year anniversary of the September 11th attacks. About the Authors Fred Yager is the author of eight books including 5 novels and two career books. Jan Yager is the author of more than 30 books including 3 novels and one children's book with two more in preparation. Several of their earlier poems on dealing with loss and grief were collected in
The Healing Power of Creative Mourning: Poems.
For more on the Yagers, go to: www.fredandjanyager.com For more on Jan Yager, go to: www.drjanyager.com
Here's praise for this collection
: "This beautiful book of poems is a peek into the lives of a loving couple. The poems are a diary of feelings before and after Fred and Jan Yager became husband and wife. Some poems are fun and light hearted, others are heart wrenching. This is the case in Fred's story of witnessing 9/11 firsthand. Reading these poems will take you through a range of emotions. In the end, you will be glad to have met the Yagers if only through their words." -Beverly Solomon, creative director for artist Pablo Solomon