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As it stands now, I have one book in revisions, two in replotting, and another I just put away for now. 

It was either putting it away or burn it with fire. I love the story, but it was annoying me, and I had to make a choice. So, it's sitting in its briefcase, waiting. 

Everything was just overwhelming me, my own fault (I will own up to it) but overwhelming just the same. I had to make some hard choices.

And I am looking for a place to write and publish op ed pieces. I…

'Sculpting the Academic Mind: 

Agathos Kai Sophos'.…

I now have six novels published on the realities of being a cop in urban America. They are all set in Cincinnati, Ohio and each takes a different career path and face different challenges. You can check them out at my website www.rbarryandrees,com

joy is feeling

looking upwards

skies enrapture

the sorry self

and its grievance

joy is seeing

looking westwards

social fracture

healing itself

from insurgence

joy is knowing

looking eastwards

proper culture

relieves oneself

from ignorance

joy is seeing

looking outwards

events mature

the early self

from…

joy is knowing

the best of views

fuels volition

to climb the mount

joy is having

freedom to choose

which obstruction

one must surmount

joy is knowing

hearing the muse

is like drinking

from the youth fount

joy is having

nothing to lose

and yet having

blessings to…

when gloominess

deflects the gale

joy is the wind

that fills the sail

when despair is

tricking the scale

joy is the clue

that tells the tale

when spleen is thick

and hopes are pale

joy is meaning

that lifts the veil

when no reason

can find the trail

joy is compass

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though worries hurt

and fears injure

joy yields healing

beyond measure

though gloom has roots

deep in culture

joy at all times

sages nurture

though the reasons

may outnumber

joy is the wealth

wise ones treasure

though the mundane

exerts pressure

joy is accord

with one's…

when the constraints

the spirit faze

joy is a door

out of the maze

when nobody

offers their praise

joy is moving

on anyways

when challenges

the psyche daze

joy is clear sky

after the haze

when upheavals

disrupt the ways

joy is respite

on heavy…

when there is fault

at the crossroad

joy is knowing

the cosmic goad

when the ciphers

the wit erode

joy is insight

breaking the code

when through hard work

seeds have been sowed

joy is seeing

blessings bestowed

when there's burden

and a long road

joy is a friend

halving the…

when there's no vim

the land to till

joy swells the wind

running the mill

when there's no verve

the page to fill

joy lights the spark

moving the quill

when obstacles

challenge the skill

joy marks the path

leading uphill

when restrictions

deter the will

joy brings breakthrough

from the standstill…

joy is being given
the secret of silence
after the hard lesson
and the heavy penance

joy is being driven
to relay radiance
and this way forgiven
for past indifference

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joy is presence

when strings are bowed

joy is purpose

when fields are ploughed

joy is keeping

to what was vowed

joy is a calm

voice in the crowd

joy is the truth

humbling the proud

joy is freedom

that is allowed

joy is quiet

when life is loud

joy is wisdom

piercing the shroud

joy is the mind

without a…

should you ever o my darling

hear that i am forever gone

do not be vainly pondering

that you will miss our liaison

for upon you i lay no blame

not knowing who i'd come to be

when before you i make the claim

never will you truly miss me

unsettled by futures unclear

withheld by self-worth glaucoma

encircled by vultures of fear

brooded over childhood trauma

peering beyond self-sabotage

commonplaces and convention

is the end goal…

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