My first volume of poetry is titled “New Beginnings“, and it features 100 poems from different stages in my life.
Here is a review from Amazon:
Unlike many modern poems, the poems in “New Beginnings” have a wonderful rhythm and also rhyme. Steve R. Drennon has a true poet’s heart and he invites you into his private world where he expresses his deepest emotions.
Once you have been truly loved it is an addiction your heart craves and Steve R. Drennon craves being in love. He at first writes beautifully about being in love and how magical the world seems when you have found the perfect person to share your life with.
But inevitably love tends to fade and if it doesn’t transform into true love life can be pretty lonely. In some of these poems the poet talks about the “cruelty of time.” This will make sense to anyone who has loved and lost because feelings have changed.
While some of the poems are serious, especially the ones about war, there are also some funny moments when I laughed out loud.
I loved the poem about a mother giving the poet a friend’s secret diary and how he discovers he was so loved and never knew it. Apparently the friend dies without ever telling him she loves him. It is so sad but also beautiful.
In one poem there are some especially appealing water images. The feeling of loss and longing is likened to it raining endlessly. I also liked his poems about slow dancing and the tearful reunion.
Throughout the poems Steve R. Drennon expresses a strong desire for connection and sometimes his love is returned. Yet in some cases he is still left longing for love, still in hope that an old love will become new again.
If you enjoy seeing all the faces of love this book will appeal to you. There is loneliness and unfulfilled desire but there is also beautiful moments of love and compassion. What a beautiful sensitive heart! I’m looking forward to reading more poems by this author.
~The Rebecca Review
Below is a list of the poems included in this book. In the near future I hope to be able to include links to selected poems in this book to allow visitors to sample some of them and get an idea of what is in the book.
YOU
THE DOVE
YOU’RE VERY SPECIAL
YOUR BEAUTIFUL SUNSHINE
WHY?
REUNION
FAIR MAIDEN
YOUR PRECIOUS LOVE
YOU KNOW
THE CRUELTY OF TIME
THE CURSE
RESTLESS LOVER
MORNING LOVE
AS THE STORM BREAKS
A LETTER AND A GIFT
A COMMON BOND
WITH JUST A TOUCH
A GOOD LOVE SONG
DON’T LET THIS NIGHT END
SO AT EASE
FOREVER
TOUCH YOU WITH A SONG
RIGHT HERE AROUND ME
NOTHING IS FOREVER
THE PHOTOGRAPH
I PRAY
YOU’RE NOT AT HOME
IT SEEMS
TAKE CARE OF HER
LONELINESS
SOMEDAY SOON
I REMEMBER YESTERDAY
SO MUCH TO DO
ONE MORE TIME
FRUSTRATION
HOW COULD IT BE
NEW BEGINNINGS
RAINING ENDLESSLY
I NEVER TOOK THE TIME
OUR LOVE DIDN’T LAST
MIDNIGHT PROMISES
SHORT TIME
FAR AWAY
NIGHTS OF OUR LOVE
IN DREAMS
WHEN YOU SMILE
THE PHOTO ALBUM
YOUR KISS UPON MY LIPS
YOUR MEMORIES
(SHE’S GOING) OUT OF HIS MIND
A SMILE IS ALL IT TAKES
IF I COULD . . .
LONGING FOR YOUR LOVE
SHE’S NOT MINE
PERHAPS SOMEDAY
I NEED A STAR
QUIET SOLITUDE
COME TO ME
THE RINGING OF THE PHONE
THE TWO OF YOU
I’VE NEVER
SACRIFICES
ONE FINAL DANCE
VITAL LOVE
SMILING EYES
HOLLY
NO MORE TIME
IT WOULDN’T MATTER
LOVE ME AGAIN
EACH TRUE ROMANCE
THAT OLD LOVE SONG
THE ROSE
PLEASE
DON’T MISUNDERSTAND
THOSE MEMORIES
THESE DREAMS WILL HOLD ME
A HEART LIKE YOURS
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?
WRAPPED AROUND YOUR FINGER
A TIME OR TWO
WANTING TO STAY
JUST GIVE ME A CHANCE
FOR NOW OR FOREVER
WITHOUT YOU
JUST YOU ONLY
CHECKMATE!
PATH OF LIFE
THE ZEPHYR
EMERALD GREEN EYES
ON THE OUTSIDE
THE DREAMER AND THE FOOL
REACHING OUT IN THE NIGHT
VIET NAM: WAR?
THE DRIFTER
LADIES OF THE NIGHT
I REACH FOR THE BOTTLE
HAVEN’T WE MET BEFORE?
DISTANT SOUNDS
FATAL BEAUTY
MICHELLE