Clarence or Claire

Dear Reader, I’ve been writing stories and poems for sixty years. I have a closet full of rejections. In 2013, I began to e-publish. I wrote Summer in 1998, but I published it first because it was my mother’s favourite and it is dedicated to my wife, Carolyn, the love of my life. It is about love at first sight, pain and suffering, the difficult choices people face, and how love can overcome anything. Before My Shotgun Wedding is about growing up on a mountain in Kentucky in 1952 and it is a story that everyone can enjoy. The sequel: After My Shotgun Wedding is for adult readers. And I have three other novels available for adult readers: Foundling, Clarence or Claire, Katya and the Solar Wind, and two sequels for Katya on the way. When the Dew Fell on the Okra is my first children’s book to be published. It was written in December 1966. When I graduated from Otterbein College in January 1967, I gave it to people who had been a help to me. Thanks to Rebecca Swift, my illustrator, it is now available for you to give to someone you care about. First Eighty-five Poems is my first volume of poetry. All of the poems were written between January 1, 1959 and August 1, 1963. They were written when I was in junior high and in high school. If you are a struggling Christian and have difficulties sorting out your priorities, I had the same kind of problems in my youth. I hope you find my poems meaningful to you. And I suggest that you write your own poetry. Rappers aren’t the only people who can express themselves. Everyone can. As a pastor and theologian, I do not separate the sacred and the profane. The difference is in the human mind and not in life itself, just as evil is in the human mind and comes out of the choices people make and not from the devil who made me do it. The devil has nothing to do with it. We are the ones who choose to do evil or good. The whole world is in our hands. Enjoy the books. Paul David Robinson Paul David Robinson, BA, MDiv, Pastor, Retired https: //www.amazon.com/author/pauldavidrobinson https: //www.pauldavidrobinson.com/