About
I'm a bit of an enigma, I suppose. I am a U.S. Marine (no longer in uniform). I am a disabled Vietnam Vet. I have worked as a janitor a hospital orderly, pulled chain on a survey crew, oiled on draglines, dug ditches, poured concrete for sea walls, sold cemetary lots, sold insurance, sold lumber products, sold real estate, been an actor, been an insurance investigator, been a CPA, a forensic accountant, a university lecturer. I have a Master of Accountancy, have been published in profesional journals and write poetry and fiction.
A Dime Is a Sign: Poems of Love and Loss (Feelings Into Words)
Description
<p>A psychic medium once said that if you find a random dime, it is a sign that someone that you have loved and lost is thinking of you.</p><p><strong>A Dime is a Sign Through Time</strong></p><p><em>If you find a dime, </em></p><p><em>You will know that I'm</em></p><p><em>Sending thoughts of love</em></p><p><em>Through the veil of time.</em></p><p> </p><p><em>Ten cents with a silver shine, </em></p><p><em>A sense sent you to help remind</em></p><p><em>That someone who left you behind</em></p><p><em>Is always living in your mind.</em></p><p> </p><p><em>Sending love and vibes, </em></p><p><em>Felt as psychic sighs ...</em></p><p><em>The ones that you miss, </em></p><p><em>Send you a kiss ...</em></p><p> </p><p>Sherrill S. Cannon's second book of poetry contains messages written through the years in poetic form that put feelings into words. As a teacher, many of her poems helped counsel troubled teens and friends.</p><p>There are three sections in the book: Heads, Spinning, and Tails ... (Love & Loss: Coin Toss?). The variety of lyrical poetry forms include free verse, blank verse, haiku, and sonnets, while some are just playing with words!</p><p>Hopefully, this is also a book of healing.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Sherrill S. Cannon, a former teacher and grandmother of ten, is the author of nine acclaimed rhymed children's books, plus a recent award-winning book of poetry <em>(A Penny for Your Thoughts), </em>which together have received 63 national and international book awards since 2011. She also wrote seven published plays for elementary school children that have been performed in over 25 countries. Most of her children's books emphasize consideration for others. Married for 58 years, she and her spouse are now retired, live in Pennsylvania, and travel in their RV from coast to coast, spending time with their children and grandchildren, and sharing her books along the way!</p><p> </p>
Story Behind The Book
This is the story about a family and a group of acquaintances whose lives are entwined in jealousy, murder, incest, fraud, and insanity. Mayleen Pelman has two sons. The question arises as to who the father of each is. Mayleen murders a woman who has twins because the woman is having a relationship with a man who Mayleen is in love with. One of the twins is later murdered as is the man Mayleen loves. Along with that murder, Mayleen's first husband is killed in a barroom fight, then her boyfriend is killed, next her prostitute sister, and others fall along the way. It is a complex story, fast paced, with twelve murders and ten suspects.
