about the book
There are so many different styles of poetry. Most of my poems tell a story in rhyme which deal with social injustices, controversial topics, and the challenges that everyday life brings us. Most have powerful endings that will make the reader reflect and think and even question the craziness in our society.
Some will make you want to do better like Grab the Good:
I think of the trials and smiles of life
The turn styles we enter, the profiles we dial.
Some are short, some go for miles.
It can be fragile and sad or happy and glad.
It can turn as we learn, it can burn as we yearn.
The ups, the downs, laughter or frowns.
Sometimes it’s luck, sometimes we’re stuck.
It’s a mystery to find, it grinds at our mind
It complicates, it captivates,
It aggravates, it motivates.
We laugh, we cry. We quit, we try.
Some will crash, some will fly.
Some will live, some will die.
But we all received the gift of birth
To create our worth on this green earth.
This is the second poetry book I have written. The first, Partly Sunny with a Chance of Laughter: Poems that will make you think, wonder, question and smile, was written in the same manner as my second. Other published books include: Where Does the Trombone Go, The Sex Ed Questions You Won’t Believe Kids Ask and Answered by their Teachers, and My Students Taught Me How to Teach.
About the Author
Jim Seaman is a retired 5th and 6th grade elementary school teacher who relocated to Seattle from Los Angeles after the 1994 Northridge earthquake. He pursued a nagging desire to become a teacher and went back to college at the age of 52 to receive his teaching certificate. He brought a unique teaching style into the classroom consisting of humor, fun and zaniness while creating lesson plans which challenged his students and elevated their learning performance.
He has been married for almost 53 years to a very special woman who is sensitive, compassionate and funny and is a member of the rare “it factor” club. His hobbies include camping, writing magazine articles and poetry, photography and downloading his favorite songs (over a thousand so far).
He hopes to soon publish a book titled “My Students Taught Me How to Teach” and a second book titled “Partly Sunny with a Chance of Laughter” poems that will make you laugh, wonder, reflect and question. He is currently working on a book titled “52 years (and counting) of Love, Laughs and Lunancy.
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