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Patricia J. Boardman was born in Kokomo, Indiana where she still resides. She is a retired English teacher with a master’s degree from Indiana University. She spent her teaching career at Taylor High School, located in Center Indiana, a small town on the outskirts of Kokomo. She is a wife to James, a mother to Rebecca and James Patrick, and a grandmother to Kami and Zachary. She has always loved art, music, travel, reading, and writing poetry.

Anyone who enjoys poetry will find Facets a delightful way to spend a quiet evening. This collection feeatures a broad range of subjects and styles. It is a sampling of life’s most memorable moments. The thrill of a roller coaster ride, the birth of a baby, the gentle nurturing of a doting grandmother–these are some of the experiences that make up this book. All of the facets of life–family, fun, joy, sorrow, truth, and beauty–can be found in these pages. This book embraces human experience, from the freedom and exhilaration of a ride on a motorcycle…

“Face whipped by hair

Blowing wild in the sultry summer wind,

The cyclist races down the road,

Cares left standing, startled, in the dust…”

to the beauty of a young girl collecting shells on the beach at sunset…

“Her eyes mirror the deep blue of the sea

Dark’ning as it drifts out to meet the sky.

Is she a jewel upon the seashore’s breast,

Or does she wear its beauty as her crown?”

or the uncertainty of young love…

“Yes, I know we are young, yet you’re so good and true–

So sweet and so loving, so gentle and who

Could know me and love me the way that you do–

Understand me and need me the way I need you?

How can I love you? The answer I’ve sought,

And the answer’s a question–How can I not?”

There is a poem in this book for every reader–a poem that will touch the heart, evoking the response, “Yes, it’s just like that.”

“In the Relaunch of Her Book, “Facets,” Patricia Boardman Explores Life in Every Perspective Through Her Poems

Poetry has always been an instrument for expressing freedom and creativity. It gives poets the ability to spill their thoughts and feelings on paper. Through words, emotions, and aesthetics, poems have the ability to take a reader into transcendental realms and a state of contemplation. It has the power to completely engage a person’s mind and spirit while also enabling his or her imagination to roam freely. Boardman is treading this artistic path, and she welcomes us to her heart and mind through her book, “Facets.”

Boardman has always had an affinity with art, music, travel, reading, and poetry. Now, she has presented to us an anthology that explores life’s sorrows and joys.

For anybody who likes poetry, “Facets” is a great way to spend a relaxing evening. The themes and styles covered in this anthology are diverse. It’s a compilation of some of life’s most memorable experiences. The thrill of a roller coaster ride, the birth of a baby, and the careful nurturing of a doting grandma are just a few of the elements that make up this novel. The book’s pages address a wide range of topics including family, joy, pain, truth, and admiring life’s beauty, but the intrinsic nature of people is the main subject of this book. Boardman also brings the readers closer to home by talking about events that can happen to anyone on any given day.

“”There is a poem in this book for every reader–a poem that will touch the heart, evoking the response, ‘Yes, it’s just like that,’ Boardman writes.”

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