Walter C. Wawrzynek

Shelby Twp., Michigan

(pen) Walter C. Wawrzynek (B) Oct. 25, 1921, Hamtramck, MI. (p) Joseph and Antoinette Wawrzynek, (M) Mary E. Wawrzynek (deceased) Aug. 9, 1947 (ch) Carl and Carol Ann. (Ed) St. Ladislaus High School (Occ.) Retired postal employee. (Memb.) Disabled American Veterans. (oth. Writ) 54 poems published in Detroit News over a period of three years, also some appeared in church paper. My poems strive for realism. Life is what you make it.

A Challenge

A human ambition to conquer peaks,
It's recognition, that everyone seeks.
But why do we search, for lofty heights,
Instead of lowering our aspiring sights
Down to the level of the human eye,
Where the unconquered peaks, really lie.
For mountains of misery and peaks of pain,
Await conquerors, that seek not fame.

Of Trips And Dreams

Once I was so fast asleep
My dreams were like a feather,
Tossed about from cloud to cloud
As mixed up as the weather,
Hot and cold my virtues ran
Happiness met with sorrow,
On and on as I pursued,
Gloomy was my tomorrow.
But now I found what I have sought
Thru living and thru pain,
Not above but here on earth,
The rainbow after the rain.

Close To You

There's nothing like a country lane
That winds thru fields and meadows,
Where as you walk the trees reach out
And kiss you with their shadows.
The scent of nature everywhere
Of grass and then of flowers,
Like the spell of magic potion
Clings to you for hours.
Reluctantly, I must return,
To concrete and to streets,
When all the things that bring me joy
are here,
Where man and nature meets.