Potpourri: A Medley of Poetry and Prose - Softcover

Roper, Coy D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1539128253 ISBN 13: 9781539128250

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

This book contains a collection of poems, essays, stories, and word-plays written by Coy Roper over a period of more than sixty years. The works included range from the sublime to the ridiculous—they’ll move the reader to laughter and tears. Do you love poetry? Poems about the beauty of nature? Imaginative verse—like what would happen if the angel Gabriel visited “Joe’s Malted”? Wise sayings and word plays? Funny essays? Meditations on true love and old age? Romantic stories? Short stories with surprise endings? If you do, you’ll like this book. It’s all here.

About this title

About the Author

Coy Roper is a retired college teacher and preacher who now writes full-time. He has written extensively on biblical and religious topics. In addition, he has written screenplays, stage plays, a novel, and, as this volume illustrates, poems and essays. He and his wife Sharlotte have been married for almost sixty years. After working in Canada and Australia, and in Texas, Oklahoma, Michigan, Tennessee, and Alabama, they retired to Abilene, Texas. They have three children, ten grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1539128253
• ISBN 13: 9781539128250
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 186