WILLIAM MAKI,
HAS BEEN WRITTING POETRY SINCE 1963,
HIS DREAM IS TO GET HIS POETRY PUBLISHED,
WELL IT IS GETTING CLOSER TO REALITY EVERY DAY!
MY GOAL IS TO WRITE 101 PCS. TO DATE (JUNE-2001)
I HAVE WRITTEN 76 PCS.
I WAS BORN IN HIGHLAND PARK, MICHIGAN, JUNE 4, 1946,
SO I AM GEMINI, THE COMMUNICATOR,
AS THEY SAY WE HAVE A WAY WITH "WORDS" !
SO PRETTY MUCH, I FEEL THAT MY POETRY IS TURNING THOUGHTS
AND FEELINGS INTO WORDS, ALL POETRY IS SUPPOSED TO DO IN
THE 20 LINES IS TO MAKE THE READER THINK,
IF JUST FOR THE MOMENT!
WILLIAM'S PARENTS, EDWARD AND DOROTHY MAKI, LIVED IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN, EDWARD DIED WHEN WILLIAM WAS 5 YEARS OLD, SO MOM AND WILLIAM MOVED TO NORTHERN MICHIGAN,
WHERE WILLIAM'S GRANDPARENTS HELPED TO RAISE HIM,
IT WAS DURING HIS JUNIOR YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL THAT WILLIAM STARTED EXPLORING HIS ABILITY TO WRITE!
MRS. MARGARET SMITH, ENGLISH TEACHER, HAD HER CLASS ENTER A
NATIONWIDE POETRY CONTEST, OPEN TO ALL HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH
CLASSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WILLIAM ENTERED HIS FIRST POEM, GOD'S WINTER NIGHT,
HIS POETRY WON FIRST PLACE HONORS ALONG WITH OTHERS.
WILLIAM DECIDED TO FURTHER EXPLORE THE IDEA OF WRITTING
POETRY, FOR THE PAST 38 YEARS I HAVE DONE JUST THAT!
IN 1985, WILLIAM WON THE GOLDEN POET AWARD, IN 1986,
THE SILVER POET AWARD,
1990, HONORABLE MENTION, FOR THRU THE EYES OF A CHILD,
ALL OF THESE AWARDS CAME FROM THE WORLD OF POETRY,
IN SACRAMENTO, CA. THEY HAVE ALSO PUBLISHED TWO OF HIS WORKS.
THE HIGHLITE OF HIS CAREER, WAS TO WRITE, OLD GLORY,
DUE TO PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH, SR.
SENTIMENTS ABOUT OUR NATIONS FLAG,
WILLIAM SENT HIM A COPY. ON NOVEMBER 9, 1989,
WILLIAM RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE WHITE HOUSE,
FROM PRESIDENT BUSH, EXPRESSING HIS ENJOYMENT FOR THAT POEM
AND WRITTING HIS SENTIMENTS ABOUT OUR FLAG BEING DESTROYED!
THAT LETTER WILL SOMEDAY BECOME PART OF MY POETRY BOOK,
IT IS MY EXPRESSED DESIRE THAT YOU ENJOY MY THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS TURNED INTO WORDS, ENJOY MY POETRY AND IT WILL MAKE YOU THINK!
I WANT TO THANK MY FELLOW POET CHEYENNE,
PLEASE READ HER WORDS TOO, FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THIS WEB SITE,
SHE HAS PICKED THE MUSIC, DONE THE FOREMAT, PICKED THE PICTURES,
SHE HAS DONE IT ALL EXCPET FOR MY WRITTINGS,
SO I THANK HER FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART (^_^)
LOVING THOUGHTS,
WILLIAM MAKI
June 10th, 2001
E-MAIL ME: WBEARMAKI@AOL.COM OR CLICK HERE:WILLIAM
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