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Goldie's fifty-three poems, are presented about Goldie's life in the deep Southern Culture from 1916-1965 and are presented in two languages with the verses presented side by side throughout this book. The two languages chosen are English and Spanish to assist in teaching two commonly written and spoken in the USA, Mexico, and a large portion of South America along with several other nations. There is an opportunity to improve your language of choice. Goldie, born in 1916 in the deep South where she lived until her death in 1965, wrote poetry about family, nature, compassion and sometimes mixed with a dash of humor, especially in her poems such as ""A Letter to the Teacher"" and ""A Boy and His Toad."" From her early twenties until five days before her death, Goldie wrote about her childhood memories on the family farm, her children and grandchildren, her preacher, the death of a family member killed in Europe in WWII and more. Most of her poems, including the inspirational ""Margaret,"" were written during her final and most difficult decade when she was hospitalized several times. Sometimes funny, sometimes sad, Goldie expresses the emotions of life that we all experience and always in words that renew one's spirit. Each line of poetry has been translated from English to Spanish For Example, the poem ""Letter to the Teacher"" appears as follows: A Letter to the Teacher Una Carta al Maestro Dear Teacher, we have a problem Querido maestro, tenemos sun problema perhaps you could explain. que quizas puedaas explicar. Four children you know with the Cuatro ninas que conoces con same surname. mismo apellido. Enjoy your time reading Goldie's poetry in Spanish or English!

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