POEMS WITH HEAVENLY ASPIRATIONS is a collection of poems and images by Emily Burke to inspire and ponder. It contains 50 poems that rhyme with beneficial stories and messages about Feelings, Spirituality, Points to Ponder and Along life’s Road. The book also features 60 drawings and photographs of Truth and Humor by Emily. PHANTASMAGORIA I’m climbing up a rainbow trying to reach the top, I keep slipping back downward but I know I must not stop! I’ve got to reach my destiny or perhaps my life is done I’ll struggle and huff and puff even though this is no fun! There’s a big black THING behind me, waiting for me to fall! It wants me to fail but I’ll show it, this is my call! I’ll be strong and not give up until I make it all the way around I know I’ll be safe there and maybe there’s a treasure to be found! more…see page 67
Emily Burke was a shy and hesitant child who grew up on a small farm in a remote area of northern Alberta; the daughter of a crippled father and a weary busy mother who constantly cared for her ailing husband and eight needy children. It was there that Emily learned to cling close to God in her heart and mind which gave her the strength to dream of a better future. A chance arrived for her at the age of fourteen when the family moved to the nearest city enabling her to attend High School and later form a long career at the telephone company. Writing skills were developed further as she worked in a teaching capacity during the early career years and then using the computer. Emily studied Christianity but especially during the last forty years when she became keenly interested in learning and understanding everything written in the Bible. It was while living in the Tampa Bay, Florida area that a feeling sparked a desire to write about God and his facinating world. Daily Bible reading and study continues to be her greatest comfort. Writing about God and His miraculous world is following a lifelong dream.
