Older Material | 2007 and later
- Amazing How Badly You’re Missed
- Lyle Ackerman (my oldest brother)
- A Match Made in Heaven
- Lori Haggeman and Doug Davis Wedding Poem
- A Nation Sadly Mourns
- The 2/1/03 Space Shuttle Columbia Tragedy
- A Special Day for Mothers
- For all Mothers
- A Special Thank You
- Janet Ackerman (my mom)
- A Story Sad, but True
- Stuart Blum (Friend since 1st grade)
- A Toast to the Bride and Groom
- Joe & Darlene Ramirez
- A Tribute, Well Deserved
- Pastor Jeff Pruitt (Faith Builders International)
- An Apple for Our Teacher
- Mrs. Adler (My son, Nick’s 1st grade teacher) Adams School
- Award for Excellence
- Jon Grice (ex-pastor & good friend from Church of Christ, Janesville, WI)
- Award for Perseverance
- William (Daniel) Seuver (1987 classmate in Phoenix, AZ)
- Boy, Did We Find a Church
- Our Discovery of Faith Builders International in Beloit, Wisconsin
- Going from Good to Great
- Regarding Faith Builders International Praise & Worship Team
- Have a Very, Very Happy Birthday
- Janet Ackerman (my mom)
- How I Picture Being Blind
- Inspired by some of my blind correspondents
- I Believe in What You’re Doing
- Dr. Jack Kevorkian (regarding his assisted suicides)
- I Finally Am Able to Fly
- Regarding a Powered Parachute Plane that I owned a short time
- I Will Miss You, Mr. Smith
- Dean Smith (Nick’s 2nd grade teacher) at Adams School
- If This Were Your Little Girl
- Written in response to an e-mail cry for help in finding their lost little girl
- McGwire at the Bat
- Mark McGwire after his 62nd home run
- My Grampa Had Got Me First Started
- Dave Lawrence got me reading, memorizing & writing poetry
- My Newest and Dearest Friend
- Pertaining to a young lady I had met thru the Internet
- I Got Myself a Harley
- The joy of owning my first Harley
- Our First Ride on Our Harley
- My Daughter, Aubrey’s first poem that she memorized
- Protecting What is Precious
- Regarding the work that went into preparing for work on the Wisconsin State Capitol while working for J.P.Cullen
- Sometimes, Life Don’t Seem Fair
- Earnestly written for a long time friend of the family suffering with very advanced Cancer and the illness that accompanies treatment. I ask you to Pray for him, with all of your heart and to ask all those you know to do the same. I pray that God responds to each and every one of them
- The Right Man for the Job
- The new Youth Pastor Alvin Sanders at Faith Builders International in Beloit, WI
- This Garage Shall be My Temple
- I transformed my Garage into a training facility
- To a Friend, From a Friend
- To Bill Colby prior to his getting married (a friend since 3rd grade)
- Welcome Friends and Special Guests
- Welcoming my guests for our 24 year Karate School Class Reunion
- You Truly Were the Best
- Kun Sop Jun a.k.a. John Rudolph (my Karate Instructor and Mentor)
- You Two Make Quite a Team
- My Associate Pastor and His Wife’s Wedding Anniversary Tribute
- You’re One Teacher I’ll Remember
- A Poem Written by Me Expressing my Son’s feelings towards his 3rd Grade Teacher, Bill Bessiere
- You’re Truly My Very Best Friend
- Joe Ramirez
I always manage to get in the last word!
- A Christian Man’s Perspective
- Regina Ramirez (Comforting words for her son Joe)
- Bud Was a Heckuva Guy
- Bud Offerdahl, my sister in law Sheri’s father
- Good-bye, Old Man
- Dave Lawrence (my Grampa)
- Good-bye, Sweet, Young Diana
- Princess Diana
- Here is the Poem that You’d Requested
- Jeff Rud (Rudy)
- In Honoring Your Brother
- Regarding the unexpected death of our Associate Pastor’s brother. Pray strength and peace throughout his friends and family
- It Must Have Been Your Time
- Paul Dach (Best friend in high school who went in the Navy with me)
- Kind Words for a Kind Man
- Jim Stevenson (met him in treatment)
- Nothing but Fond Memories of Gay
- Gay Carlson (My niece Sarah’s newly married Husband)
- Our Prayers are With Samantha
- Samantha Runion (the little girl who was abducted, raped & murdered in 2002)
- Remembering My Father
- Bill Ackerman (my dad)
- That’s the Kind of Guy You Were
- Dean Godding (fellow Karate student & Judo Instructor)
- The Thing Larry Wanted the Most
- Larry Fulton (fellow choir member at Church of Christ)
- We’re Missing You, Jim Walker
- Jimmy Walker (One of my Karate Instructors and Best Students Produced from the Janesville Karate School). Gunned down by Rock County Sheriff Officer Sprecher in Suspicious Incident inside his home in 1989
- What is It Like in Heaven
- Paul Dach - My Best friend in High School who joined the Navy with me in 1974. Died suddenly of a heart attack at the young age of 42
- Why’d You Have to Go
- Paul Dach
- You Will Be Missed, My Good Friend
- Kirk Borchert (Good friend from Central Christian Church)
- Your Bond Will Go Unbroken
- Gay Carlson (poem for his two brothers Gus & Guy)
- Your Spirit Will Live On
- Rodney Schiefelbein (Acting father to two very special girls Minuette & Josette