# “Life Lived In Poetry” is Pat Morrell-Donnelly’s eleventh (11th) book to publish. The book contains poems Pat wrote beginning in the early nineteen-eighties through 2024. Pat’s poems speak about many of her challenges, wrong choices, and numerous losses. Her poems portray the different phases of Pat’s life, the good and bad years. Pat’s poems describe her hopes and dreams and successes’ over her long ninety-five years of living. Some titles of the poems are, A Brighter Day, Between The Raindrops, Be Who You Are, Child of Sorrow, Don’t Quit, Expect A Miracle, Laugh At Life, New Start, One Day At A Time, The Key To Happiness, Tossed, You Can’t Lock Up A Dream, and Winning The Battle. Just a few of Pat’s diverse collection of poems. You really “Can’t Lock Up A Dream” if you have a burning desire to see that dream realized, and act on bringing it into fruition. It requires action, and believing. “In the strength of your own desire lies the magic power.” For a number of years Pat had planned her “Life Lived In Poetry” book to be her tenth book to publish, but she was awakened with the thought she should publish her “Holiday Celebrations and Much More” for her tenth book. Consequently, the “Life Lived In Poetry” book became her eleventh book to publish. Pat started writing poems over forty-five years ago. Poems just started coming into her head all times of the day and night. Some poems Pat has written in ten or fifteen minutes. The thoughts just flow out of her. Pat has written over eighteen hundred poems. At age ninety-five, Pat’s goal is to get her poems out of her computer into books, so they will not be lost and gone forever when she passes away. Pat published her first book at age eighty in 2009. Pats ten books are: 2009 - The Climb Up Life’s Mountain 2010 - Poems For Conservatives 2011 - My Journey As A Realtor 2013 - Honoring 2016 - Poetry Breathes Life Into Bible Characters 2019 - Poems And Stories About Cats And Dogs And Various Critters 2021 - The Best For Last 2022 - Poems For Conservatives Volume 2 2023 - All About Love 2024 - Holiday Celebrations and Much More Pat has had two radio interviews, and six articles published in newspapers about her books, along with other articles she wrote that were published. She has had book signings and showings in Georgia, California and Washington State. Pat has received thank you notes and letters from four Presidents, two-First Ladies and the Queen of England, for poems she wrote and sent to them. Some of those responses can be found in her first “Poems For Conservatives” book. Pat writes “personalized poems” describing people’s lives and memorable events in rhyme. She writes poems about birthdays, anniversaries, memorial, sympathy, holidays, political type poems, motivational, inspirational and special celebrations. These poems can be passed on to future generations. Pat has written poems for a governor, one U. S. Senator, four U. S. Congressmen, and two Georgia Representatives. amazon.com/author/patmorrelldonnelly