Mitchell Isaac Friedman: 7 books

The poems in this collection were written over the course of twenty-seven years. They represent the ramblings and obsessions of an otherwise unoccupied mind.

Glen Oaks and Other Ruminations is a compilation of thoughts and images present themselves to me as I am in the car driving, or just sitting with nothing much to do.

MEDITATIONS is a collection of poems that reflect my efforts to quiet my mind, and my search for inner peace. These poems are the results of thoughts that I observed, without getting involved. As my meditation guide puts it, I allowed any thoughts to pass by like a leaf floating past in a gentle stream....

"The unexamined live is not worth living." Socrates in The Apology by Plato. Reflections is a collection of short stories in which the characters engage in examining their lives.

How will you be remembered, by the people you love, when you are gone? Did you do right by them? Did you provide them with the kind of life they deserved? How many lives did you touch, that you did not know about? This is what goes through the mind of a man who sits waiting, after a long life, as...

A second collection of meditations. This is a continuation of my previous collection, Serenity Meditations. Like its predecessor, Volume II presents ideas that flit through my mind as I sit during my daily meditation. Observed, but not examined, the ideas here presented reflect feelings rather than thoughts.

What if you were charged with delivering the eulogy at the funeral of a parent with whom you had a strained relationship? What truth might you discover about yourself, and your relationship with your parent?