Forever in my Heart~Poems of my Youth
ISBN- 978-1732993013
A poetic journey of a young man beginning in high school and the ensuing four years that left him with many glorious memories. The second chapter focuses on his journey on wanting to become a country music songwriter and his visits to his brother at Bowling Green, Ohio. The third chapter is an ode to his favorite singer Jimmy Buffett, and the news that his aunt has terminal cancer and how it affects him since she is his confidant and his go-to person for advice.
Life Goes On
ISBN-978-1986032698
The follow-up to Forever in my heart~Poems of my Youth
Life Goes on is poetry based on a young man growing up in Cincinnati, and how he deals with the deaths of his aunt, uncle, and grandma in 2008. In 2009 life handed him some trouble and he goes into a fighting mode to get his life back on track. In 2011 his mom passes away at 56 from cancer throwing him another curve. But he looks back on his time growing up in Cincinnati and realizes life goes on and everything happens for a reason.
Country Outlaws and Dark Poetry
ISBN-978-1984955357
In the 1970s country music saw a surge in artists who wanted to take control of their music and they left Nashville to go to Texas where they honed on their songs and playing and soon had a large following that Nashville could no longer ignore. And soon the Outlaw movement began and artists were finally allowed to take control of their careers. These poems reflect the lifestyle of a rambling man and has themes of drinking, honky-tonking, prisons, mama's, trains, and traveling along the highways. The second chapter deals with the dark side of life which includes demons, ghosts, heartaches, death, shadow men, and other horrors.
Keep the Music Playing
ISBN-978-1732993006
Keep the Music Playing is the follow-up to "Forever in my Heart"~Poems of my Youth and Life Goes On. Keep the Music Playing has themes of chasing dreams, country music, celebrating life, and mourning those who have passed on. Joe Tallarigo writes about his childhood dreams of being a weatherman, a baseball player, but it wasn't until he began writing poetry in 2001 that he discovered his destiny and dream job. Keep the music playing is a true saying in Joe's life, after facing tribulations of losing his aunt, uncles, mom, and grandma life seemed empty, but it the music that kept him going and in his inner strength he wrote about how he felt about the loss of his loved ones. In this book Joe writes about his love of country music, and how he now feels about people he knows who passed on. He says we have to celebrate life, and let the music guide us. Music is universal and stirs all kinds of emotions for the listeners and the musicians. We must keep it going to give us peace for our soul and mind.
Cincinnati Author