The Heart of Milton: Poetic Prayer, Love, Inspiration

Milton Joseph Batson turns to poetry to more fully understand God's Word and its possibilities for humankind. His poems and reflections chronicle his life story, describing inner thoughts about faith, human emotion, and the indescribable fulfilling joy of experiencing God's miraculous love.

The author's expressive words are grouped in sections that cover God's beauty and bounty; God's promises; God's gifts; God's wisdom, guidance, lessons learned; gratitude; and questions, searching and answers. Dates on each poem help chronicle Milton's experiences, and increasing comprehension, which work hand-in-hand as someone grows in faith and spiritual exploration. He included sketches above a few of his poems, intended as pictorial puzzles paraphrasing portions of the poem.

Milton's heartwarming poems chronicle his journey as he works to share God's truths, his struggles along the way, and adventures with indescribable joy. His elegant words provide a truly enjoyable read for those who seek God's wisdom and appreciate poetry's ability to translate human feelings and emotions. But above all, Milton wants to help others experience God's grace filled love and enlightenment in their own lives: "My most ardent hope is that as I travel down life's numerous pathways, the positive lessons experienced and chronicled might provide some illumination in an otherwise darkening world."

Milton Joseph Batson

Milton Joseph Batson began writing poetry and stories at an early age. This is his second book of poetry. Growing up, he split his time between the small island community of Eastport, Maine, and its Huckleberry Finntype activities and his grandparents' home on Campobello Island, Canada. Milton served in the U.S. Air Force's space and missile program for twenty years, after earning a degree in applied science/industrial engineering from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He spent time bringing intercontinental ballistic missile silos to launch ready status in North Dakota and served at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California in operational testing, and preparing intercontinental ballistic missiles for test launches.

After his U.S. Air Force career Milton worked twenty one years as a disabled veterans' outreach representative for the state of California, helping thousand of veterans transition back to civilian life, find jobs, and obtain other needed assistance through the federal Department of Veteran Affairs. He and his wife, Pamela, live on the central coast of California, a stones through from the Pacific Ocean. They have seven children and twenty-two grandchildren.