God Still Knows

"Claus' Rhymes opens our eyes to our humanness: the words stand simple yet run deep into our emotions, how we struggle in our hearts, in our homes, at school and at our work places, and how faith works a way out for us, for God Still Knows. It is a Poetry Collection worthy reading." Geoffrey Esilima, author of THE 7 WOMEN PLUS, THE LOST WORLDS, JOY & HAPPINESS (three poetry collections published on Amazon Kindle)"Claus Ranswill has written another great book entitled "God Still Knows" which is full of simple and brilliant rhymes and poems. It is an emotional roller coaster journey that takes the reader through a life of ups and downs about family, school, work, love and pain, that we all can relate to. This is his second book and he will have a long bright future as an accomplished poet and writer. I can't wait to see his upcoming works of art; I am sure they will also be great." Jack Tomlinson, author of "Behind the Mask" which can be found on amazon https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Mask-Jack-Tomlinson-ebook/dp/B0888WJ1FD INTRODUCTION / PREFACEOnce again before I begin, I have to thank my lord and savior Jesus Crist for saving me and giving me the strength to survive and for giving me the gift to write poems that saved my life. These poems tell stories of everyday situations. I have to thank my beautiful wife Debbie for standing by my side through thick and thin for the past 38 years dating and marriage. I want to thank all my children Aaron, Joshua, and Kirsten, my In Laws, my mom and dad all my extended brothers and sisters, Lance, Jason, Craig, Valerie and Gail. I would also like to thank my brother Steven and any extended family on my wife's side, there are way too many to thank individually. These poems are a continuation from my first book God Only Knows. This book contains around 60 or so poems from 2000 and around 20 or so from 2001-2008 that I wrote while going to college and written during different periods of work, life, stress, enjoying nature and love. It also contains around 15 or so brand-new ones that were written this year 2020 from suggestions and other inspirations from Facebook as I was promoting my first book God Only Knows and also attending church and a new poem that touches on the stupid virus we are all suffering the effects of today as I put this book together. This is a happier mixture of my poems and a more organized compilation unlike my last book in which I was overwhelmed and picked 100 out of a huge variety from the year 2000. Many of these poems were written due to assignments from college English classes, and suggestions by friends, relatives and Facebook friends. Some were reflections of past family memories, and observations from my work environments. Just like my first book, many of these poems were written during a tremendous amount of life stress including a foreclosure, repossession of our car, moving back in with my in-laws, and trying to focus on all the homework of college while receiving 3 AA's in 3 and a half years. If you liked my first book, God Only Knows, you will love this book. This is the second book with many more books on the way.I am currently working on a third book of poems, a haiku book, a children's book and a biography. I have a lot of words in my brain and I should be able to finish these real soon. Please keep an eye out on social media for any updates and new poems I may write before my next book comes out. I am also a life insurance agent in California and can give out free quotes over the phone. You can find me on social media on the following linksPersonal website: https://ranswill.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ranswillTwitter:https://twitter.com/ClausRanswillInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/cranswill/