1983

Published by Blue Mountain Arts 159 pages      
Illustrated

 "Warmed By Love" is a collection of Leonard Nimoy's poetry. Besides new poems it combines the books: "You and I", "Will I Think Of You", "We Are All Children...", "Come Be With Me" and "These Words Are For You".

It covers a lifetime which Leonard shares with the reader. The early years in California, the intensity, the love for acting - and the determination. The desire to be an actor. To give something, to be part of making this a better world.

Amongst others the book includes the beautiful poem Leonard often reads in the end of a convention:


Quote:

I am an incurable romantic
I believe in hope, dreams and decency

                     I believe in love,
                     Tenderness and kindness.

I believe in mankind.

                    I believe in goodness,
                    Mercy and charity
                    I believe in a universal spirit
                    I believe in casting bread
                   Upon the waters.

                         I am awed by the snow-capped mountains
                         By the vastness of oceans.

                              I am moved by a couple
                             Of any age – holding hands
                             As they walk through city streets.

                       A living creature in pain
                       Makes me shudder with sorrow
                       A seagull’s cry fills me
                       With a sense of mystery.

                             A river or stream
                             Can move me to tears
                             A lake nestling in a valley
                             Can bring me peace.

I wish for all mankind
The sweet simple joy
That we have found together.

I know that it will be.
And we shall celebrate
We shall taste the wine
And the fruit.

Celebrate the sunset and the sunrise
              the cold and the warmth
              the sounds and the silences
              the voices of the children.

Celebrate the dreams and hopes
Which have filled the souls of
All decent men and women.

              We shall lift our glasses and toast
              With tears of joy.