“The woman or man who is a poet, or fiction writer, or playwright, or all of these, is engaged constantly in a jazz ballet of vocabularies, passions, genders, histories, perspectives, death, love, and life. The music of revelation announces itself to
I've always loved poetry. My mother entertained me as a young child by reading then to me. RLS was one of my favorites; I still love A Child's Garden of Verses. The beauty of words as demonstrated by such greats as Shelley, Keats, Wordsworth, Frost, and other luminary poets, continues to thrill me. I have no illusions about my own writing prowess, sophomoric as it is, but I do enjoy writing when the spirit moves me. I hope you enjoy my poems, and I'm sure they'll heighten your appreciation of your own talents.