I am a Published Author.  Just recently, my second book of Poetry, "Tortured Light," was published.  I am working on my third book, "Crimson Whispers."  I have been writing since age 9.  Many influences are e.e. cummings, T.S. Eliot, John Lennon of the Beatles, and then all the greats like Sandburg, Whitman, Poe, Dickinson, to name a few.  I grew up an abused child so I hope that my poems help others to heal.