Second Skin is the second of eight poems that were written over many years, starting in the depths of the most distressing period of my life and reaching – gradually, finally – new understanding. I didn’t plan the individual poems as a coherent collection and didn’t realize the story they told until I recently read through a number of older poems. Those poems felt like preludes to newer ones, revealing, in concert, what was really going on inside me. Though much occurred in my life before the first poem took shape, and though I am still very much alive, I call this collection: Lifecycle. At very least, it traverses the circular path of one of the most significant cycles in my life so far.
A new poem will be added for each of the next six weeks;
A previous poem in Lifecycle is: Half-Alive.
Charles, in this life, it takes time to find the real "you" but it appears from this fine writing that you are finding yourself. When we are young we don't know exactly what we are looking for, we make errors that is sometimes hard to correct. A very nice writing.
Dear readers, this is my third book of poems, and inside are a special collection of what have turned out to be not only MY personal favorites, but also the favorites of many of YOU. Some of these have never been available in print before...
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and none said any better than your fine poem's concluding stanza.
- Gene.