when it comes down to it, we need only be true to ourselves ...
Reviewed by Jane Rodway (Reader)
Reviewed on May 15, 2006
I can relate to this, no one ever wanted me, the fat kid, either, but I learned really quick that it is better to be disliked for who you are than to be liked for who you are not, and it is much better to be a leader than a follower. This is a deep poem that so many could relate to in different ways, and that is a gift to someone else out there struggling with sexual orientation, being overweight, racism, etc. and who reads this and knows they are not alone. I think you are better than the real Dorian, after all, he was a fake, and this writing is real, more like Oscar.
poignant read. 'Until now, once again,
I find I am not wanted in the game. ' sad to say, gay, straight or spotted leopard, i think this is pretty much the way of life as we become older.
Reviewed by Gordon Rosenberg (Reader)
Reviewed on May 14, 2006
emotional write...be aware of your thoughts...they become your life
From the author of Jupiter Remembered and Until It’s Time: Embracing Life In Our Later Years comes Petals of Love: Poetry of a Woman’s Soul – a heartfelt collection spanning more than thirty-five years. Through tender reflections, these poems offer g
“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
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I find I am not wanted in the game. ' sad to say, gay, straight or spotted leopard, i think this is pretty much the way of life as we become older.