(more) (Book) - 9/16/2025 8:22:12 AM
Hi David,
I recently discovered your poetry collection more and was struck by the raw honesty and depth that flows through your work. Your background — from Charleston to Long Island, then across the world to Okinawa before settling in Indiana — reads like poetry itself, and it’s easy to see how such a life feeds into your verse.
Your journey from journalism to poetry is inspiring. I admire how you’ve turned lived experience into art, echoing the energy of writers like Bukowski and Ginsberg while crafting a voice entirely your own.
I work with authors and poets to help amplify their reach — whether through online promotion, collaborations, or connecting with educators and book clubs who value authentic writing. If you’re ever interested in boosting visibility for more or your earlier work The Story So Far, I’d be glad to share some ideas or simply help spread the word.
Thank you for continuing to bring poetry to life for readers.
Warm regards,
Faithtoms Solution
faithtomssolution2009.gmail.com
I Never Wrote A Poem For My Mother (Poetry) - 11/18/2012 8:30:56 AM
Unpardon me but I relent it boldly;
For it is far ahead, if I can be sure of it,
And far it is, that my hallucination be valid,
And hallucination it is, as it should be,
And however, unlike itself, mysterious, unknown, and untested,
So it be foreseen in my tireless search.
I Never Wrote A Poem For My Mother (Poetry) - 1/15/2009 6:36:47 AM
David,
This poem brought me to tears. Its had deep emotion, hurt, anger. Your Mother should have protected you more from your Father, but she too was afraid. I wish she had had the courage back then to leave him, take all her children with her. So many stay because they think its their only option. I am glad that she NOW has peace in her heart, and can live her life as SHE wants, not in her hubands shadow, afraid to move, afraid she'll anger him. I know. I lived through it myself. God bless you Dan , for this honest and heartwrenching write. I'll put this in my library and start tracking you. I don't want to miss your writes.
Many blessings,
~Linda
I Never Wrote A Poem For My Mother (Poetry) - 1/15/2009 5:46:12 AM
David,
You finally wrote a poem for your mother and what a wonder tribute to her strength it is.
Mary
Anticipation (Poetry) - 7/5/2008 3:47:43 PM
WHAT You Anticipate Never Happens...
WHAT You Least Expect Always Does Happen...
TRASK
Anticipation (Poetry) - 7/5/2008 7:46:06 AM
Well done, David. I'd like to read the sequel to this poem.
I suppose the only way to answer the questions you pose is
to jump in feet first. -gene.
