I am pleased to announce the publication of a new collection of poetry, my second book of poems, in June 2017. The book is now available on www.amazon.com and the other online booksellers and on the publisher's website, www.createspace.com
The poems in this collection seek to find balance within the human condition between the two extremes of courage and cowardice, strength and weakness, virtue and vice, and above all light and darkness mentioned in the book's title. We experience the interplay of such forces every day of our lives, forces that we must come to terms with in order to better understand what it means to be human. "In this age of sound bites and selfies, it is a rare treat to have the spotlight shine down upon a collection of modern-day poems that explores with such depth and insight what it means to be human in today's world.
Excerpt
Finding Light in Darkness
FINDING LIGHT IN DARKNESS
We think of darkness as only darkness,
We seldom think of darkness as light.
At every hour of the universal day,
Darkness invades earth with a blanket of night.
The stars twinkle from afar seeming very small,
The light they give off amounts to little at all.
The moon rises and sets according to its seasons,
Giving off borrowed light for its own selfish reasons.
Let us stop complaining and give up the fight,
Without the darkness, there would be no night.
Professional Reviews
Unique Collection
"Fresh, spontaneous, human are some of the adjectives that come to mind when thinking of this collection of poetry."
Touching the Heart
In this new collection of poems, the poet touches the heart of the reader with emotion and insight into what it means to try to be human in an inhuman world."
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