Adrift in Seas of Strangeness

About the Book

My poems have helped me see things for years now. Looking back on poems written, I discover I see things anew, not only the remembered incidents (when that happens) but also the vision created in my mind by the poem itself. These poems, collected from parts of my life run past now, are glimpses that offer glimpses of what is seen and what that seeing seems to mean. I find the poems best swerve me in becoming the creators of insight and perspective. These have been giving that gift for me.

About the Author

I am a retired minister from the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) living in the hills of the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia. During the course of my ministry, noticing that some of my work came with a special sort of cadence, I began writing poetry on purpose; that was in the early 1980s. The process and product of writing poetry has been useful and satisfying to me. In April 2004, I began a few years of fruitful attendance on the online poetry workshop Desert Moon Review. I learned a great deal about poetry in that attendance - its reading as well as writing. I now live in retirement with my wife of forty eight years, two dogs, several cats and a pair of Peking Ducks.