Poet's
Statement
Poetry
has the
capacity
to turn
the mundane and everyday into
the magical and extraordinary. It has always been arcane and
cabalistic in what it communicates and how. The poetry you
will read in these pages is the common and pedestrian transformed and
elevated into art.
The subjects include my impression of cityscapes ranging from Scotts
Bluffs, Nebraska to Hong Kong, China and points in between.
It is
also very much a poetry of people, time and place, of summer afternoons
on the front porch steps or a day at the beach. It is the poetry
of winter mornings and autumn evenings. It is the stuff
that every life is made of.
Someone
told me
once that even the most ordinary life is extraordinary to the
person who lives
it. These poems represent my very ordinary life,
that at times seems to me to be so extraordinary. It is a
portrait of the interplay of inner and outer forces, of the spirit and
body. It is a
blending of light and shadow that communicates a
meaning greater than its constituent parts. Its meaning reaches
beyond the sentences, phrases
and
words, just as the world is much more than atoms and molecules.
It is a life passed through the prism of poetry. It
is a moment in time, captured, stylized and crafted.
I
am pleased that you have stopped by to read my work. It
is my great hope that if you have enjoy what you have read here, that
you will link to this site
or share this
link
with a friend. I would
very
much enjoy reading your thoughts and comments, so feel
free to email me.
Thank you.