内容简介：
I started writing poetry back in the late 1990s. I found I needed a constructive outlet to deal with events out of my control that still affected my life. Thus, a poet was born. I begin jotting down thoughts and would later come back and reread the thought and carry forward with a poem. It seemed to be so easy to write about bad things in life. Although I have not personally experienced every subject I have written about, I have found that I have empathy towards others who have. That is why so many of my poems are written in first person. There are many subjects I have touched on, some being based on fact and others just fantasy. Many have said they could relate to what I had written. I tend to write more about the dark side of life. Fluffy cotton candy has never been my thing. The dark side of life can be depressing and it seems that life these days is depressing. We all have our ups and downs. Itas easier for me to tap into the adowna side. My family and my friends have been some of the best critics I could ask for. I prefer rhyming poetry to other styles. I like to achieve an easy flow of the rhymes. Do da do da do da. Most of my poems consist of twenty lines or less. I try to get my point across with the least amount of words. Often less is best. The following is an array of poetry that I have written from my own personal viewpoint of life. The poems are not intended to depress anyone but to make others aware of what some people feel inside every day. It is my hope that the reader will be more empathic towards his fellow man. I also hope the reader will recognize fact from fiction and enjoy some of the darker poems. I have tried to include several different subjects of poetry forthose who tell me to alighten up.a