'I have been writing poetry on and off for over forty years and this collection includes only a small portion of the poems I have written. Influences over the years have come from different sources, such as people, including my lovely, loyal and very patient wife, Zelma. Animals have also contributed in one way or another to what I write, as have music, nature and death, morbid as it sounds. Poetry allows me to bare a portion of my heart and soul to you, the reader, and my only hope is that you enjoy what you read and are touched by it in some way.' (Publication summary)
