The poems chosen for this book 1 have been singularly written over periods of weeks to months and some even longer. I have been writing poetry for leisure and for over thirty years. Some of my poems were written as early as 1978. I joyfully share them, given the poems selected for this book have special personal meaning. My poems recount tales of city life, of spiritual destinations, of human conflict. My poems come from personal experience and from stories told to me over my lifetime.