This website features books of my poetry and also occasionally updated selections of poems I’ve written since 2014.
Five of the PDF poetry books available here may be downloaded and read for free.
Four poetry books are for sale and have links to sample copies of the book that may be downloaded and read for free. The complete PDF editions may be purchased by emailing or texting me or by using the yellow PayPal Buy Now buttons you will see below the book’s cover image and title on this page and others showing sets of books and also on the book’s detail page.
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history
I began creating and publishing books of my poetry at the beginning of 2012 when I decided to design and publish a short book of poems dedicated to my sister Sue who had died at the end of August in 2007.
I published three books of poetry in 2012, four in 2013, two in 2014, and one in 2015. In 2025 I hope to start creating and adding new books of poetry to the collection here.
The original and expanded book of poems I created in memory of my sister Sue, the book of poems I created for my daughter Ann who died in 2010, and two other short books of poems, are available to download for free. Look for “free PDF” after the title on this page and on the books page, or go to the free books page. read less
Below are my first three books of poetry.
navigation
To make this website easier to use, the poetry banner link at the top of each page and the green “writing poetry” link at the bottom of each page will always take you one level up, e.g. from the books page back to home or from a specific book’s detail page back to the main books page or from a specific poem back to its gallery. The two top level pages, home and about, link to each other.
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Books – clicking or tapping a book’s cover image will take you to the book’s detail page. When you’re on a book detail page, clicking or tapping on the smaller image of the book’s cover will take you to a page with a larger, full resolution image of the cover. You will also see links to View / Download PDF for free book PDFs or to View / Download Sample PDF for PDF books you can buy. The sample PDFs all show the book’s table of contents and several complete poems as well as a link to buy the book.
Poems – individual poems will be organized as lists on “gallery” pages. Clicking or tapping on a poem’s name will take you to that poem’s page and clicking or tapping on the poem will take you back to its gallery.
As an amusement, at the bottom of the page you’ll see a link to the image I'm using as my background. The image is stretchable when displayed in big screen “windows” that can be resized, and zoomable on touch screen tablets and phones. The image familiar faces is from a study using a small number of lines and four colors. Click or tap Home in the bottom left corner to return to the home screen. read less
