I have labored for many years to find my voice. This collection of poems chronicles my search within the realm of poetic voice. Have I found it yet? I do not know, this may just be what I've searched for, but it might not be. The search continues.

Poetry is no doubt an attempted distillation of a moment in time, an interlude. In as much as we are all present in the cosmos right now, cosmic pretty much sums up the location of the present moment in time. This collection of some 50 odd moments, distilled into anthology form, is offered up in the hopes that the whimsy contained will remind you of one or more of your own cosmic interludes.

Maya Angelou’s unforgettable collection of poetry lends its name to the documentary film about her life, And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS’s American Masters.Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s sizeBut when I start to tell them,They think I’m telling lies.I say,It’s in the reach of my arms,The span of my hips,The stride of my step,The curl o...

This book is filled with many types of poems that I have written about different events, emotions and much that helped to influence, shape and inspire with only the help from God Himself. My goal is to share these words of inspiration with others in hope to reach people who may have been through struggle with their faith or have had a hard break up or even a simple dream of ones true love. Many things in life happen everyday in our lives and most of time we just seem to ignore them or pass...

Love is like a dragon in the room; it can lay there sleeping for what seems like a hundred years then suddenly wake and terrify or seduce. It is powerful and swift, slow and cumbersome. A dragon destroys or protects, just like love.In her collection of poetry, The Dragon in the Room, author J. K. E. Rose chronicles her thoughts about love. People fear its power. They creep around, not wanting to rouse itbut are even more scared of leaving it behind. People want love but are afraid ...

To all my friends and readers who admire poetry.I have compiled 35 poems to warm your heart on a chilly day or soothe you in a moment of stress. For me, poetry is a healing experience. When one writes a poem there is a healing takes place within, and I do believe that when one reads a poem the same thing happens.Here, I have attempted to paint pictures and write music that might flow on the pages and swoop you away to some unknown place of peace and beauty. Poetry fulfills a shrunke...

This book is a blend of romance, intrigue, suspense, action, and humor and childhood memories seen from the minds eye of an old soul. The author hopes each person who reads this book will laugh, cry, and be happy and angry along with the author as he takes you on a trip using his mind and your imagination. So sit back read and enjoy

I HOPE WHEN YOU READ THIS BOOK OF POETRY, POEMS OF THE HEART, ABOUT THE HEART AND FROM THE HEART YOU WILL GET TO KNOW YOURSELF JUST A LITTLE BETTER BECAUSE I HAVE ALLOWED YOU TO SEE SOME OF THE ESSENCE OF ME.

Illness clasps its deadly hands around your loved one.You’ve always heard stories of the magical coxlilia. It heals all.Desperate but determined, you journey into the forest in a trial of hope and self-discovery.A whimsical fairytale. Coxlilia brims with heart in a youthful adventure. In a world with holes to magical worlds, how can miracles not be possible?

Visits in verse to places mountainous and macabre, humorous and frightening, light and dark, epic and ephemeral.

Starting in 2017, I made a promise to write an original poem, put it on a postcard with a photograph or illustration, and mail them every month with the purpose to patrons. The purpose was to challenge myself, to entertain the reader, to lighten the load of bills pulled from the mailbox, and maybe inspire others. This collection gathers the first five years of that interactive journey between poem and audience. An eclectic slice-of-life, each poem offers a glimpse of living in perpetual cr...