Writing poetry has been a challenging and fulfilling journey. As I arrange my thoughts, observations and feelings in a concentrated way, a new form of expression emerges and my soul is fed. I began writing poems many years ago and a lifelong learning process began that continues today. I hope my perspective on life, living and dying will engage the reader and encourage speculation about what is illusion and what, if anything, is not. My external life has been that of wife, mother, grandmot...