An Hour in the Shade

I’Ve Written Stories Novellas Novels And Plays For Decades. Only Recently Have I Tried My Hand At Poetry. As An On And Off Reader Of That Art I Always Turned To The Greatest Lyric Poets Shakespeare Keats And Yeats For Inspiration And Found Myself Perplexed By Modern Poets Of Free Verse Not Able To Grasp Their Music Or Deeper Meaning Except From A Rare Few. My One Hundred Poems Here Are An Attempt To Express My Experience And Impressions From Life And To Do So Musically. Although My Talents Are Very Modest I Think If You Read Through This Collection You’Ll Find Some Rewarding Poetry And Perhaps A Few Distant Echoes I Listened For With Great Reverence.