California Prayer & Other Poems 2010-2016

The Road Trip Is The Prayer. California Prayer Conveys The Beauty Of A False Paradise One We Acknowledge Is Imperfect But A Finer Place Than The One We Accept. Though Applied Here In A Secular Frame A Prayer Is Always Honest. Pursuing True Love Deliverance From Addiction And The Crossroads Of Identity And Place Perch On The Fingertips And Tongue Of The Poems Within. Like A Road Trip A Prayer Is Not Conceived By A Preacher Or A Church - It Is Something Personal And Comforting...And While Harmless Is Ultimately Futile. But Same As A Journey With A Destination But No Map Something Is Learned Something Is Answered With No Conceivable Source. The Road Trip Is The Prayer. The Poems In Other Poems 2010-2016 Represent Various Styles And Experiments In Both Experiencing And Studying The Importance Of Family History Identity Abstract And Surreal Memory And The Timelessness Of Travel. They Wind Through A Pivotal Period Of The Author'S Life Attempting To Reveal His Authenticity As Poet And Human-Being And How They Intersect.