Figments

There is a well of sorrow here-in existential probings bya host of alter egos through unexplored terrain impossiblecrossings breakdowns and absurdity. Each figment is astep along a trail hitherto shrouded in mist and each stepbrightens our way until illumination action and place areone transcending the limitations of reason.Praise for Figments-Richard Miles poet and author of Boat of Two Shores<p><p>Gerald George won the Donn Goodwin prize for poetry was chosen poet laureate for the Maine Senior College Network and has published poetry widely. His work has appeared in a book Imitations of Indonesia and Other Poems (Chestnut Hills Press 1997); in many periodicals such as Potomac Review Spoon River Poetry Review and Visions International; and in anthologies such as A Rump-Sprung Chair and a One Eyed Cat Poems by Down East Maine's Salt Coat Sages (Black Dog Press 2008) Red Moon Anthology of English Language Haiku (Red Moon Press 2002) and Take Heart Poems from Maine (Down East 2013). His verse play Bailey's Mistake was performed in Portland's 2008 Maine One-Act Play Festival and two of his other plays were performed on WERU radio. He and his wife Carol live in East Machias Maine.