Head Trauma

<I>Head Trauma: Sonnets and Other Poems</I> is Emmy-winning writer and producer Gary David Johnson's first book of poetry. Though he has published short stories in the horror-fantasy genre poetry remains his passion. Until recently however creating the perfect poem seemed to be just out of his grasp.</p>In 2005 Johnson realized that his poetic compositions were far from his former idealistic definition of the perfect poem. He wasn't even attempting to write a perfect poem; he was expounding philosophizing meditating and reminiscing but he wasn't writing what he had long ago defined as poetry. Poetry requires discipline and one of the definitions of discipline-in Johnson's dictionary anyway-is the sonnet. With determination renewed he set out to write one. After rewriting polishing and rewriting again Johnson felt that he had at last found his true poetic voice.</p>Johnson's poetry is immortalized in <I>Head Trauma</I>. His hope for you is that you enjoy it and maybe find the inspiration to discover your own perfect poem somewhere along the way.