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I began to write poetry about one year ago. Having no formal training it has been a learning experience. My motivation was due to family tragedy. I started writing as a means of expressing my emotions. Much of my poetry is of a dark nature and somewhat depressing. For example the poem Survivor was inspired by a natural disaster I viewed on the evening news. Some of my poetry is based on real people places and occurrences. Over The Hill Is an actual tavern next door to my home. The characters are friends of mine. The poem Ponder describes a pond which is situated in Osbornedale a 350-acre state park that is located in Derby Ct. It was there at a picnic table that I wrote the poem entitled Welcome To Hell which I consider my masterpiece. The theme of my poem Priceless represents my childhood memories of a beautiful pine forest where I played as a child growing up in East Derby. This place no longer exists Im sad to say due to development of residential housing. Retro-respect is about my personal experiences at the original Woodstock Rock Festival in the summer of 1969. I really did attend it with my friend Bob. I ended up on the album cover as described in the poem. The poems Winners and Twenty Lines have sarcastic and cynical messages representing my frustrations with poetry website policies. That is my primary reason for for creating my own book of poetry. I sincerely hope the readers enjoy it. I am very pleased to take this opportunity to thank my eldest daughter Trisha for co-writing two of the poems in the book appropriately entitled Father and Our Prayer.