The Old Mill Creek: The Park Collection

Each poem within this collection whether historically based fictional or fantasy has some connection with or to my fathers sacred ground the Old Mill Creek; founded in 1861 the 2500-acre nature preserve is Ohios first district park. Your reading journey includes Star-crossed Lovers Nevermore a poem inspired by Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet. Two poems connected with the family Home Cemetery where generations of my fathers family and relatives rest is nestled within the park. The final three poems are a trilogy part fiction with small surgical incisions of real events that follow a familys journey through Magic in the Trees The Dragons Lair and The Miracle of the Polished Stone. The trilogy presents a dynamic illustration of the dichotomy of human consciousness; the Yin and Yang of the circle of reality and fantasy tragedy and joy and despair and redemption.