Unwinding Road

<p>There are many ways to tell a story. Photographs capture a moment in time a memory made with the subtle twist of a lens. Music unfolds a feeling a memory created with a subtle chord struck just so. Poetry creates an image a memory awakened with a play on words that can mean almost anything.</p><p><br></p><p>The poems in Unwinding Road aim to tell a story. It is my story. It is about growing up and growing old. It draws on childhood memories relationships and a whole lot of learning over the years. In fact it could be anyone's story.</p><p><br></p><p>Unlike an epic poem that has its share of heroes and countless adventures my story is told in three very familiar parts: the start (somewhere) the middle (maybe) and the end (but not quite). Life lived over time imagined and reimagined as events mapped out on a road that winds back. Not as a linear set of events but divergent moments called to mind for their intransient meaning and value.</p><p><br></p><p>We learn from stories. And we all have our share of stories. Unwinding Road is meant to open the reader's imagination as the poems within its pages bring a story to life.</p>