Epistola

A lyrical expose' of a poet's investigation of a romantic's laments, a thinker's contemplations, a troubadour's tributes, a layman's quest for truth and reality, an observers commentaries on indigenous peoples, and wandering thoughts of an inquisitive and restless soul...

Epistola. A book containing three poetic narratives as a collection of letters encompassing the pleasures and struggles of love gained, love experienced, love lost, and the hope to love once more...

And you invite me into your garden

Where the roses are in full bloom

Where the petals are moist from the rain

And showers of passion come

With each encounter, with each touch

...intermingled with psychological and spiritual essays regarding separation, war, death, and disillusionment.

My inamorata withdrew to her desuetude

Upon the cloaked harbinger's visitation

Now free from her feverish ravaged body

She is sheltered beneath seraphim wings

Soothed by the sweet angelic resonance

My beloved sleeps amidst the roses

The poet provides additional congeries of verses commenting on topics from cities visited, native America, history ... to introspectives, personal experiences, and tributes to heroes, minstrels, and bards of times past ...

Oh poets of old...

Recite your verses and stanzas, chant your songs,

And write your poetry

Oh poets of old...

Cause children to dream, the elderly to reminisce,

And the young to have new fervor and zeal