Spoken Tokens: A Short Book of Vocal Verse

Poetry has a different ring when you speak it aloud. These poems have rhythm, cadence, and rhyme to make the reading of them aloud very satisfying. Different voice intonations help to express the subject: “Puff’s Land,” the perfection of color when the magnificent island of Kauai is disappearing from view; “Paper Maps?,” remembering how we used to travel; “Discipline,” the absence of it when computer games has the OCD going; “Waiting for a Train,” in the sparkling, old Los Angeles station; ...