Talking Points: A Collection of Poetry

The poetry of “Talking Points” is an edited version of the hundreds of “poetic essays” I’ve written in my adult lifetime. As would be expected, I’ve lived through several different “lens periods” in my life. From the political to the spiritual. From the romantic, to the downright delusional.

Each poem represents “where my mind was” at that given time in my history. For example, the poem “Johannesburg Blues” was written about the strife in South Africa, before Nelson Mandela would emerge. The...