The Early Poems: 1978 to 1987

Almost all the poems in this book were written when I was between the ages of twenty-two and thirty-one. I was living in Columbus, Ohio; Oberlin, Ohio; and Los Angeles, California, chronologically. The topics of the poems vary greatly, including an interest in women, a love for nature, an interest in the supernatural, a search for the meaning in life, and an understanding of God. I hope that you enjoy reading these poems as much as I did in researching the past poetry of mine, compiling the...