Miceli, Chuck

I was a painfully shy child. At ten years old, a poetry writing assignment taught me how to express my feelings through paper and pen. Since that time poetry has remained a central part of my life, which has been rich and full. I have enjoyed creative writing, music, my volunteer work with children and a physically active lifestyle until the progression of Parkinson's. While the disease has limited my mobility, poetry has kept me engaged both intellectually and spiritually. Writing poetry connects me to life's joys as well as its challenges, to laughter as well as tears, to the wonders of natu...