The Letter S is a collection of verse about loss and how we choose to cope--or not cope--with it: How do we respond when someone tries to make off with our personal and political freedoms? How do we react when someone is dying? How do we deal with the difficult people in our lives, especially when their mere presence cuts into our happiness? What Pyrrhic choices are we expected to make when confronted by loss?

HURRICANE WARNINGS is a collection of verse written over a thirty year period that explores some of the important fundamental questions we are all asked to confront: How do we respond when someone tries to make off with our personal and/or political freedom? How do we react to major life events such as birth, marriage, and death? How do we deal with the difficult people in our lives, especially when their mere presence cuts into our happiness? What tough choices are we expected to make when confronted by loss? The poems display a wide range, from the pure lyric to the dramatic monologue, from...

Milton is stressed. He's only got twelve minutes to download the story of humanity and the Habitat mission. What should he include? Does he dare omit anything? Armed with only a three thousand word vocabulary and rudimentary emotions, how can he, an android, possibly relate the depth of emotions he's witnessed over the thousands of years of traveling? His saga begins in the 22nd century when Earth is about to be destroyed. At the instigation of a mysterious alien species, a handful of scientists and moguls build Habitat to save fifty humans and preserve cultural achievements spanning...