This collection of 156 poems embodies a lifetime of lyrical poetry from a retired journalist and Vietnam Navy Veteran with a keen ear for metrical lines and artistic eye for vivid and memorable images. From a deep Irish Eire]-American background, small river-town Ohio upbringing, and life on the Ohio River in KY, Griffin has the Irish gifts of verse, courage, story-telling, Irish Catholic roots, a sense of humor and wit, and a fine reverence for the work of another Irish William, William Butler Yeats, whose influence is seen in many poems here. Griffin has the ageless American-boy traits of...

Here are twenty four short "new folk tales," with folk tale characters like hags, crones, fae, women alone or misunderstood or unhappy, a dreaming girl, and women seeking inspiration. In each short tale the character either finds a new way to see her world and life, or cannot. Each story suggests a situation and how it might change through thinking in a way that celebrates "woman" and does not see her as a lesser human, subject to traditional lives or prejudices. A charming collection of imaginative stories, bound to make you reach for your true self in spite of what the world says for you....

Twelve short, short stories that lead the reader down twists and turns until a surprise ending appears. These stories reveal modern society in glimpses of the lives of a surreal celestial event in south Florida, a fashion-obsessed teen, a lonely teacher, a bedroom full of history, a startling scene at a closed motel, a bored church-goer, a misunderstood son, a secretive daughter, an abandoned house, a widow's decision, a wealthy man's loss, and a campaign worker's revelation.