'Quest for Eldorado' describes, in classical poetic form, a twenty-five year odyssey which seeks an understanding, indeed some realization, of the subject of manifestation - the transformation from spiritual desire to physical reality. It is a journey of self-discovery by way of great hardship and often intense suffering along a mostly indistinct, twisting path where the final destination is obscured even until some degree of clarity is ultimately received. The Quest proceeds through eighteen poems, written over eighteen years, each connected by a similar metric-rhyming pattern so as to...

'Ode to Friendship' is a trilogy. That is to say it is comprised of three books herein united under one (common) title. Each book has been separately published as a single volume but now would appear that moment in time when three shall become one - a trinity as it were. A very singular experience in the poet's own life is the hidden, albeit dramatic, essence upon which this trilogy is based. It is through a completely selfless act of personal courage, by a treasured friend, when all hope seemed lost, that many of the words included find their inspiration. Even if not obvious to the reader, a...