My first poetry book, VIGNETTES, sold out very quickly I have written many more poems and rediscovered other poems hidden away for a number of years. This book includes all my favorite poems and my new material, along with the stories of how the writing came about. I've also included some material written for a specific occasions of happy times and celebrations. -Poetic license-, which uses bits and pieces of ideas and thoughts while embroidering around the edges of truths, has been used some. I begin with my perceived truth then added, altered, imagined, and fabricated the remainder....