Epistola

And you invite me into your garden
Where the roses are in full bloom

... intermingled with psychological and spiritual essays regarding separation, war, death, and disillusionment.

My inamorata withdrew to her desuetude
Upon the cloaked harbinger's visitation
Now free from her feverish ravaged body
She is sheltered beneath seraphim wings
Soothed by the sweet angelic resonance

The poet provides additional congeries of verses commenting on topics from cities visited, native America, history ... to introspectives, personal experiences, and tributes to heroes, minstrels, and bards of times past ...