This book is the result of roughly five years of writing poetry and reading it out in the Mid-Hudson Valley's poetry scene. This is my sharing with you my most cherished, personal, playful and deep imaginings. Now I get to put them together into a format that makes a greater whole. I hope you enjoy and are moved and challenged. The groups of poems-most of them anyway-are called Flows. This is because each chapter is a separate entity, a movement through various realms of material, with each having a beginning, a journey, and a conclusion. I see this collection as something to be read slowly and chewed on. Poetry is a chance to speak in a deep and concentrated way. It seems to create the opportunity for poets to delve deeply into themselves or, alternatively, to disappear and allow the events and surroundings to penetrate them. It is also an opportunity for wonder and laughter. Cousins. And then we get to report. After many hours of delving and diving-I am pleased to pass this report on. Now you get to see where it takes you. Happy Travels!