Talking Points e-bog

The poetry of "e;Talking Points"e; is an edited version of the hundreds of "e;poetic essays"e; I've written in my adult lifetime. As would be expected, I've lived through several different "e;lens periods"e; in my life. From the political to the spiritual. From the romantic, to the downright delusional.Each poem represents "e;where my mind was"e; at that given time in my history. For example, the poem "e;Johannesburg Blues"e; was written about the strife in South Africa, before Nelson Mandela would emerge. The poem, "e;The Spirit Horse,"e; was written to honor my late Cherokee grandfather. During the seventies, when I was in my twenties, I read a survey from Random House Publishing, about the reading habits of different groups of Americans. When it came to poetry, the survey read, "e;College educated females, forty-five and over"e; were the largest reading group. I thought to myself, "e;Oh God, that's the end of my career!"e;