paperback edition of who knew? collected poetry 1968 to 2008. a collection of most of my first eight poetry books.

another book in the series. five out of six? six out of seven? can't recall now. but it is the expanding poetry that flooded from my brain on those hot dusty dakota plains so long agothis centers about the heady days of the protests of the war in vietnam, cambodia and here at home.i was there somewhat and when i did my copy store edition abbie hoffman died. that is the unifying theme and the reason for the title.has nothing to do with abbie hoffman except circumstance and hubris. much like the tempest in a tea cup regarding Obama and some reformed weatherman today. hopefully my connection is an exercise of intellectual curiosity and not veiled racism.

images and poetry from my experiences around the WTC site before and after september 11, 2001 realized in print september 2011. including some images i took after that day in september.

poetry about family, longing. the turn of a thigh. the long lost friend returning.

Paperback edition of my first novel after ten books of poetry. A tale of life suddenly cut into by disaster. A few minutes where multiple lives are lived or imagined. What happened besides the fire?

what happens when someone from your past finds you in the present. facebook meets my mind and what was and wasn't. what we dreamed what we became. a love story? a memoir? dreams of the past? thoughts and actions taken and/or deferred.

a chance to renew what happened long ago by post cards in the mail. a story told in increments by innocents now older. a story told over time. a story placed in time in abbreviated time as in the limited space of a post card. the twitter of our parents and their parents.