I teethed on poetry. Since 1960, I've written over 200 poems - "word-sculptures" - that paved the way for my prose. Even after all these years as a prose author, I can still say that while prose is the skin and bones of authoring, poetry is it's heart and soul.
Footprints, Smiles and Little White Lies
Savant, 2008
36 pp.
ISBN 978-1438152353
Ten early collected poems from 1964 to 1973, including the award-winning "Hot Licks" and "Ministry of Peace."
The Illustrated Middle Earth
Savant, 2008
76 pp.
ISBN 978-1438262413
Twenty collected poems from 1968 to 1980 including the award-winning "Water Faucet Man" and multi-award-winning "Everyway."
My individual poems appear regularly in the yearly Savant Poetry Anthology series:
1. First Breath (2010)
2. Wavelengths (2011)
3. Fifty-Eight Stones (2012)*
4. Bellwether Messages (2013)*
5. Volutions (2014)
6. Running From the Pack (2015/16)
7. Shadow and Light (2017)
8. Kindred (2018)
9. Entwined (2019)
10. Aloha La'a Kea (2020)
11. Pua La'a Kea (2021)
12. Source (2022)
Also available individually and as a set from Amazon.com.
* I had the distinct pleasure of editing these two volumes.
Last and Final Harvest
Savant, 2008
72 pp.
ISBN 978-1438268415
Fourteen late collected poems from 1978 to present including the all-time author favorites "Aria to a Young Woman," "No Shoes Allowed," "Plain Jane," and "Incantation."