TOME OF THE UNKNOWN POET

Tome (tôm) n. Fr L tomos, 1 [Obs.]
any volume of a work of several
volumes 2 a book, esp., a large,
scholarly or ponderous one.
The Tome of the Unknown Poet
is a generous introduction of the
imaginative, witty, and contemporary
writing of the author. It has been in
the making for a period of more than
50 years. Its content has emerged
from several sources and directions
as varied as the subjects they portray.
Some have evolved from personal
experiences of the author, others from
the antics and sometimes frustrations
of others as viewed by the author.
There was no attempt during its
evolution at a methodical recording
and preservation of material but a
"willy-nilly" writing on whatever
was at hand (a limerick was rescued
from the cardboard center of a roll of
toilet tissue).
There are, by and large, echoes and
refl ections throughout this writing of
incidents and events that, at sometime,
took place in the life of the author.
Although there has been an attempt
to categorize and catalog the material
to some degree, it still is, overall, a
literary "slice of life".