The Wanderlust Heart

The Wanderlust Heart pretty much sums up the theme of this book of my poetry. From the themes of young love in “Sweet Jenny” to more mature love in “A Classic Love,” “A Famous Woman,” or the Arny poems. The hope in fatherhood as played out in “One Hope”; the horror of war as in “A Mother’s Tears,” “An Irish Mother,” or “What Justice Cannot . . .”; or the theme of hell in “A Pale Horse,” “Seek Not Hell,” or “Our Perished Sons.” The seasons are represented. There are a number of other poems that keep to the basic wanderlust theme. My basic philosophy: What is, is. What isn’t, isn’t. The rest, ’tis and ’tisn’t.