The Wanderlust Heart

About the Book

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.

About the Author

I am classically trained but, except for my poetry, have put none of it to practical use. My heroes are AE Houseman, Lord Byron, with a passing nod to Dora Sigerson Shorter. I have wandered the length of the United States, but my longings are always in the past and to the classic forms. I love the good, strong word patterns, rhythm, and rhymes of the classic poetry since abandoned in this modern day and age. My poetry is of a world long since gone, yet the modern themes are here: love, war, wanderlust, and myth.