Unlocking the Cellar Dreams of a Poet

About the Book

I hope the poems in this book bring smile, a thought, or an understanding about life in more ways than one. My third book will be a novel and is already in the making and, hopefully, will be out sometime in 2018. The title is complete but will not be revealed until a later time. If you like reading trilogies, I truly hope you enjoy reading this book of poems. My wife, Orelia (Cookie), is, and will always be, my inspiration. And I know that she will be forever grateful for many of the poems included in this book. I also hope you will enjoy reading this book of poems.

About the Author

Author of Trinity: Finding of the Singer, the Deacon, and the Good Samaritan, published July 2016. I am a retired police officer by profession. I was born in Harlingen, Texas, and our family migrated to West Texas in the early 1960s. As a preteen, we worked in the cotton fields and hoeing during the summers. In the fall, we were seen picking cotton in order to help our parents put food on the table. Back when one could earn twenty-five or thirty cents an hour and working ten hours a day in the hot summer sun was no fun, but it was necessary in order to survive. We were six brothers and one sister. Three of our baby sisters died very early in their lives. We all graduated from the New Deal ISD, which is in Lubbock County, Texas. My oldest brother actually left high school as a senior and graduated from the US Marine Corps and headed for Vietnam in 1968. I attended Texas Tech University but dropped out in order to marry my high school sweetheart. I still love her with all my heart.