A New Book

I've put a new collection of poems together. This is some recent work and a few droppings I've been playing with over the past few years. I've spent recent days attempting to polish this and make it work. Here is a sample:


















When a Man Grows Old

When a man grows old and his
energy ebbs he turns to writing poetry
When a man grows old women look
beautiful but what can he do
When a man grows old he resents the
machinations of politicians and kids
When a man grows old and his teeth
turn yellow he scorns his friends
When a man grows old his poetry leaves
him empty until he drinks a beer
When a man grows old night becomes
stranger than the days of his past
When a man grows old time flows
backward to a sense of what lasts

TS