Tales from the Disenchanted and Wisdom from the Haiku

My poems are oftentimes born from some great sadness. They usually speak of things that have been lost. They try to catch the soul and trap the memory - To tell the story...true...and-what-the cost. I rhyme because it helps me to remember. I rhyme so I must measure every word. I rhyme to help those lost things live forever. In rhyming, lilting, steeped-in-meaning verse. Words can prevail past flesh or thoughts or empires, And words can make souls live beyond the grave. So Man will ever know the