New Poems & Selected Song Lyrics (1978 - 2019)

This is a collection of 48 of my most recent poems and a selection of 101 of my song lyrics which were written over a forty-one year period, from 1978 to 2019. It includes links to 51 songs that were created using my words as well of 50 lyrics that are still searching for music. Some of the topics I explore in this book include:, Environmental concern, Spirituality, the Overton Window, Rimbaud, Heather Heyer, a better world, Aretha Franklin (the Queen of Soul), gun control, Capitalism, ecology, butterflies, regret, writing, Hart Crane, Bernie Sanders, innocence, Mohamed Bouazizi (Tunisia), consciousness, Christmas, Kingman, AZ, Sarah Baartman (Hottentot Venus), and heroes. Poem example: The Blood Of FliesI chase my dreamuntil, at last, it diesthen write my poemswith the blood of flies. Song lyric example: I Don't Even Dare To Whisper Your Name Link to the recording: https: //drooble.com/song/1857938I don't even dare to whisper your name. There I was standin' in the ashes of passionthose ashes of passion were all that I hadI knew you were going, I felt it coming, I knew that our love was gonna go badBut what can I do if you don't feel the fire?Not even an ember to carry the flame. What can I do with the death of desirewhen I don't even dare to whisper your name?I stand on the edge of the end of foreverI watch my dreams fall down into dustthe tears in my eyes flow down to the sewerthe machine of my life is now frozen by rustWhat can I do if you don't feel the fire?Not even an ember to carry the flame. What can I do with the death of desirewhen I don't even dare to whisper your name?