Cuttings: Vol. 1 – Paperback

Cuttings are taken from a living plant to reproduce the parent. A cutting preserves desirable traits of the parent ensuring that the sprout also thrives in the same environment. And eventually, cuttings can provide cuttings of their own, propagating their lineage through time.

The poems in this volume were “cut” from the five volumes of poetry that I have published: Southern Smile, Lasting Days, Mountain Bound, Grasshoppers, and The Basin. Out of five hundred poems I have written, sixty-nine are published/re-published here along with nine new poems.

Because of the financial realities of publishing a paper book I have tried here to limit the number of pages (why there may be future volumes instead of just this one).

“The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader.” – Robert Frost