Through My Windows

Poetry for people who don't like to read poetry "Through My Windows" is a title with a double meaning. It is about seeing from different perspectives --- from inside looking out and outside looking in. This book was about was created using the Windows Operating System, hence the double meaning of the title. The writer creates poems that often have double meanings --- profoundly simple, and at other times difficult and challenging. Here is poetry about the simplest things in life ---- observations while riding his bicycle, the death of a neighbor, rejected love, the cooling of passions, the mowing of the grass, an old man walking his old dog, and friends building their house. Here is poetry that is fun to read and funny and sometimes surprising. The writer uses the mock seriousness of the 17th century metaphysical poets to create surprising conclusions that are very modern and timely. He compresses some big ideas into little poems. He makes us look at the smallest things, such as the "fuzzy caterpillar humping in front of me." He tackles some big social issues, such as the sweat shops in the third world countries. Here is poetry for all kinds of readers with all kinds of tastes. Poetry that is pithy, subtle, and compassionate and complex.