The Rosie Poems

The sources of The Rosie Poems vary from the influence of the Celtic romancers who produced the timeless love story and tragedy of Tristan and Isolde, to the love songs of the Scottish poet Robert Burns. They hopefully move, without a sense of sentimentality, to expressions of deep personal love, and sometimes, regret at the loss of it. There is social contemplation and elegy. They observe the intimacy and the influence of lovers on one another. These are poems that attempt to detail, with delicate coloring, the moods and longings of life, with no limits set to their range or appeal. The poems urge continuity. They uphold the belief that if there is one basic thing that makes us human-it is the search for love.