How to Cook a Turkey: And Other Poems (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781539484356)

Born at an early age to people who hardly knew me, I knew life would not be easy. The arts were attractive in my youth. However, my inability to stay within the lines when I used a coloring book and my shortcoming in drawing a straight line sent me in the direction of writing, photography and abstract art. In the fifth grade, I broke new ground in the field of poetry with my heralded work, Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys. The poem, published in the school newspaper, may have been the first such work by a fifth grader in the seminal field of Revolutionary War heroes from Vermont. Experiencing success early, I knew I would continue to pursue writing. A children's book, We're All Nuts!, a story about a peanut who discovers, to his regret, that he was not a nut but a legume, received kudos from a psychology magazine, The Therapist. Learning to play the hand we're dealt is a theme I understood well as I attempted to illustrate the story myself. An action/adventure series about a Los Angeles investigator begins with Benny Goldfarb, Private "I", a kidnap tale set in Los Angeles and Colombia. Home Stretch, the second volume in the series, is a race horse swindle that brings the hero to Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. Hot Zone, the third volume (in progress) focuses on Chinese intentions toward the Panama Canal. How to Cook a Turkey and Other Poems is a compendium of poetry and photographic images which consider humorous and serious themes in human nature.