Finally after years of writing and formatting poems, by the grace of God my first book is complete! Well if my thesis in College counts then this would be my second. Overall this book is 17 years in the making. I have been asked throughout the years when I would complete this book and now it's finally here. For years I knew the title would include the words "Verbal Abstractions" and for the last few years I converted the poems from my journals to Microsoft word. Over the last two years I developed the chapters, selected the poems for the book and had someone unfamiliar with the project edit the book - Thanks Rochelle for your suggestions and critiques!
The cover design came from a former co-worker and friend who nailed the design from my vision on the first try. Thanks to the talented Kevin Neireiter whose work you can see on
www.jazzlandscapes.com. I also have to thank my "Love" as it's described in the book, my wife, family and friends who helped to keep me focused to not forget about my poetry and support my efforts of Verbal Abstractions.
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