HARDCOVER DUST JACKET IN FULL COLOR - In this volume of poetry, titled PERCEPTIONS, besides my own poems, the following poems are contributions from talented poets I have come to know and appreciate on the www.allpoetry.com site:

‘Crazy Child’ © Grant G., ‘When Sirens Sing to Mermaids’ ©Lisa King, ‘Mermaid’ ©IndentityCrisis, ‘Perceptions’ ©Jawahar Gupta, ‘Lady Mermaid’ ©Kenny Reeves, ‘An Ocean Ballet’ ©Tom Dietz, ‘Chronicler’ ©Jane Austin AND ‘You Dance with Chandeliers and Paint Rooms with Gothic Rainbows’ ©Mike Mason.

The volume also includes collaborations with three poets I admire, who have supported me, and continue to inspire me with their excellent quills:

1) ‘Sugar Can Cure Everything’, ‘Pennies for Pearls’, ‘Unfinished Creation’, ‘Trip Typed’, ‘To Not Have Lost’, ‘A Stone to Bleed’, ‘In the Dark We Find Light’, ‘Promised More’ - ©Nicholas Courtney/ Kim van Breda.

2) ‘Perfect on the Surface’, ‘Love is the Bone’, ‘Strangling’, ‘Swearing at the Sky’, ‘Pull’ ‘Moon Suited’ - ©Malcolm Campbell/ Kim van Breda.

3) ‘Greedy Little Prodigies’ - ©Anthony M. Minutoli/ Kim van Breda.

The soul, whimpering, did not realize it was trapped in the vice of a spiritual wilderness, that strove only for light and love, yet instead became lost – relegated in myriad, kaleidoscopic - intriguing but often spurious PERCEPTIONS
~ Max Lewy ~ (a close friend and talented poet)

When we shift our perception, our experience changes ~ Lindsay Wagner ~