The poems herein were created from my experiences in life, dreams, automatic writing, divine inspiration, and about and to several friends. For instance "Raw Gypsy Blues "came from when I lost three relatives and a fiancée' over a period of four months and I couldn't handle any more death and there were many more in a period of six years. I had relatives possessing animosity toward me because I could not attend all the funerals. Mourning really is a private thing, I handled in my own spiritual way. But on the other hand, many of them are about the love I have for certain ladies and friends, some I have never met, some I hope to meet. They all know which ones are theirs and theirs alone. For all the teachers I sought out and the ones who found me to help me keep what little sanity I have, and to teach me to see the Light that I so procrastinate in seeing. "Ode to Divine Inspiration" and "Tears of a Gypsy" is about my incarnation of this lifetime." Tears of a Gypsy" is also the title of my autobiography I have yet to complete for publication. Yes, I do know that many are obscure in content but c'est la vie, and I hope that this does not distract the reader from enjoying or even criticizing of which I handle very well.

Cover design and with many thanks and love by Penelope Nash