Take Flight

The author was born on 9/11/1948 and raised in Minnesota. He resides with his wife of more than forty years in its capital of Saint Paul, Minnesota. So the pictures and tone carry a Midwestern sensibility and leaning. He has been writing poetry since he was a freshman in high school, when he had to write one as a class assignment. He has been a top-ranked poet on the FanStory site since 2011. In 2015, he judged the poetry for the VOICE of KANSAS, a poetry contest. He worked over forty years as a purchasing manager for a large defense contractor but is now retired. He also lived in Colorado Springs from 1985 until 1991, and in Saint James, Long Island, New York, from 1991 until 1996.