Unexpected Light
Subtitle: Selected Poems and Love Poems 1998-2008
Publisher: Diminuendo Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Saginaw, Texas
Number of pages: 143
Copyright date: 2009
Work titles: Poetry
First sentence: I want to tell the truth,
I want to tell it straight;
I want to peel your skull off
and put in a glass plate.
Description: Selected poems from the last decade, in which he has published over 500 pieces.  The selections were arrived at through consultation with his editor and wife, Kathleen Chaffin, also the subject of twenty love poems that conclude the book.  Style: Logopoetic, which means accessible to the common reader, not abstruse or obscurantist.  They aim for the heart.