Welcome to my Writing Index Page at The Hub.  Below you will find a complete listing of all my work currently published at The Hub.  To read my poetry, please scroll down and click on the appropriate icon/link.  You can learn more about me, and explore some of the other sites I like to visit, by clicking on the "Links" option in the banner above.     Below you will find a complete listing of all my poetry.  Please click on the appropriate poem icon to visit any of my works.  All of these poems have been published in The Hub Library unless otherwise specified.  Please pay attention to the ratings and warning codes beneath each poem and do not read them unless you are sure the poem is appropriate for you.     The title (almost) says it all... -     It is never easy to be gay, but for some the cost is beyond calculation B R V     To love the truth is our true challenge -     Leaving may also provide opportunity for return -     A chance encounter may not meet expectations -     Selected haiku written by me for The Hub Haiku Project D V     Examining the nature of the relationship between fathers and sons D V     Trips down memory lane often lead into the garden -     The Poet Reflects -     Sometimes love is not sought, but found -     When words become debased, communication becomes hopeless -     Becoming a father is far easier to accomplish than being one V     A poem to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day -     An ongoing poem cycle about the rigors of  education. -     How do we measure success? -     The head and the heart may not see eye to eye... -     The true story of Jack... -     Lovers do not always inhabit a world of their own -     The admonition to 'keep it in your pants' is not so easy to obey -

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