Poetry is doing things with language that exceed the scope of routine communication – it’s rather like painting with words. I occasionally engage in the process, and a handful of my efforts have appeared in poetry journals. But, I’m a rank amateur; at best, I’ll string together several words in a fashion that isn’t dreadful. Perhaps in my role as a public relations professional I’m slightly more effective at communicating a message. In any case, the nine works briefly discussed below (in ...