Life Expressed in Poems and Short Stories

A great book that reflects a personal expression of life through poetry and short stories. The poems are not a series of love sonnets, although there are moments, but geared more toward images and opinions formed in living life here and abroad. I love history and desire it be told by those who lived it rather than those who wish it differently. The writings add small details to the lives of prominent figures, e.g., Bobby Kennedy, Muhammad Ali, and Linda Carter (Wonder Woman), where history has touched me. There are also wonderful personal stories of growing up in Kentucky.This is the author's second book that follows the fictional thriller The Russian, a book that develops the lives of CIA operative Sam Mountain and his nemesis Nikolai Baskov, an assassin working to influence world policy on behalf of the President of Russia.