About the Book
DESTINY
Our lives are shaped
by who we love... (how it goes,
or doesn't) if in the dark
no one's voice is near because of
this and only: Sand, wind, time, waves. Between the corridors of Los Angeles and Denver - the crush
of night, the stark of day - love and loss are as present as the
deserts, mountains, valleys, and canyons we veer through...
rivers or trails crossed...people and places missed or touched. Deciding who to love, or even
how - is not an option. Either one
does, or one doesn't. Even the best of choices can fail, the best
of plans can go awry. This is the story of our lives. To know the
difference between death and morning is the secret of life. There
is only the doing or the not doing. One must be led by the heart,
the mind, the spirit. And one's God. Without these, surely we will
break.
About the Author: Born in Baltimore, raised in York County, Pennsylvania, Rick served in the USAF with tours in Greece, Turkey, and Germany. Rick was educated at Univ. of Md. Extension while in Europe, and in the U.S. at Santa Monica College and California State University, Northridge. Rick has lived in Los Angeles and Denver; currently in Wichita, Kansas. This is his second poetry collection in a series of three. (The other two books of poetry are: "You, My Love a diary in verse, and Death And Morning.") He has also authored three screenplays, two large stage plays (a musical-bio on the life and times of Stephen C. Foster, and a Biblical epic on the Saul-David-Jonathan story), plus several songs. Rick remains alone, and unmarried. "You, My Love" was a winning finalist in the poetry category of the National Indie Excellence Awards, 2010 honoring small presses and self-published authors."
