Poetry featured on this page is written about my family. My blood relatives, as well as my in-laws. Your family is where you first learn about love and hate, care and concern, supporting each other through life's changing circumstances. Family are especially close through loss ~ loss of members or losses of other important people in your life. They are my blood source, my identity, where I belong. I would like to dedicate the poems on these pages to my family, especially those who are no longer with us: Claire, Arthur, Peter, Vincent, Ralph, Nancy, and Harry.