Poetry & Non-Fiction Books
I have authored a number of poetry books, as well as a textbook based on my professional work.
Poetry Books
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Fishmas is a humorous take-off on the Twelve Days of Christmas. Set by the seaside, the reader learns about cute beachy creatures as they count down to Christmas.
Updraft is a collection of poetry that spans several decades of my western-style poems. It has four sections: Nature's Marvels, Doctor and Patience, Pandemic, and Love and Lovers.
The Quilted Art and Poetry of Science is a collection of poetry illustrated by art quilts. This book is particularly exciting, as most of the poems and quilts will tour in 2025-26 as a solo exhibit with the Original Sewing and Quilt Expo through nine states in the U.S.and thus be seen by thousands of viewers!
I wrote a number of books of haiku and tanka in the 1990s. Most were written in collaboration with friends and colleagues in the Pacific Northwest and Japan. They are all illustrated.
As a psychiatrist, I treated civilians, law-enforcement professionals, military and veterans. This book is based on my experience evaluating and treating law-enforcement professionals.