I have written poems on napkins at restaurants (ironically the one written at Perkins is not the one in which it was mentioned), on whatever scrap of paper I can find, and on the back of an envelope during the intermission at our local theater’s production of Le Mis. This book is a collection of poems on various topics—some serious, some funny, some whimsical, and some with a holiday theme. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them.