Poetry is a release for me and recreation. I can express a great many things with it. The patterns and restrictions of the various forms of poetry help focus one's mind. They also give additional tools for expressing feeling and mood. Sometimes I like to incorporate my own artwork into poetry or poetry into my own artwork. I have some of my poetry in a collection that will be online and an experimental page with a number of pieces of poetry and artwork on it called the "Gentle Garden". Other pieces have their own pages.