Book excerpt: In this collection of diverse poetic forms and styles, rhymed and unrhymed, the reader will find sonnets and cinquains, doggerel and limericks. The traditional sonnet in various rhyme schemes comprise most of the book. They include little songs of love, heartache, happiness and remembrance. Some of the more than two hundred verses focus on social issues and interpersonal relations. Others offer comments on life’s defeats and victories or reflections on the beauties of serene nature. And in the pages of this book, from time to time, one will find the glow of light humor.