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I drafted the oldest poem in 1965 and wrote the youngest two in January of 2021. Most poems and sketches began in pen or pencil on paper. From sketchbook-notebooks I bring words and images into my computer. There I rewrite, format and coddle my words; I tone and color the images. Some of the graphics started as my digital photographs that I have simplified, complicated, abstracted, using Corel photo software. I confess that, while colors in the graphics please me, I am gifted with a form of color blindness. I accept that you see your colors, not mine. I have enjoyed the entire process. Here, word and graphic come back to paper where I feel they belong-where I hope you too enjoy them. 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