Returning: Poems - Softcover

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RICH GREEN is a native of Colorado and long-time resident of Boulder. His work history is varied: tutor and community organizer with Native Americans in VISTA (domestic Peace Corps), ESL teacher/job developer with refugees, Navy Hospital Corpsman, freelance writer, guidance counselor and instructor at Auraria (CO) colleges, photographer, and peace advocate.The author asserts that writing poetry is a lot like storytelling: Some poems are based upon fact while others are framed solely within the imagination. The themes of returning focus on simple everyday living - listening to ravens, making a cup of green tea, reflecting on the beauty of nature, hiking, exploring ghost towns - while conversely many of the poems ponder the loss of a love, racial injustice, and the profound and devastating effects war has on individual lives: "... no one wins in war."In returning, Rich's long journey brings him home to himself.