Figments

There is a well of sorrow here-in existential probings by a host of alter egos through unexplored terrain, impossible crossings, breakdowns and absurdity. Each "figment" is a step along a trail hitherto shrouded in mist and each step brightens our way until illumination, action and place are one, transcending the limitations of reason. Praise for Figments -Richard Miles, poet and author of Boat of Two Shores Gerald George won the Donn Goodwin prize for poetry, was chosen poet laureate for the Maine Senior College Network, and has published poetry widely. His work has appeared in a book, Imitations of Indonesia and Other Poems (Chestnut Hills Press, 1997); in many periodicals such as Potomac Review, Spoon River Poetry Review, and Visions International; and in anthologies such as A Rump-Sprung Chair and a One Eyed Cat, Poems by Down East Maine's Salt Coat Sages (Black Dog Press, 2008), Red Moon Anthology of English Language Haiku (Red Moon Press 2002), and Take Heart, Poems from Maine (Down East 2013). His verse play Bailey's Mistake was performed in Portland's 2008 Maine One-Act Play Festival, and two of his other plays were performed on WERU radio. He and his wife Carol live in East Machias, Maine.