This is a book of 60 short poems, about life, love,war and peace. I'm the daughter and granddaughter of soldiers, and the mother of a son who recently retired from the Army after nearly 22 years of service.

Most of my "war" poetry has been inspired by people I knew who started going to VietNam in 1963, when I was 16, through to the end of the VietNam war. Some were friends, some were boyfriends, and one was my husband - we divorced later. The POW poems were mostly inspired by the man whose bracelet I wore--Maj. Jon Reynolds--and my imagination.

I also write poems about my son, Michael T. Ream, who is a Sgt. in the Army, presently on his second "tour" in Germany. He has also served in Somalia, Korea, and just returned to Germany from Bosnia. It sometimes seems that I have been sending care packages forever!

I'm married; live in Florida with husband, Scott, and two dogs and three cats; and am a legal secretary. I like to read and crochet and write letters and poetry. I'm researching my father's service in China during WWII, and I'm on the DAL Net "vietnamvets" channel as "ArmyMom."