I am classically trained but, except for my poetry, have put none of it to practical use. My heroes are AE Houseman, Lord Byron, with a passing nod to Dora Sigerson Shorter. I have wandered the len...ver maisI am classically trained but, except for my poetry, have put none of it to practical use. My heroes are AE Houseman, Lord Byron, with a passing nod to Dora Sigerson Shorter. I have wandered the length of the United States, but my longings are always in the past and to the classic forms. I love the good, strong word patterns, rhythm, and rhymes of the classic poetry since abandoned in this modern day and age. My poetry is of a world long since gone, yet the modern themes are here: love, war, wanderlust, and myth.ver menos