The First Time.

Richard A. Jackson has a most unusual background for a poet: He holds a doctorate in geology At present he is the chairman of math and science at a small business college (Berkeley College) in New York City, where he presently lives. He began writing poetry when he was 17, and in college had several of his poems published in the monthly college newspaper. Dedicated to a career of science, poetry went by the wayside for many years with only scattered episodes of revival during the next 30 years. However, over the past several years, Richard has been overcome by the desire and drive to write over 250 poems, almost screaming to make up for the long respite between creativity. Perhaps his soul needed to compose his latest creations, 50 of which are found within these pages.