There is power in both the spoken and written word. According to the scriptures, "the power of life and death is the tongue..." We also recognize the old saying, "the pen is mightier than the sword." With poetry we have an opportunity to utter healing, peace, confidence, inspirations, and laughter. Our words are powerful enough to draw people into our dreams but even more important, help transform their dreams into a reality. Wouldn't you agree that we have an obligation to whisper that life? Volume 1 includes poems to draw you into my world and to help you "See through My Eyes." Just remember words can not move you without a soul and spirit. Every word written or spoken by you carries a portion of your life, your soul, and your spirit. You are your poems and poetry. Now let's take that "Spiritual Journey Through Poetic Conversations."

Described as the Tony Hancock of journalism, for forty years Bernard wrote only about himself and the failures of his life - with women, drink, doctors, horses - which have become legendary. Low Life is an irresistible collection of the best of Bernard's celebrated autobiographical contributions to The Spectator, once described as 'a suicide note in weekly instalments'. Previously published in two volumes entitled Low Life: A Kind of Autobiography and Reach for the Ground, these books are now available in a single volume containing all his derisive reflections on life. Antiauthoritarian, grumpy, charming, politically incorrect, funny, drunk and always mischievous, Bernard could usually be found at the Coach and Horses pub on London's Greek street, a lit cigarette in his mouth and a drink in hand. He was joined by famous friends including Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, Graham Green, Peter O'Toole, Ian Fleming and many others and their conversations - as well as with whomever was tending bar at the time - served as the basis for his writing. There were in fact times when he was too drunk to write, hence the famous "unwell" notice that went next to the large, hastily-sketched cartoon that filled its space in the magazine.

There is power in both the spoken and written word. According to the scriptures, "the power of life and death is the tongue..." We also recognize the old saying, "the pen is mightier than the sword." With poetry we have an opportunity to utter healing, peace, confidence, inspirations, and laughter. Our words are powerful enough to draw people into our dreams but even more important, help transform their dreams into a reality. Wouldn't you agree that we have an obligation to whisper that life? Volume 1 includes poems to draw you into my world and to help you "See through My Eyes." Just remember words can not move you without a soul and spirit. Every word written or spoken by you carries a portion of your life, your soul, and your spirit. You are your poems and poetry. Now let's take that "Spiritual Journey Through Poetic Conversations."