Every Boy Needs a Dad The author has stepped into his own past to reflect upon how a youthful mind begins wondering about life. Who can a son turn to? Dad...who is put on the spot and finds his authority challenged by thoughts and expressions of his son''s closest friend and his father, and he has to grapple with conflict when their influence clashes with Dad''s perceptions and views. Thr young boy''s observations are imbedded into his subcounscious and begins to form him as a unique person. Award-winning poet Robert Russell Marquardt takes another provocative step into your world in this delightful and amusing dialogue between a father and his young son, complimenting his other newly-released book: it''s me... Rodney, a bold attempt at overhearing daily conversations between a brash but genuine young man and God. You will enjoy these digressions from the author''s poetic form in his previously-published works from Authorhouse.

Would you like to talk with God? Come along and eavesdrop on this memorable dialogue as a young man regularly converses with God. Imagine yourself in his place. What questions would you pose if you knew you could talk about anything with God and receive frank answers? The author attempts to expand your thinking to show that God is real and more human than you might imagine. Don't be surprised if you find some of the questions in this book that would be on your mind. Alaskan award-winning poet Robert Russell Marquardt takes a bold step into the world of fantasy in this imaginative dialogue, complimenting his two previously-published books of poetry as he continues his on-going investigation of the human condition.