Thomas Kemp is a sixty-seven year old divorced man and the father of two grown sons, a daughter, and two lovely daughter-in-law's. He started writing poetry for his own enjoyment when he was nineteen years old and a Marine stationed in the Far East. When asked what compelled a young service man to write poetry he would say "There was something inside of me that made me write every chance I got. I wrote on anything I could find in those days; napkins, coasters-you know, those ones made of paper-even tablecloths."

Thomas finally sat down long enough to write his first novel starting in 1993 which he finished and published in 1996-a book called The Road From Here To Where You Stay, a poetical thriller and love story woven within the murder plot of former President John F. Kennedy. Cleverly written to intrigue and seduce Thomas, as Poet, clearly shows his ability to weave the violence of war and the murder of a president with cleverly placed poems and words whispered among the pages with loving grace and romance. Be enriched and enthralled and read the romantic words from a man who has become a familiar poet to many, who is today called...YOUR POET IS And POETRY I wrote FOR YOU

When I was a young boy I wanted to be a writer. After all, writers know everything! By the time I came home from the Marines at nineteen years old, I wanted to be a writer and a poet. The problem was I did not know anything. As I read and fell in love with words, I discovered that poems could be books in themselves. Now, at this age, I have just one novel published, but I have an abundance of poems to share with you. It takes me years to write a novel, but poems come into my mind every day. I like to look at a face, much like an artist does, and then sit down and write a poem for that face. So, there are poems in this collection that I could have written just for you. That''s why I call the book YOUR POET IS...