Jeffrey Marc Winkelman's LEGACY poetry book addresses contemporary social issues of people of all ages, races, and genders. While Jeffrey writes about life, daily events, and relationships, some of his best work is written about controversial issues that society faces today. Some examples: (1) in the book starting at page 38 and continuing for eight pages, is a story poem in rhyme entitled "Gay." It is the story of a high school female named Jenna who tells her mother that she is homosexual. The poem details Jenna's fear building up to telling her family, and the way she was treated by her family members and mistreated by her mother thereafter; (2) in the book at page 11 is a poem entitled "Recognized Sin," which discusses the feelings of isolation and helplessness of sexual abuse; (3) in the three page poem "Cradle Of Violence" the author tells the story of a boy who was victimized by domestic abuse and the actions he took to overcome the enormous mistreatment that he was faced with; (4) without preaching or trying to enforce his beliefs on anyone, Jeffrey tackles that age-old question of religion and religious beliefs in such poems as "Lord, Is That You?", "One God Or No God", and "Why?"; (5) and "Poker Fish" is a four page poem about a player who plays his suited 8 and 3 hole cards in Texas Hold'em, creating a comedic story for the reader. Jeffrey Marc Winkelman also pays homage to the classic styles of poetry by writing a handful of Sonnets, and styling some of his poems after those of Emily Dickinson, John Milton, Marianne Moore, and Robert Frost. He mainly writes his poems in rhyme, using all different kinds of rhyme scheme. Jeffrey writes poems, prose, and songs in various forms of rhyme and free verse about social issues, life, coming of age, hardships, daily events, religion, science, love, and relationships. The book contains over 100 poems. Additional information about the author, and some examples of the poems within the 135 page book can be found at www.LegacyPoetry.com If you purchase this book for use with an electronic device (i.e. Kindle, Nook, eReader, Tablet, etc.) the original formatting may be modified. The written words are a true and accurate representation of what the author intended, but the physical appearance and formatting (i.e. centering, line breaks, spacing, bold emphasis, etc.) may have been modified for the particular electronic device that you're using.
About the Author: Jeffrey Marc Winkelman was born in Suffolk County on Long Island in New York. Jeffrey received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in English from the State University of New York at Buffalo and his Master's Degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He's always resided in New York, living the first half of his life on Long Island and the second half of his life, to date, in Western New York. Currently, he resides in Niagara Falls, New York. "When I write poetry everything disappears. It is my exit from this life and my entranceway into a portal of an amazing world that I control. Poetry is my friend; poetry is my window." -- Jeffrey Marc Winkelman