Rick works as a business owner/ head-hunter in the technical arena… ‘nough said on that. He has a degree from Rutgers University with a concentration in Asian Studies. He is married with grown children. Rick’s mantra is a happy wife is a happy life. That took him a while to figure out.
Rick has been writing poetry and short stories for 6 years, though he’s always wanted to. One day he just started and hasn’t stopped. His poems have been picked for the Best of the Year on Aphelion, a science fiction webzine for the last four years. He’s been interested in the lyrics, the words with their full meanings they conveyed, and poetry of songs for as long as he can remember. The message was always key to him. His poetry is an extension of that.
Poetry allows him to convey a feeling, a story, or what have you, in a variety of structures not generally permitted in prose, (which he enjoys writing too). That open structure fits his personality and is a picture, a snap shot of how he thinks in a non-linear fashion. It doesn’t always make for the best converstions, nor the best prose.