Like Rain on a Moon Swept Ocean

Did you ever think poetry was not for you? This book of rhyming verse may change your mind. A riddle set to rhyming verse confronts the reader in the very first poem of the book, titled, "The Ocean." From there, the book weaves a web of life's events set forth in rhyming poetic form, including love, child rearing, and the types of losses that are universal - the fate of a loved one whose memory has failed due to Alzheimer's disease, for instance. Who hasn't wondered what to advise a child going to college? And what memories do you have of early experiences with love? Mature judgment about long term relationships? The poems challenge the intellect of the reader as the author describes in rhyming verse the metaphysical and philosophical issues that we face in our daily lives. The verse also touches upon more mundane topics, yet somewhat mysterious, as in "Leads, Georgia at 45 MPH." Y. Eli benBorie offers diverse observations about the condition of life and even impressions of the fate of Native Americans as in the poem "The Renewal of Life?". Just as the poetry contained in Like Wind on a Rain Swept Ocean: A Poetry Chronology of Time is for any reader seeking rhyme, imagery and intellectual challenge, so too the author shares life's wisdom without being pedantic.