Vignettes

During 1991, a banner year for me, I launched into a campaign to record as many of my experiences as I could in the form of poems and in that year created over fifty of them. In this writing I have compiled a few of them into something of a chronological set. In what results in metaphors I now see these stories and sketches as part of my life's experiences and want them to be available to others that may be experiencing similar struggles and challenges, so I present them here in what I call "Vi¬gnettes." All of the sketches begin with a poem that was the starting place for my record of the experience. The poems are outlines of the vignettes. All are true. These Vignettes represent a part of my struggle for identity, for image, for learning and for growth. For the reader they may represent something different. For all I promise an experience.