Journey Home
©2013, Olan L. Smith
Journey Home is a collection of poems that is a personal search for my spiritual home. I go about this search with the tools of poetry using the English language as my map. If what we see is all there is, then this life is cruelty; but if there is more, then this life is an adventure of self discovery. The writer finds his or herself in their words; they know that there is more to the world than what is observed; so they delve into their imagination and create their own world. They wish to find their home. What we know about history is from the writer; the epic, the legends; the self-discoveries are just the tip of the iceberg of how words give us a collective memory of our species. I could go into the history of storytelling from the times of cavemen to now; but that is not what this book is about. This collection of poems is my journal of discovery using my mind to forge a trace. I use a variety of styles to cut this path and it is my hope that you enjoy the journey.
Love, peace and freedom, Olan L. Smith