This collection of poetry was written in two locations during 2013. The first section of this book contains those poems written in Mexico where I was living with my wife for three months, the typical Canadian snowbird existence which we seem to have adopted since our retirement from full time employment. The second section of the book contains those poems which were written in our home on the Canadian prairies in Saskatchewan.
Writing poetry is one thing, putting it out there for others to read is something entirely different. In presenting a poem to another person, one becomes vulnerable, exposed to the very core of one’s being. Poetry exposes the inner self, the urgings of the soul, the spirit, and the body.
Ego doesn’t have as much say in any of this as it would like to claim. What arises comes from the depths of the personal unconscious, as well as the collective unconscious, the archetypal foundations of the human psyche. The poet becomes exposed and vulnerable through the poems, becomes transparent spiritually and psychologically. The masks of persona have no power when the words are put onto paper. There is no hiding of who one is beneath the cultivated and conscious ego.
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This second collection of Naked Poetry was written in three parts, in three locations. The first part was written in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. We had rented a place called Casa Verde for a month. The second part was written in Puerto Morelos, Mexico at a place called Casa Sorpresas. The third part was written at my home in Elrose, Saskatchewan, Canada. My house is white, so the third section was appropriately named Casa Blanca.
Like the first book, the poetry comes from the soul, from the interior spaces that speaks of philosophy and the human psyche.
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This third collection of Naked Poetry was written in Puerto Morelos, Mexico. This third collection of poetry shares the same foundation as the first two volumes, meditation and depth psychology.
If one dares to see the physical and psychological reality of oneself, perhaps an acceptance of the truths one finds will give a person the strength and courage to look even deeper, beneath the skin, to come to terms with the authentic self each of us keeps hidden within.
This book is available from Amazon and can only be purchased as a print book. You can find the book here.