Journeys

Author Karl Hicken has entitled each of his hauntingly evocative poems a 'Journey' followed by a number. By so doing, he takes the reader along a paint by number tour through life, capturing bittersweet moments of experience in vivid snapshots of memory. The sum total is 'Journey' __ an eloquent representation of a boy's journey to manhood. Many of these lyrical, well crafted poems evoke mystical years of childhood that are tainted by the trembling fears of in the school yard or locker room and in the relative safety of home, something beyond boyish antics and childhood mischief malevolently lurks. Gentler sentiments a re recalled as the author remembers his grandparents and pays loving tribute to the resilient strengths of his parents.