Kenneth Weene

The poems included in the collection reveal a remarkable poetic excellence. These poems aptly show profoundly imaginative power. No doubt, the poet is an adept in the intimate and convincing analysis of emotions. BIOHaving grown up in Massachusetts and Maine, Kenneth Weene still considers himself a broody New Englander. However, he lived for many years in New York, where he practiced as a psychologist and taught at various colleges. During the nineteen-eighties, Ken started writing, primarily poetry. When he and his wife Roz moved to Arizona in 2002, Ken Weene's passion for writing bloomed. Since then, he has written a stream of words including five novels, many short stories, essays, two plays (co-written with his friend Umar O Abdul), two novellas, and a number of poems. Many of Ken's poems have been published in print and on the internet. This collection, selected by the poet, reflects his highly personal approach to poetry and to life. He sees his writing, and especially his poetry, as being a way to better understand the world as he has experienced it, as a continuation of the psychoanalytic process. Find more information at www.kennethweene.com

During the years after the Civil War, Lonely Cricket, a Native American boy, strives to learn his people's ways and traditions and to grow to manhood. This is a difficult task for any youngster, but Lonely Cricket is coming of age in a world that is changing. One in which Euro-Americans are determined to change Indians into reflections of the White world. Caught between the tales and traditions of his tribe and the ever-encroaching world of the White Man, Lonely Cricket must figure out how to live, whom to love, and most difficult of all who he really is. As Lonely Cricket battles to find himself, the twists and turns of his story reveal more about his background than he ever expected to know.