"Pataphysics" a portmanteau created by the French playwright Alfred Jarry (1873-1907) first appeared in print in the text of Jarry's play Guignol, and has many meanings, but it is above the metaphysical, and is " . . . the science of imaginary solutions". Many of the poems I write seem to have imaginary solutions, like "Judgment Day". Imagination is a reality equal to, or greater than, any other, and has its work to do. Fantasy plays a necessary role in the way we respond to--and imagine--the world.

My most recent book, the 15th, is Terminus, The Pastoral released this month from Echo Arcade. I'm slowly working my way through another collection of poems which might appear in maybe two years, the best I can imagine.