Behind the Smile

Come, take a peek Behind the Smile;
a world you've never known before
awaits your pleasures for a while ...
there's wonderment for you in store.



From Free Verse poetry to Sonnets, Ballads, and many more poetic forms and styles, this incomparably amazing collection of 145 selected poems by master poet Richard W. Jenkins is not your everyday smattering of poetic jargon. They will captivate and embrace your senses, taking you on a metaphorical journey of inner exploration and sheer enthrallment that will entice you irresistibly back into their pages--time and again. Aficionados will appreciate the author's breakdowns of the poems' 52 forms, including some of his widely used originals. This treasure belongs within easy reach of every poetry lover.



Whom could who feels what all we do
not yearn a deeper bite,
when each delicious taste we take
flavors our world just right?