Poems of Now and Then: A Poetry Collection

Having had a number of careers, Lorenzo (Lawrence) Schechterman says he is not done yet. The singular thing that's followed him since his teen years has been his zest for writing poems. Among his many other books is the tongue-in-cheek approach he took in his cookbook In the Mood with Food: A Bachelor's Guide to Wooing Her with Food.

The author explains what motivates and inspires him to write poetry: "There have been, and more likely than not, will be moments where my head becomes flooded with a reaction to all that is around me and that which is within me. I just try to give vent to those senses when I come to understand them."

His interests in life have no bounds: from writing professional articles about law, to his poetry and freelance travel writing/photography. A friend once called him "a man for all seasons," but in typical fashion, he blushed and thought that was an overstatement.

Schechterman's poems have previously been published in New Dimensions: An Anthology of American Poetry, Idlewild Publishing Co. (1967); The National Library of Poetry publications: Surrounded by Dreams (1998); Touched by Grace (1999); The Harmony of Silence (2000); Forever Spoken (2007); The International Who's Who in Poetry (2007); Collected Whispers (2008); and The Best Poems and Poets of 2007 (2008). He is a member of The Professional Writers Alliance and The American Writers & Artists, Inc., and has been included in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World.