I do not really have a background in writing. In 2001 I wrote my first poem "My Flag" for Flag Day 2001. Then I wrote "Fourth of July" for July 4, 2001. Both were selected as Editors Choice and were published in Turning Corners and The Best of Poems and Poets 2001 respectively by the International Library of Poetry. Since then I have continued to write about my experiencs in the Air Force, life in general and some romantic poems. I have just started to read poems from Kipling and others.  I also enjoy reading novels from Brown, Clancy, Grisham, Sheldon and Steele to name a few.  BUT the reading must be interesting and hold my attention for me to finish it. This goes with any type of literature.

Editors Choice for My Flag, Fourth of July, Memorial Day, by the International Library of Poetry. Received a letter from the local Animal Shelter for submitting my poem "My Two Friends" for a silent auction fund raiser. Received the Vietnam Veterans World Wide "Brotherhood Award" for war poem excellence, February 8, 2003. Received the "ALVINO R. GUTIERREZ AMERICANISM AWARD for my poems on military life and veterans for 2002" by The Retired Enlisted Association National Headquarters

Numerous poems have been published in various publications by the Internation Library of Poetry and many veteran organization's newsletters and publications.