Have been teaching English Language skills to students of earth and mineral sciences and writing poetry for over three decades. My collections include MY SILENCE AND OTHER SELECTED POEMS:1074-1994; ABOVE THE EARTH'S GREEN, COVER TO COVER, EVERY STONE DROP PEBBLE, PACEM IN TERRIS, THE RIVER RETURNS, and SEXLESS SOLITUDE AND OTHER POEMS. Poems have also been translated into several languages. Presently, more interested in haiku and tanka writing.