The Book of Raymond

1. The poet paints pictures in your mind with words and phrases. 
2.  The writer writes from the head, but the poet writes from the soul.
3. The poet pictures images in his mind and then paints them in yours with words and phrases.
4. poetry is a view of the world from the point of view of the dreamer who transforms his visions to words and publishes them for the world to share. 
5. To know who you are you have to know where you came from.
6. The true artist paints from the soul and true beauty comes from within.   
7. poetry is a journey of the mind through the ink of a pen in the hand of storyteller with a vision read by a viewer and translated into the minds eye.