Roses for the Canyon

"Beautiful and haunting images"
David Roby, author of Unseen Character "If you love poetry, read Fletcher's work;
if you hate poetry read Fletcher's work"
Stephen Sanders, author of Songs for a Mechanical Age "Profound simplicity"
Barbara Blanks, author of Traveling Sideways "His poems mirror our world .... Kindly. And whimsically."
Cathy Earnest, author of Another Bone "A much-needed clarity"
D.A. Gray, author of Contested Terrain "Rhymes to flutter the heart"
Byron Edgington, author of A Vietnam Anthem Poetry for people who don't think they like poetry.
A poem should tell you a story--you should not need an English degree to understand it. Yet it's more than a bumper sticker quote masquerading as poetry. A poem should be a novel condensed.Let me share these stories with you.