From random phrases, ideas, and observations and some finished poems and lengthy monologues, I managed over a period of almost a year to mine and extract "through a type of fishing" the current collection of writings contained in this book. It coincides and walks hand in hand with my belief that poetry is a form of coaxing the heart of language out of hiding places and beating like a drum in public spaces so that we all may feel the full force and vigor of its romance. To transport them from the black and white world to the wonderful world of color as Walt Disney did on television, to challenge diamond miners to become jewelers, and mines to become treasure chests.