Drops of Nothing

This is a collection of my favorite Jewish poems, which I have written over the past eighteen years. Recently, as I read them some were familiar and some seemed new and delightful, like they have taken on a new meaning for me. It seemed that they had rewritten me in some way as I read them. I hope they please you, touch you and rewrite you, too. I really love being able to write poetry with a minimalist canvas of words, while still hoping to capture an experience that will resonant with you the reader. Bob Renard

I have worked as a psychiatric social worker for more than thirty years and in the field of mental health since I was nineteen years old. I have learned much from all the people I have had the privilege to know. Whether as a utility worker at a juvenile probation ranch or a team member at a mental health inpatient unit or a clinical director at an international adoption agency, these relationships and my work have molded me into the person I am. Now having come to Judaism late in life these poems reveal the mystery I try to notice everyday. I hope "to discover something more... something better." I live in Ventura with my wife and our two dogs among my family and close friends.