LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: "IMPRESSIONS FROM IDLE ROCK"

I Have you ever pondered deeplyabout the message life is sending to your senses daily? Have you ever wonderedabout the purpose life sets out for itself and us? Tim Fitzgerald is a gifted writerwho periodically - 'when the 'spirit' moves him' - sets down some of hisdeepest insights into the answers of these questions in rhyme and verse. Thosestatements are collected in this volume.'This complete collection of hispoetry, 'Impressions from Idle Rock' sets forth his feelings andinsights about the world around us from the time Fitzgerald came of age to hisretreat from Silicon Valley 30 years later. An Omnibus collection of thoughtand meaning of life, Fitzgerald brings the reader directly into his privateconfidence as he dissects modern life and living. Several poems have appearedin National Anthologies, though most of the body of work has never seen anaudience. A doltish and persistent writer, Fitzgerald, though he prefers to work in Social Science non-fiction, hasdecided to release this collection to the world of another side of this versatileand productive author.

Tim Fitzgerald is a formerInstructor at Cerro Coso Community Collegeon the East side of the Sierra Nevada in California. He taught in the Social Sciences, and has four degrees in them from San Jose State University. He is a leader in the Green partyof California, and was acommunity organizer from the time he left San Jose State in 1970. Now writing a series of 'Memoirs' reflecting his trials and tests of faith, this Book of Poems is the firstglimpse of the promise to be found in this tepid mind. Thepoems being his first efforts to protest against a sea of troubles, and findcommon ground with his fellow man.