Smoke And Mirrors

An enticing selection poetry from a master of the form, Rick Stepp-Bolling. Illustrated by Roxana Javadi-Kashani.

Rick began his illustrious writing career in high school by creating anonymous love poems and slipping them into his never-to-be girlfriend's locker. The fact that there were lockers in his high school should date him with some degree of accuracy. Since then, he has managed to obtain a couple of Masters degrees in English and Reading, taught writing and reading, and studied techniques at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, California and creative writing at Citrus College in Glendora, California. He has also published poetry and short stories in a variety of small press publications, most of which have probably bellied-up by now. He lives in San Dimas, California with his wife, daughter, three horses, dogs, cats and tortoises, five chickens, two boas, a cockatiel, two geckos, a couple of goldfish, a hissing cockroach and a mother-in-law. Obviously, he is never at a loss for subject matter or companionship.