These poems are written to take you somewhere. The subject matter covers both the elusiveness of love and and the devastation of cancer. Hopefully, you will feel the emotions that coat the words and perhaps you will be transported somewhere both familiar and unique. It is my wish that after reading these poems, you will look up and see a sharp star in the sky and you will These poems are written to take you somewhere. The subject matter covers both the elusiveness of love and and the devastation of cancer. Hopefully, you will feel the emotions that coat the words and perhaps you will be transported somewhere both familiar and unique. It is my wish that after reading these poems, you will look up and see a sharp star in the sky and you will have an inkling of what the authors felt when the words were first written. NOTE: The poem "The Radiologist's Report" was the winner of the Goodreads October Poetry Contest.