OF ME

OF ME, written by L.B. Strawn was reviewed by the Long Beach Press Telegram. This is their review: In centuries past, L.B. Strawn would have been called an occasional poet. Not a writer who picks up his pen from time to time to jot down an idle thought, but a writer who writes for special occasions. But Strawn’s special occasions are not the momentous affairs of state of which his predecessors had written. They are the important moments in the lives of family and friends. Moments crystallized in poems which Strawn, who lives in Cerritos, imbues with unwavering faith in God. Strawn’s poetic technique is also a little antiquated. Unlike most contemporary poets, he refuses to make concessions to modernity and continues to write in rhyming, lyrical verse. Though Strawn’s rhythm, is occasionally strained, he is pleasurable to read, One is reminded of the poems of Joyce Kilmer, of whom Strawn pays tribute in his devotion in the beauty of nature and in the lilting melody of his verse.