Poetic Pete, a.k.a. Peter Karplus, author of Dancing with Fear, Rejection, Doubt, and Hope. In this second book of poetry he explores both the personal and the political arenas of life using free verse, haiku, iambic, and rhyme with an amazingly sensitive understanding dipped in his own brand of humor. Making dedications to those people in his life whom have held special meaning for him, and expressing his thoughts on the change the world has experienced because of 9/11/01. As a conclusion, Poetic Pete proudly presents to the world his new form of word poems. Cohesive poems "framed" (created) from word lists chosen by each poem recipient giving the poem that added personal twist, hence their name Frame-Word Poems. These poems exhibit his literary abilities at their comedic best. The following preview is a Frame-Word Poem. Requests for Frame-Word Poems can be placed through Quikmind@yahoo.com.