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Was murder planned for a vacation on the island of Capri? Will a hunter's longing for his love be realized? What does the dark world of death look like? What is an easy non-medical remedy for nightmares? The author resolves these and other intriguing questions in this collection of poetry and prose. Readers will go to Tahiti on a sailboat with an intrepid young woman who dares to travel alone with a strange man. And they will cross the Yellow Sea with a lonely man who reads Chinese philosophy. They will find sexuality in "Gone to Hell," sad moments in "Pit of Pain" and happy hours in "Where Gone." Other poems offer compelling commentaries on our lives and times, past and present. More than two dozen short prose pieces with humor, fantasy or confrontation add to the wide range of poetry subjects. The death of a bullying bigot is described in "Trouble." In "Anya," a young girl falls in love with a handsome gypsy boy. An innocent woman dies in "Murder in Elmer," and in "Mirrors," Kate sees events from her past. Many verses and short tales in this varied menu of fiction have been published previously.