Diary of a Loner

About the Book

This poetry book describes eclectic things in my life,
things that only make sense to a few souls.
I have traveled a bumpy road, with holes, curves
and boulders in the way. My travels have a lot of dead
ends, detours, stream crossings, lightning strikes ,
landslides and earthquakes of life. but with a sense
of humor.
There are  people who have traveled some of the same
roads. This book is for “What if, or “I wisha,  shoulda,
coulda, woulda” people. And if you aren’t this way,
you can just stand on the sidelines and watch or just
read about my parade, and live through my experiences.
...just read on, McDuff...

About the Author

First Time I wrote a paper about Ysleta High School.  I was suspended.  After Vietnam, I wrote about my ancestry in “I Became an Animal.”  Third time I wrote was “34 Men on Hill 20 (zero).”  It has been nonstop writing ever since.

Poet of the wide open spaces, of the Southwest.  Texan Born and raised – 57 year old American.  I love women, but I love my freedom and Lady Liberty more. I’m a poet.  I write about life, the past, present and I speculate about the future, Father to a great Son 21 years old.  We live in a Poet’s apartment, very humble, I have the Tartan Boxers to prove it.

I try to connect my American Lineage by the El Paso, Las Cruces to Long Beach Los Angeles connection.  I have been around like an alley cat, or more like a junk yard dog.  I have been to Vietnam; two tours, wounded twice.  I love to write about things that have fallen through the cracks, of things people dream about, forget about…me.  I wake up and write them down…