The Deluge, and Other Poems

A varied poetry collection begins with a multi-voiced dramatic poem that reframes a deluge motif in spoken scenes, then proceeds through sonnets and short lyrics that probe love, bereavement, consolation, and civic duty. The pieces move between intimate domestic moments and wider moral or political reflections, drawing on biblical and classical imagery while foregrounding nature—gardens, sea, seasons—as a moral and emotional backdrop. Themes of fate, divine design, youth and wisdom recur, and the tone shifts from elegiac and devotional to exhortatory and satirical, employing formal verse and vivid imagery to examine human striving and the costs of passion.