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Schoeck, R. J.
1993 0-7734-0036-2Meditative, conversational, or sometimes lyrical, this collection of poems is about landscapes and seascapes. The sense of the poetry of place is crystallized in the final poems of the volume that deal with the metaphors of travel.
1997 0-7734-2845-1
First Prize, Mellen Poetry Contest 'Hiroshima' Epic poem tells the story of the making and dropping of the atomic bomb interwoven with the author's own military history of five years plus in the Army. A sub-theme is the intertextual weaving of events, memories, and reflections, and how these change with time.