Michael Peter Smith

Up until March 2013, Michael Peter Smith hadn't ever considered writing poetry. Having experienced significant ups and downs in his life...from the joys of falling in love and being married and having a beautiful son...to the downs of getting divorced, losing just about everything, being homeless and starting from scratch. he looked within himself and wrote his first book "Ramblings of a Hopeless Romantic". Since the first book was published in August of 2013, he continued his writing and is...See more

Up until March 2013, Michael Peter Smith hadn't ever considered writing poetry. Having experienced significant ups and downs in his life...from the joys of falling in love and being married and having a beautiful son...to the downs of getting divorced, losing just about everything, being homeless and starting from scratch. he looked within himself and wrote his first book "Ramblings of a Hopeless Romantic". Since the first book was published in August of 2013, he continued his writing and is sharing on these pages what is inside him. To him, the most important thing in this world is his son and is trying to get back to a place in his life where he can be the father he wants to be. After getting divorced he made a vow to himself... "To Thine Own Self Be True" (borrowed from Shakespeare). After having candid conversations with loved ones and being at a turning point in his life, it was pointed out to him that he had lost much of who he was. He made a vow to himself to be true to himself and regain those things about himself that were who he is inside. One thing is quite obvious...he is a hopelessly incurable romantic! See less