Primitive, Frank, and Relatable Rhymes Depictions of Life’s Circumstance In the Raw Artless Tenor of Our Times. I’m a 60s-era poet with an abiding regard for embracing diversity and inclusion, the import of the phrase “you do you”, the precepts “Do No Harm” and “Leave No Trace”, and for the premise “I’m Ok, You’re Ok”. I believe enlightenment is best achieved when we engage and explore alternative points of view, form opinions empirically, and tender our perspectives without apology. They are merely what we believe to be true at a given point in time and are subject to change. That’s just how it works when we grow. My poems are profoundly personal expressions, as are all forms of art, and ask only to be perceived without bias or critique. I have no illusions about my significance or the impact of my work. Nor do I apologize for its tenor, nor fret over how others might judge it, or me for it. To do otherwise would inhibit free expression, and a reticent self-conscious poet is doomed to an uncreative melancholy. Naively, I hope my writing brings just an iota of awareness to the innocent, an ounce of enlightenment to the ignorant, and a measure of conscience to the culpable. I'm a 60s-era poet with an abiding regard for embracing diversity and inclusion, the import of the phrase "you do you", the precepts "Do No Harm" and "Leave No Trace", and for the premise "I'm Ok, You're Ok".   I believe that enlightenment is best achieved when we engage and explore alternative points of view, that we should form opinions and convictions empirically, and that we should tender our perspectives without apology. They are merely what we believe to be true at a given point in time and are subject to change. That's how it works when we continue to grow.   Poems are profoundly personal expressions, as are all forms of art, and ask only to be perceived without bias or critique. I have no illusions about my significance or the impact of my work. Nor do I apologize for its tenor or fret over how others might judge it, or me for it. To do otherwise would inhibit free expression, and a reticent self-conscious poet is doomed to a long and uncreative melancholy.   Naively, I hope my writing brings just an iota of awareness to the innocent, an ounce of enlightenment to the ignorant, and a wee clarity of conscience to the culpable.   Ridge Ridge wrote a column for an Arizona newspaper in the 1980s called Golf Straight Talk, but wasn't compelled to write a book until the late 1990s, when he owned Magee Golf Company, a golf retail, repair, and PGA-accredited teaching facility in central Florida. Golf was in his blood as a second-generation teaching pro, so he wrote about what he knew, helping duffers achieve better ball striking. That first book was initially titled  "Golf's Brutal Truth; If You Suck At it Now, You Probably Always Will". But later, in a more pensive mood, Ridge reworked the book and retitled it, Golf's Simple Truths; Guaranteed Better Ball Striking. Much better, I think.   Ridge is known for his distinctive writing style, characterized by his economy of words, dry humor, and understatement. Many of his educational, inspirational, self-help, and motivational pieces previously published on various international platforms have been collected and published in Ridge's second book, "Gimmes, Mulligans & Preferred Lies".   In early 2020, during the COVID lockdown, Ridge developed a taste for poetry as a more enlightened expression of his emotions and went on to write a three-volume poetry series. All I Have To Leave Behind Are Words ~ Our Choices - Our Karma ~ I'm Just Saying Is All.   Ridge's books are available on Amazon and Apple Books 7Windows Publishing