
My sister Rose and my daughter Kristelle always complain about the dark nature of my poems. I must agree. I do tend to drift to the dark side. (I only tell it how it is). I really am a positive person and never stay down for very long, I always see the funny side of life and like nothing better than a good old laugh.I decided I would do something about it, and I went over all my old poems and was pretty much amazed that I found about 90 positive poems, mostly about love and hope. So here they are, no negativity. All about love. My romantic, loving side. Mister lover man.The inspiration for the title came from my Granddaughter Ripley. She was given a rose by a flower seller, and she named the rose Barry. I loved that, it deserved a poem and I have used it as the title of my book of love.‘You romantic, my ass’