Tales from the Disenchanted and Wisdom from the Haiku - Paperbackby Diana Leavengood Blanco (Author) My poems are oftentimes born from some great sadness. They usually speak of things that have been lost. They try to catch the soul and trap the memory To tell the story true and what the cost. I rhyme because it helps me to remember. I rhyme so I must measure every word. I rhyme to help those lost things live forever. In rhyming, lilting, steeped in meaning verse. Words can prevail past flesh or thoughts or empires,