Bill Watkins

Biography

Bill is an alcoholic poet/comic from Pasadena, California via Talgarth, Wales. A stage performer offering poetry, articles of history and current events on his website, www.travelingpoet.net, and in his self-published books, now numbering forty-four in diverse genres: history, law, poetry, children’s, sci-fi and sports. The biggest seller a personal memoir mixed with volleyball team history called Jeff Menzel and the 2011 Gauchos. Bill specialized in Latin American history in college, deep down just another Phi Beta Kappa alcoholic Junior Olympic volleyball gold medalist with an ambition to inspire the world with his historical fiction and entertainment biographies.

Samples

"Sometimes the Stars Shine Brighter" It’s for the old reason I write this poem— to save the day from lonely ruin; I want to remember the good times spent— dream of tomorrows and where they went; I love the sunshine, the stars shine brighter when the rain cleans the sky of doubt; I used to think all green things, money to diamond rings would piece the peace together. I used to think I could cloud the sky with stormy weather. I used to know a guy who left the dream to others, cried at night for things unsaid, dreams unrealized, when it was true: If I had been looking up instead of down I’d see the rainbow; another swept sky, stars shining bright. There’s always a chance before the light.

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