A Poet's Journey

When Kresky, his wife, and two close friends left New York City for rural Washington County in upstate New York, he was inspired to write poetry and began a poetry blog, poemsforfriends.blog. His poems explore the beauty of his surroundings, the joys of fishing on the Battenkill River, and a life spent fighting for political reform. Kresky decries the state of politics, celebrates his loved ones, and shares his struggles with honesty and compassion. When diagnosed with esophageal cancer, his life, and that of his loved ones, began to take a new turn. His work from this period is touching, honest, hopeful, serious, lighthearted, sad—everything that life is. And everything he chooses to give.

As a Columbia University-trained attorney, Kresky was always a gifted speaker and writer, best known as one of the country's foremost legal authorities on political reform and the concerns of independent voters, candidates, and parties. But when he, his wife, and two close friends left New York City and purchased a home in rural Washington County in upstate New York, Kresky-- a poetry lover since childhood--was inspired to begin a new journey as a poet and started a blog, aptly named poemsforfriends.blog. In this collection, his poems bring us with him onto the Battenkill River, where he shares his challenges and insights into the joys of fishing. His gives us the beauty of his surroundings while also decrying the tragic state of our world. He shares stories about his loves, his friends, his heartaches, and his disappointments with honesty and compassion. When diagnosed with esophageal cancer, his life, and that of his loved ones, took him on a whole new journey. His work from this period is touching, honest, hopeful, serious, lighthearted, sad—everything that life is. And everything he chooses to give.

Harry Kresky is one of the country's foremost legal authorities on political reform and the concerns of independent voters, candidates, and parties. Formerly from New York City, he moved upstate to a house in rural Washington County with his political activist/photographer wife Cathy Stewart and their friends and colleagues Gail Peck and Nancy Ross. A poetry lover since childhood, Kresky found the setting of their new home an inspiration to write about the river, the "art" of fishing, the heartbreaking state of the world, and the importance of giving and nurturing love. His poetry blog can be found at https://poemsforfriends.blog/.