Longing to Share What I'm Feeling

About the Book

Expression of feelings by men was not taboo in my family. Indeed, it was expected of all adult males at the celebrations of special occasions—very plentiful since my mother had eight brothers.

I became earnest about versifying when my father suggested I write a poem about how I was coping with being jilted by a girlfriend. I did so that night and was pleased with the result, as well as emotionally soothed.

My father had organized his poetic output into nine appropriately named files titled Chapters and Verse and one more labeled Not for Publication. That hint was the impetus for this book.

“Wonderful to see a father and son both exploring the medium of poetry to celebrate special occasions. This collection of their verse, culled from decades of their creative output, includes a wide variety of poetic forms, from the limerick to the sonnet, as father and son play with meter, rhythm, sound, rhyming patterns, and even other languages” (Leslie J. Freeman, family friend). Expression of feelings by men was not taboo in my family. Indeed, it was expected of all adult males at the celebrations of special occasions—very plentiful since my mother had eight brothers.

About the Author

Harry S.Bodin, J.D., 1899-1983
-Of counsel, Hofheimer, Gartler, Gottlieb & Gross
-Admitted to bar, 1924, New York; 1973, U.S. Supreme Court
-Preparatory education: Columbia University (A.B., 1921; J.D., 1923)
-Editor and Co-author, Trial Technique Library, 1946-1975 and Civil Litigation and Trial Techniques, 1976, Practising Law Institute
-Lecturer in Law, Columbia University Law School, 1954-1955
-Associate Editor, Law Notes, American Bar Association, 1964-1980
-Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State Bar Association (Member, Committee on Professional Ethics, 1977-1981); and American Bar Association (Advocacy and Professional Skills Committee, 1977—, Vice Chairman, 1978—; American Judicature Society

Arthur M. Bodin, Ph.D., ABPP
-President, California Psychological Association (1976) and the Family Psychology Division, American Psychological Association (1981)
-Senior Research Fellow and twice Board President, Mental Research Institute; independent practice (1967–2016)
-Developed the Relationship Conflict Inventory (RCI) and the Teasing and Bullying Survey (TABS)
-Board Certified by ABPP in Clinical, in Forensic, and in Couple and Family Psychology
-Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UCSF School of Medicine (1988–2006)
-APA Council of Representatives, six terms (fourteen years in the time from 1981–2001)
-APA Publications and Communications Board (1987–1992)
-Extensive publications and editorial work, largely in family psychology
-Public member, Family Law Advisory Commission, State Bar of California’s Board of Legal Specialization (2003–2006)
-Three national awards in family therapy and family psychology