Sam Raven was born in 1946, in a small little old town over 450 years old. At this time shrimping was the main source of income , along with the tourist trade. This town was named St. Augustine, by early Spanish explorers . Sam grew up roaming the swamps and wood lands, hunting and fishing. Graduating from school he entered military life trying to find "his way" for life. Many of the thoughts are related to this time and places visited while on Duty. He became an author late in life, because of injuries incurred from combat wounds sustained during combat. Writing was quite a change from the dangerous and crazy years spent in different and dangerous parts of the world. But during those young and sometimes foolish days he was in jungle, desert, and mountains. Thus the poems of gardens, rivers, and brooks. In others he expresses his love of history. Trying to express his feelings felt in different situations. In the poem Viet Nam some of these things come forward and in others like Religion, the question is asked "WHY" does the way that one worships is a deathly sin. Then time goes by from insanity to. A gentleman's respect in his poem "WAITING TO OPEN THE DOOR"then the seasons change an so does the writing relayed in the poem "SUMMER TIME" .The many different forms of thoughts and poetry belong to you, as you read and relate so does your life, please try to understand and to take hold and enjoy, for I feel that everyonecan relate "IN SOME FASHION