Come read short pithy poems mainly illustrated by award winning pet images-then join the author in howling at the glory, randomness, irony, and impermanence of life. This book will inspire you to live your remaining days to their fullest, regardless the hand dealt you by fate. Harvesting the epicurean, stoic, and fatalistic outlooks served him well. . Kibbles for the Soul follows on the heels of Martin's "Sipping From The Rubaiyat's Chalice." In that earlier work he described how his life-long reading of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám poetry helped him survive two cancers: personal and political. After the book came out, he would awake at 4:00 AM to lines or dream-prompts guiding his own rhymed four-line poems. Share in the mystery as you fill your soul with these poetic treats or kibbles.