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The poet Spiel: Born out west to decent white farmers; same year the U.S. entered WWII; maverick child who made art which evolved as he matured intellectually through lifestyle changes leading to considerable national exposure. But in 1996, traumatic life/death illness abruptly halted his career. When his life was spared, he became reticent & for the first time ever, uncreative—until spring 1999—when he unearthed an urge to write, opening the pathway to become the Pushcart Prize nominated, devoted author, known for often iconoclastic poems, curiously human short stories & visual art published in scores of independent press journals.