Welcome to these quiet pages. I’m Douglas R. Brandt, a former scientist turned poet, writing from a small corner of Indiana about the long arc of redemption that keeps unfolding in ordinary days.

After decades in laboratories and diagnostics, retirement opened the door wider to poetry. What started as one collection grew into a triptych—Redemptions, Redemptions Deliverance, and Redemptions Refrain—each volume tracing the same mystery from a different angle.

Here I’ll share glimpses of that journey: thoughts on craft, fragments of new work, reflections on faith and doubt, running barefoot through whatever weather arrives. Nothing polished or programmatic—just honest notes along the way.

Glad you stopped by.