Bud Berger knows a thing or two about poetry since he has written over five hundred poems with almost eighty years of experience. Boyhood and Other Short Poems explores the young-old, love-hate, punky-nice, skinny-fat, back to thin, and everything in between. About the Author Bud Berger was born on March 25, 1936, in Cleveland, Ohio. His mother was a housewife and father self-employed. He had one older brother. Just before his twentieth birthday, Bud joined the Army. Afterward he decided to move to south Florida, where he has lived ever since.