Poet Frances Richey reads some of her poems.

After a nearly 20-year career in the business world, Frances Richey left to teach yoga and write. The poet's first collection, "The Burning Point" (2004), won the White Pine Press Poetry Prize and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

"The Warrior" by Frances Richey is composed of 28 poems written by the poet to her son, Ben, a Green Beret who has served two tours of duty in Iraq. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Richey and her son about the…