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by Donald Mace Williams (Author)
This collection of sixty-one poems, most of which span a single page, is woven together with the clarity and storytelling that only a seasoned journalist can deliver. These meditations on life are packed with musings on joy and sadness, loss, and nature.
Donald Mace Williams spent much of his long career as a newspaper writer and editor and has been a devoted student and amateur performer of German Lieder by Schubert and other great composers. The metrical flow, frequent rhymes, and clear beginning-middle-end structure found in many of his poems reflect the strong influence of music on his work. Now in his nineties, Williams remains a traditionalist in both literary and musical tastes. Though meter and rhyme may be considered old-fashioned by some, for Williams they are, like him, very much alive and thriving.Author Biography
DONALD MACE WILLIAMS is a former writing coach for The Wichita Eagle and reporter and editor for papers that include Newsday, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and the Amarillo Globe-News. He has taught English and journalism at West Texas State and Baylor Universities. Williams holds a doctorate in English from the University of Texas. He lives in Canyon, Texas, and his poetry has been published widely in journals in the U.S. He is the author of Interlude in Umbarger: Italian POWs and a Texas Church, and the novels Black Tuesday's Child and The Sparrow and the Hall. His epic poem Wolfe and his memoir Being Ninety were published as a single edition in February 2023.
