Inklings
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These poems focus on ways that words shape our world, the realities we live with and create, and how people treat each other, themselves, and planet Earth.
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About the Book
The poems in this brief collection deal with the ways people relate to each other and to their environments: — the excitement and trauma of growing up — moving to new towns as a child — the effects of divorce on young children — the ways we deal with poverty, homelessness, and crime — views of the sky on clear cold nights — hiking mountain trails in different seasons — concerns about becoming a widow or widower — visions and thoughts while watching the moon — finding traces of long-gone children in an old house — connecting briefly with wild creatures and the landscapes they inhabit — concern for our changing climate
About the Author
Jeff Staples studied at Yale, Cornell, and the Sorbonne, served in the submarine service in the U.S. Navy, taught high school English, and wrote technical manuals for Digital Equipment Corp and Nortel.