Episodes, Scenes, Recognitions of Seven Decades

They are experienced in the form of then as now.

Poems from Youth and Growing Up

Poems go from the actual time of youth, in the section Growing Pains, on through the continuing times of growing up — a process still going forward.

Consideration of Innocence and Reality

The poems in Such is Life consider the innocence of certainty challenged by sharp awakenings to reality.

Sections on Awakening and Struggle

The sections People and Fiction deal further with the drama of awakening. Sections on Politics, War, and Religion portray the continuing struggle to find meaning, even to discover truth.

End of Term

Finally, End of Term is about saying goodbye.