About this ebook
The most gracious comments one could receive about the early poems came from Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni, the Poet Laureate of Arkansas, who wrote, Your poetry has gentleness and strength -- it is most sincere and heart-felt, and a young lady who said, You seem to be able to say what men since Adam have been trying to say in a manner in which changing the poem would destroy it.
Different personal moods and thoughts are expressed as they evolved throughout the years, so a wide range of feelings is touched upon here. Hopefully one will touch you.
About the author
Jay Downs began writing poetry at the University of Arkansas and continued through the years, inspired by marriage, three children, and church. After teaching mathematics in Maryland, he retired and now he and his wife, Jeanie, help with his daughter’s bed and breakfast in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the Inn at White Oak.
