This collection includes poems crafted through the years in my attempts to reflect my perceptions of this world we live in. A few of them are award winners. At least one has been previously published. I am a native-born Texan with a Master"s degree in English (creative writing emphasis), who has taught creative writing as well as enjoying it as my avocation. Thank you for taking the time to read my work, thus assuring that my lone tree falling in the forest makes its own wistful sound.