Mick Mally speaks in a strong, clear voice. His poems are honest expressions of honest emotions presented in traditional styles. He is sharing with us his perceptions of being a male human being in this most difficult time. We are honored and must listen and be touched. ~ Lucille Clifton, Poet Laureate and Nominated twice for the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Mick Mally is somewhat of a paradox. To most he"s outgoing, friendly, extroverted... a "people person". To the few who know him, he"s an introspective scarred bronze star recipient. He"s sensitive, cares deeply for the less fortunate, and almost to a fault, the welfare of all living creatures. In "the other side of having" he encompasses the tensions of error and truth by fashioning them, as any good wordsmith can, into rhyme.