George Gould has been a writer most of his adult life. He began writing poetry in earnest after retiring. Mr Gould found poetry, as a medium, allowed for experimentation with words, sounds, and emotions. Furthermore, the brevity of many poetic forms creates an ability to achieve satisfactory conclusions and gratification more rapidly than other prose mediums.

George believes his style and creativity is drawn from the diversity of his life experience. At a young age he spent two summers hitchhiking and working across much of the United States. After achieving a BA degree in English, Mr Gould held a wide variety of jobs that included banking, teaching, labor organizing and contract negotiations. He also worked as a deputy sheriff in corrections as well as a laborer working to help build nuclear turbines.

George and his wife have resided in Connecticut for over forty years where they developed an avid interest in birding and preservation of the environment. George says he began this book of poems as a labor of love and it has now become another amazing life experience to continue building more poems for his next book.