The works in "Dust and other poems" are a collection of works that address the human condition-from our origins to our movement and development through time. Some of the works are heartwarming. Some are disquieting. Each poem attempts to engage the mind, touch the heart, and invigorate the spirit. Poetry is the music of life that sings of where we've been and inspires us to reach for a sense of perfection in our lives that we can achieve.

"Words of the Times" is a collection of poems by Thomas Noel Smith which weaves together the complexity of everyday life in a contemporary world and the pangs of nostalgia that bind us to our roots. The poems address the larger questions of reality and the complexity and the joys and pains of living and loving in today's world. The very presence of the world's beauty surrounds us and touches us with the wonders that present themselves our eyes each day, but we, as a harried people, often find ourselves "stuck in stasis." The works in "Words of the Times" are a collection that addresses the...