Over 290 poems brings us back down to earth & away from the modern day rat-race. This mixture of Childhood, Country life & Common man experiences all from a Baby Boomers perspective, bring life back into focus. Poems & Observations include: LINCOLN, BARBED WIRE, A POND NEAR THE WOODS, YMCA, THREE BOYS AT PLOWING TIME, THE YARD OF DATES, TRIPS TO THE OUTHOUSE, VIETNAM POEMS, BLACKBERRIES & COMMAN MAN, THEM KNUCKLEHEADS, GODSPEED THEY WROTE & A PHILOSOPHY ON CONTENTMENT. First time published with illustrations and photo's, writings the author remembers as: "The Normal Years"