Following the success of his first book, "Casting Shadow," Don expands on his life experiences as a writer coming late to the world of poetry. This book explores the experiences and emotions of a poet bringing his work into the eyes of a critical world.

Don Westerfield Sr. has lived many lives: son, grandson, brother, nephew, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, stepfather, husband, second husband, best man, student, teacher, lover, friend, aviation mechanic, pilot, military veteran, retiree, poet and writer. In "Grandpa's Book of Poetry, Prose and Ponderings: The Musings of an Old Mind," he shares an anthology of selected poems and an assortment of short stories which were inspired by the lives that he has led and the fantasies he has dreamed, as well as a collection of maxims he has gathered from his own father and grandfathers. His...