"Even if the search for truth is not the highest call, there is only honesty to lead us through the uncertain" begins one of POWilson's 21 poems in his book titled, "Legends of Ur." Based on the myths that Abram and Sarah, of the Hebrew Bible, carried forward and added to after they left their home in Sumer, Mesopotamia, this collection is a starting point for those who remember those stories from their childhood. Many of Wilson's poems can be found in his nonfiction book titled, "On the Side of a Fish" where he writes clearly about ancient stories, handed down over the centuries and...

POWilson's requiem to his mother, "A Scent from the Rose of Sharon," is a moving tribute to her memory. Just 17 poems, penned during Wilson's creation of his 'middle view' poems; their presence being felt in this volume. In it he works to make peace with this tragic loss through his recollection of that young child he once was, bathed in the sunlight of a "warm sun that only comes from a mother's breath" and into the adult realm of contemplating where loved ones might be after death; even prodding in the stanza "rise mother rise" for her return. Wilson's poetry searches for ways to show...

First introduced as "Spirit Poems" a decade ago, this renamed version of 22 elemental poems entitled "A Space Imagined" is POWilson's introductory chapter to his reoccurring MIDDLE VIEW theme. In it, he writes about a meditative state of imagining the space we are in, leaving it open and letting life come in. Awareness of the space around us, as well as the space beyond is an ever present direction that the poems invite the reader to dwell in. And as in all of Wilson's art, this dwelling is full of honesty and hope. "a life lived simply, purely.... without pretense." For those familiar with...