A Book of Poems is in memory of my wonderful wife, Pat, whom I lost in 2011, after almost fifty-three years of married life. She was a wonderful woman, and it has been a long, lonely life without her. I miss her deeply. I met Pat in 1956 and married her in 1969. Our son was born in 1964 and our daughter in 1968. This book is about a beautiful wife, a beautiful family, and a beautiful life.