Country Boy and Selected Poems Author:Walter Staples Looking back over nine decades, poet Walter Staples remembers his boyhood growing up on a farm in southern Maine. Hard work mixed with boyish fun filled his days. Many of the poems in this volume reflect his youthful experiences with his family and friends in for him what was an idyllic time, a slower pace of life with reverence for traditional ... more »values and a full appreciation for the natural world. These poems are Walter's gift to his family and friends and to anyone who places a value in a life well lived.« less