The Senior Class: 100 Poets on Aging assembles a beautiful chorus of distinct and accessible voices describing in a variety of poetic forms what it means to be a member of our aging society in America today. You will find poems on a wide range of familiar senior topics, including changing dynamics in family relationships and marriage, mortality, grief, eldercare, retirement, gratitude, earned wisdom, senior living, physical and mental decline, and spiritual reflection.
Laurence Musgrove teaches literature, composition, and creative writing at Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas. His poetry appears in a wide range of journals in the U.S., and his three collections Local Bird, The Bluebonnet Sutras, and A Stranger’s Heart, all from ذكذكتسئµ University Literary Press. Laurence has edited anthologies of creative writing, including Texas Weather and Lone Star Poetry, and is currently editor of the online journal Texas Poetry Assignment, which publishes poems on Texas-related themes, sponsors online and area readings, and supports hunger relief in the state.