Author Description

From mountain tops to rivers, crowded cafes to walking alone, imagined encounters to painful separations, the poetry of Don Gordon Pierson spans the vistas and the emotions of the modern city and the natural world. Eighty-eight Keys No Strings Attached is Pierson's first published collection of poetry. Themes of aging and death, love and longing, separation and escape, nature, childhood memories and fantasy are found throughout. The poems, presented in reverse chronological order, span five decades and reflect the poet's changing attitudes toward the various themes.