Sunshine and Shadows

About the Book

       Feel good poems,  the Author says.  They still

       have that effect on him, though some of them

       evolved some 65 years ago.   Many of the

       poems portray nature,  and then a bit of philosophy,

       while many tell of good old days, and much more.

“Then I raise my head to look up through the waving

  boughs, The azure sky, the oval puffs, like feathers

  floating by.”  from MEDITATION

      And from  THE EUROPEAN GIRL:

      “Near the majestic Alps I met her, those historic

      mountains far away.  Winter finds them deep, snow

      laden, but clear and green that summer day.”

          “There were apple blossoms earlier, fragrance on

           the hill. Rain drops falling, fresh and gently, as they

           eddy in a swirl.” in  MARVELYN AND THE RETURN

                “Or the sound of the steam train,  it’s beckoning

                  call a delight,    when it echoes through the

                  valley or screamed on in the night,”  in  GOOD

                  OLD SOUNDS.

About the Author

          Donald F. Alderman, born in western  New York,

          the youngest of four sons,  grew up with a

         love for nature and music.  After six years in the

         Army in Europe at the end of the World War II,

         and then moving around the United States in

         real estate and machine shops, he has settled

        down with his wife near his birthplace,  in the

        foothills of the Allegany Mountains.  Through

        these years he has nurtured a love for

        writing:  stories,  articles,  columns,  and

        always poetry, for which he has received

        several awards.  Though legally blind now

        and almost deaf, he just keeps on,  writing

        on his trusty typewriter, and working.