Pearl, who in now eighty-six years old, has done most of her writing in the last twenty years. Her collection compares favorably with other published authors.
The book is divided into six selections:
MEMORIES OF THE HEART FOR A SMILE TO INSPIRE OF MANY THINGS OF THE SPIRITIn each division the reader will find a mirror for some past experience in his life or a memory of some human experience. There are the invisible ones; men of determination; perfect mothers; childrens pleas; a path to some spiritual places and many inspirational gifts.
The reader will find the humor in Them Lord, the plight of those depicted in Invisible, the emotion in Peter: a story. The collection is filled with verses that will be enjoyed by those who love poetry.
Poetry is songs of the heart. Homespun Verses of Grandma Pearl will keep your heart singing.
Pearlie Williams, who writes under the name of Pearl Williams, after more than twenty years of service, retired from The Oakland Public Library System in Oakland, California. She had worked as a para-professional and after retirement, used her skills working in her church library. Some of her other hours, were filled with writing.Her grandchildren discovered her collection of poems, and encouraged her to publish.Four of her poems have been published in anthologies by The National Library of Poetry.
Pearl is now also retired from leadership in her church library but continues to write verses for her family and friends: poems referring to some daily occurrence. Writing helps to fill her days as she approaches her eighty-seventh birthday.