I Speak of Simple Things

Donna Glenn Humphrey recorded her life in raw but lyrical poetry, beginning as a young mother during the 1940s and continuing to the time of her tragic death in 2005. After her funeral, her children found her poems in boxes, folders and drawers of the desk that symbolized her respect for the written word. Humphrey's poems evoke an era of early 20th century rural life -- unromantic, often cruel -- its harshness tempered by the wonder of the natural world, the communion of family, and the yearning we know as God.