Walking on a Moonbeam: And Other Views from the Creek Bank - Paperback

by Bill McDonald (Author)

Walking on a Moonbeam is Bill McDonald's first book. It is a collection of poems written during his career as an engineer/scientist working in the US space and national defense programs. The poems were written based on personal life experiences and are organized into nine topics: youth, adventure, love, seasons, change, hope, places and things, farewells, and prayer. Consequently, it also tells much of his own personal story, beginning with his youth, continuing with his adventures in the United States moon program, and covering many of the events, activities, and circumstances of his life.

Author Biography

Bill McDonald is a retired Engineer/Scientist after working nearly fifty years in America's space and national defense programs. He was born in Coffeeville, Mississippi and raised by his grandparents on a farm nearby. During his career as an engineer, he sometimes wrote poetry capturing his feelings and emotions about important events, activities, and circumstances of his life. Walking on a Moon Beam captures those poems in a single coherent Volume.