A writer usually has that one project that absolutely defines him. It’s his MASTERWORK It’s that short story, that novel, that anthology-whatever it is that is his most important writing. It’s the project he’s worked on for years-maybe all his life. It’s what matters most to him. It’s his MAGNUM OPUS It’s built with all his skills and experience, all his hopes and dreams, all of the many deep facets that make him who he is. It’s a TOUR DE FORCE It’s the project that, when he’s gone, he hopes will represent him forever-that thing that will outlive him, and show others what he felt, what he believed, what he could do… that thing that will tell others that he was here, and who he was. It’s his CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT Here is a collection of an entire lifetime of poetry-three books in one volume, representing so much that was so important to the poet. He’s gone now, but this collection lives-the poet immortalized. It’s Bill R. Moore’s LIFE’S TRIUMPH