Things That Matter

First published in July, 2014, “Things That Matter” focuses on certain key phases of the author's life and growth. As a form of poetry, it provides an impressionistic view, exploring the intersection of inner experience and external reality. It constitutes a life story, but the last chapter has not been written, as Mr. Frank continues to live and work in the beautiful mountain region of Western North Carolina. Frank shares with his wife, Linda, an artist-crafter, a creative website and the reader is invited to check it out at frankcreations.com. The work is preceded by a forward written by Walter Reed, Professor of English at Emory University.

Patrick Frank, MS, EdS, is a poet-essayist-songwriter with a teaching-counseling background and advocate for the poor from Asheville, North Carolina. His work has been published in more than 60 periodicals and anthologized three times. Mr. Frank has written several other books, including On the Blue Ridge Line, an exploration of the creative process, and Back to the Sun, a compilation of the author's song lyrics. Mr. Frank also has political columns published periodically in the Asheville Citizen-Times.