Ways of Knowing
is a book of
contemporary American
poetry by Chuck Merrill. This book is a
poetic memoir
written almost entirely in
rhyme
. The rhyme provides an ease of moving forward with the poet as he reflects on his life and the lives of those surrounding him. The book has four distinct sections: seeing, working,
writing
, and
aging
. These sections ground the work for the audience and guide them rhythmically through the author's known life experience. The author marches forward with each poem using both sonic and Unique in voice and tenacious in rhyme,
is a continuance of the practice of
poetry
over a lifetime.