My Neglected Gods is a collection of narrative poems and thoughts by Joanne Nelson. They give details about old memories and daily activities. She talks about her earliest memory of going to the park in a yellow stroller with her brother Dale, learning to swim...

There’s something special about decorating a Christmas tree that ignites memories of treasured moments in the past, memories before everyone grew up and started to leave. But, for Joanne Nelson, much of the leaving in her growing up years was tragic: family members leaving to...