My Father Wrote ... Contents page

The World of Grandpa Don

The introduction (above) was by my sister, Marilyn Copeland, and is included in the book she prepared as a 2007 Christmas gift for myself and her other siblings, Irene Copeland, Rita Barilla and John Copeland. These poems, stories and essays were discovered by Alden Copeland's family after his death in 1967 in the attic of their home. The papers were in poor condition but Marilyn has carefully transcribed them and added appropriate graphics and photos for these pages.

I respectfully disagree with Marilyn in her assessment of their worthiness for publication and present them to the world on these web pages. They have indeed been important to me as a way for me to know the dad I had not previously known. Thanks Marilyn.

My Father Wrote ...

Shortly after my introduction to my younger brother and sisters, the Copeland family, in the fall of 2006, my sister Marilyn sent a copy of "The Return". It was a poem written by our Father. At Christmas of 2007 Marylyn assembled a book of his compositions.

They have given me an insight into the father I never knew and I share some of them on these pages.

I publish them here as the property of my Copeland brother and sisters and, as his children, they retain the copyrights on the works of Alden J Copeland. You may link to these pages but may not copy or publish his work in any media without their expressed permission.

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