Collected Poems, Volume 1, of celebrated Washington, D. C. poet Julia Watson Barbour, mother of twelve, who died on December 2, 2006. Her humane poetic insights, wry humor, unique profundities and outstanding readings live on - the latter in the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress) and the poems in this splendid volume of once hidden gems, made available by her children who love and miss her.