Mary Stanley (1920-2005), a disabled WWII veteran, began writing poetry at the age of seventy-eight. Her poems deal with childhood memories, her love of cats and other pets, the alienation and isolation of urban life, her frustration and despair at failing health, her love of country, and the shock of the terrorist attack on 9/11/2001. One senses throughout that this woman was not a quitter, never let go of hope.