Preserving Life In Poetry: Shawnee Man Publishes Collection

Ronald Young, of Shawnee, doesn’t consider himself a poet. He wasn’t inspired to write until six years ago. At that time, he needed a present for his golfers’ group’s “dirty Santa” gift exchange party, and he decided to write an acrostic poem for the host couple. Young said he doesn’t think he wrote another poem for a year. Fast forward to Dec. 2022, and Young’s collection of poetry is being…