Marcile S. Gilleland (1920 - 1997)site's main poet, Harry E. Gilleland (,Jr.). When I (Harry) asked my 84-year-old father (Harry E., Sr) recently to consider writing a poem for the family page of this site, he said he could provide some poems by Marcile. Imagine my surprise when Pop told me Mother had written poetry! I never saw a poem by her while she was alive. Added to this page are several of Mother's poems written in the year 1940. Sixty-two years after she penned them, they finally are made public. Pop has saved a notebook of her poetry, from which he has sent a sample. When Eyes Converse A Chat With Grandmother A Tennis Debt Mary Gilleland |