Poetry. Clair Killen was born in 1920, and only began to write after attending a writer's workshop in 1993. Killen speaks of family, memory, and daily life in this down-to-earth collection. '...Now, you are old dealing with worn joints./ It has never been joyous at year's end/ and you are in a place you never/ allowed before.// You can't run. You can't hide. // Your voice calls your name. You listen,/ you soften, and you listen.' (Year End)