Wilbur was a words-smith extraordinaire, and I have a special fondness for his writing. At a time when lesser poets were beating the drum for free-form modernism, he was quietly perfecting the formal approach with its intricate rhymes and traditional structures. All this served up with wit and elegance.
Born and raised in Great Barrington, Anson Jones said his earliest recollections were of that “pleasant little village in Berkshire County, on the banks of the Housatonic [River]..."
