As an expressive American author, novelist, poet, and entrepreneur, C.S. Douglas casts a shimmering light upon the poetic lineage that binds him to the legendary Omar Khayyam. While the echo of Khayyam’s rubaiyat—made illustrious in the translations of Edward G. Fitzgerald and Richard De Galienne—resounds softly in the background, Douglas’s quatrains rise with a distinctive cadence, offering a modern resonance to age-old reflections.