Just West of the Tracks

By Jim Rainey

Dr. Galston said, You should write a book. I said, If no one listens to me, why would they read my book? But, he gave me the idea. I could write a book of poems - my ideas and thoughts and observations and reflections; the things I feel and those I have felt for a long time; my philosophy, my analyses, and my conclusions; and, a little make-believe.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: May 3, 2013
• ISBN: 9781481745789

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© 2013 Jim Rainey. All rights reserved.

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Published by AuthorHouse 4/29/2013

ISBN: 978-1-4817-4577-2 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-481-74578-9 (e)

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Acknowledgements

I would like to acknowledge Nan Johnson of AuthorHouse. Nan has been my publisher, my agent, my editor and my special assistant throughout this project. And I am grateful.

I would also like to acknowledge Bri of my local Walgreen’s store. Walgreen’s has this wonderful photo kiosk, monitor and software. I sit on a stool and do all the photography work at six o’clock in the morning. Bri has been my teacher, my assistant and my support staff throughout this project. And I am grateful.

Dedication

To my daughter, Rebecca, who is my

friend, my advisor and a cornerstone

of my life.

The world is so great and rich, and life is so full of

variety, that you can never lack occasions for poems.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Table of Contents

Barbara Lynn

A Call For Help

The Cat

Chance

Claire’s Girl

The Clock

Come To Me

Doubt

Dust

The Elevator

Even The Richest Man

Freedom January 31, 1865

Good-Bye

Grief

A Handful Of Wind I will cast my net to catch the wind.

Jack Wilson Do you know him, Shane?

Junior Prom

Just West Of The Tracks

The Leaving

Morning Rush Hour

Mule Ride

My Heart Was Passing By

New Orleans

Next To Thee

On A Bus To The Canyon

Pistakee Bay

Recuerdo

Remembrances Of Things Past

Renaissance

Reunion

The Second Coming

Sixty-Seven Winters

A Small Heap Of Stones

Sunrise On The Gulf

Tell The Vicar

Tight Pants

Turtles and Rabbits and Bears

What Is Art?

Worry

Selections From Chasing Down Lincoln Highway

Brooklyn Bridge

Carpe Diem

A Grand Old Lady

I Have Been Witness

The South