Living Within a Strange Mind: Volume One

By Jim West

The verses contained in this book were written over a long period, covering most of my adult life. And though they may sometimes not be pure in symmetry, meter, and are usually flawed compared to correct poetry, Ive written what Ive felt.

Im sure everyone has had these feelings at one time or another. Sometimes it helps to write down what you are thinking to preserve those memories. Time has a way of fading both the joyful and the sorrow, but being able to read your thoughts from long ago refreshes the memories.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Aug 17, 2017
• ISBN: 9781543445718

Jim West

Jim West began his nearly forty-year broadcasting career while in the air force and has held several positions nationwide, from on-the-air announcer to program and operations manager. Among other career highlights, West worked for the Academy of Country Music in L.A., and for singer Buck Owens at KNIX in Phoenix. He's won several ADDY awards for commercial copywriting, was a finalist for CMA's Large Market Air personality of the year and was the 2008 recipient of the Phoenix Music Award.

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Rev. date: 08/17/2017

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Contents

Foreword

One

Two

Three

Four

Five

Six

Seven

Eight

Nine

Ten

Eleven

Twelve

Thirteen

Fourteen

Fifteen

Sixteen

Seventeen

Eighteen

Nineteen

Twenty

Twenty One

Twenty Two

Twenty Three

Twenty Four

Twenty Five

Twenty Six

Twenty Seven

Twenty Eight

Twenty Nine

Thirty

Thirty One

Thirty Two

Thirty Three

Thirty Four

Thirty Five

Thirty Six

Foreword

The verses contained in this book were written over a long period covering most of my adult life. And though they may sometimes not be pure in symmetry, meter, and are usually flawed compared to correct poetry, I’ve written what I’ve felt.

I’m sure everyone has had these feelings at one time or another. Sometimes it helps to write down what you are thinking to preserve those memories. Time has a way of fading both the joyful and the sorrow, but being able to read your thoughts from long ago refreshes the memories.

I have been asked why I don’t have a title for each one, instead of just numbering them. The reason is that I believe that the meaning of a lot of these will be very different for each person reading them. If I were to label them, then the individual meaning may be inferred because of my titles. I would rather have you decide what I’m relating to in each. Some will be pretty self-evident. Others, you may interpret differently, depending on your personal experiences. Regardless of what they mean to me, they are meant to evoke some personal emotion in you.

With that in mind, remember that a star is not necessarily a star nor is the sky just what you see above. A mountain isn’t always something physical. Not every lake is filled with water and a stream may be carrying more than can be seen. But, my mother was always my mother and my father was always there. Many things represent those things I hold dear and the beliefs