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    After the Blast
    After the Blast
    After the Blast
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    After the Blast

    By Lou Jones

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    Legend has it, within the Ancient Order of Doubters, that before the advent of time and space a mighty voice thundered across the void, proclaiming, Forthwith the plan, then, declared again with greater force, Forthwith the plan. Alas, there was no entity to respond, no ear to record, no mind to comprehendonly stillness.

    Thus, this fanciful opening sets the stage for this poetry collection. The free verse offerings cover a range of themesthe imaginative treatment of the Big Bang (Then Came the Explosion), phenomenon of mass shootings (Its All About the Count), World War II heroism (Waitin My Turn), the horror of war in Syria (Omran Daqneesh of Aleppo), childhood memories (That Stream and Catfish Charley), coming of age (Sixteenth Birthday1951), parody of a classic poem (The Listeners, With a Twist), social media shenanigans (A Day in the Life of a Troll), the concluding poem questioning mans fate (So Here We Are), and dozens of others.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateNov 8, 2016
    ISBN9781532010774
    After the Blast
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    Lou Jones

    Lou Jones is a Marine Corps veteran and retired Caterpillar Inc. division manager. Lou is a member of the Greensboro Writers’ Guild, Greensboro, Georgia, and the Georgia Poetry Society (contest chairperson, 2009/2012). Lou’s poetry reflects his keen interest in the human condition — our origins, behaviors, relationships, ideologies, scientific inquiry, how we view our world and the universe in which we reside. He previously published two poetry collections, From Microbe to Consciousness and After the Blast, also a novel, And Then the Monarchs Flew Away. Lou and his wife, Toni, live in The Fairways, Savannah Quarters, Pooler, Georgia.

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